Kathmandu University

Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri

Professor,

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering

Office: Block 08, Kathmandu University, DhuliKhel, Kavre.

+97711415100

bhupendra.chhetri@ku.edu.np

Bio

Honors and Awards

Research

Other Position

Publication

Biography

Bhupendra B. Chhetri joined Kathmandu University in 1994 as a Lecturer in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He obtained Bachelor Degreee in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1993 and Master and Doctorate of Engineering in Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering Degrees from Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan, in 2000 and 2003 respectively. He has served in various academic and research management positions in Kathmandu University. He was the Head of Department (2005-2008) and Dean of School of Engineering (2016-2018). He is currently Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Honors and Awards

Dr. Chhetri is recognized as a valued member of IEEE. He received certificate for outstanding contribution in education sector in Nepal in 2006 from the Ministry of Education of Government of Nepal. He has been invited to various national and international seminars and conferences.

Research

Dr. Chhetri's has research/teaching experience in the field of Lighting, Vision, Optical & RF Communication Systems, Signal Processing, Energy Systems, and Social Impacts of Engineering and Technology. He is open to any research ideas in the discipline of electrical and electronics engineering that are important in the local context. He is also interested in innovation and research based institutional capacity and industrial development.

Other Position

Research Committee Member, School of Engineering (SoE)

Program Advisory Committee Member, EnergizeNepal Program, SoE, Funded by Norway

Team Member and PhD Supervisor, HydroHimalaya Project, WP4, SoE, Funded by Norway

Review Team Member, KU-IRDP Project, Alternative & Renewable Energy Thematic Area, SoE, Funded by Korea

Team Member, Erasmus+ CEEECoM Project, DoEEE, Funded by EU

Team Member, Smart Energy Management System, DoEEE, Funded by UGC

Publication

Atit Pokharel, Shashank Dahal, Pratik Sapkota, and Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri (2023). Electrocardiogram (ECG) Based Cardiac Arrhythmia Detection and Classification using Machine Learning Algorithms. International Conference on Technologies for Computer, Electrical, Electronics & Communication (ICT-CEEL 2023), Bhaktapur, Nepal, Oct. 11-13, 2023, Paper ID 1115
E. Niraula and B. B. Chhetri (2023). Free Space Optical Link Connection Availability Estimation in Rain Data for Kathmandu Valley. Proc. Communications and Information Processing Nepal (CIP-N 2023), Dhulikhel, Nepal, Apr. 07, 2023, pp. 31–33
Tanus Bikram Malla, Abhinav Bhattarai, Amrit Parajuli, Ashish Shrestha, Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri, and Kamal Chapagain (2022). Status, Challenges and Future Directions of Blockchain Technology in Power System: A State of Art Review. Energies , vol.15, no. 22, p. 8571, Nov. 2022
Diwakar Bista, Aayush Bista, Pramod Bhusal, Georges Zissis, Frangiskos Topalis, and Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri (2022). Analysis and optimisation of lighting arrangement for typical Pagoda architecture of Nepal accounting the effect of light pollution. 17th International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Lighting, Université Toulouse 3, Jun 2022, Toulouse, France. pp.32. ⟨hal-03861912⟩
Swaechchha Dahal, Thomas Øyvang, Gunne John Hegglid, Shailendra Kumar Jha, and Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri (2022). Himalayan Run-Off River Power Generation Modelling for Power Security in Evolving Weather Conditions. 63rd International Conference of Scandinavian Simulation Society, SIMS 2022, Trondheim, Norway, September 20-21, 2022
Diwakar Bista, Aayush Bista, Ashish Shrestha, Lambros T. Doulos, Pramod Bhusal, Georges Zissis, Frangiskos Topalis and Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri (2021). Lighting for Cultural and Heritage Site: An Innovative Approach for Lighting in the Distinct Pagoda-Style Architecture of Nepal. MDPI Sustainability Vol. 13, No. 5, Pages 2720(1-24)
Bista, D., Bista, A., Bhusal, P., Chhetri, B.B. (2021). OPTIMUM SPECTRUM OF LED LIGHTING FOR CULTURAL AND HERITAGE SITE: A CASE STUDY OF 15TH CENTURY WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN NEPAL. CIE International Commission on Illumination, CIE Midterm Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Diwakar Bista, Ashish Shrestha, Georges Zissis, Pramod Bhusal, Frangiskos V. Topalis and Bhupendra B. Chhetri (2019). Status of Lighting Technologies in Nepal. Light & Engineering, Vol. 27, No. 6, Pages 4-15
Petter Stoa, Gareth Taylor, Bhupendra B. Chhetri, Brijesh Adhikary (2011). Integrating renewable energy sources in developing countries: A Nepal case study. IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, USA, Pages 1-6
Siwakoti, Yam Prasad, Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri, Brijesh Adhikary Diwakar Bista (2010). MICROCONTROLLER BASED INTELLIGENT DC/DC CONVERTER TO TRACK MAXIMUM POWER POINT FOR SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE. IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies for an Efficient and Reliable Electricity Supply, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, Pages 94-101
M. Karaliūnas, P. Vitta, A. Žukauskas, A. Zahnd, D. Bista, B. B. Chhetri, M. R. Updhyaya (2009). Characterization of Nepali Solid-state Lamps. ELEKTRONIKA IR ELEKTROTECHNIKA (ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING), No. 1(89), Pages 29-34
Rakesh Chandra Prajapati, Chandra Laxmi Shrestha, and Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri (2007). NOISE MEASUREMENT IN LOW-VOLTAGE POWERLINE FOR MODEM DESIGN AND SERIAL DATA ACQUISITION. IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT 2007), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Pages 113-116
Rakesh C. Prajapati, Dipendra Rai and Bhupendra B. Chhetri (2006). Economic and Simple Power Line Modem Design for the Utility Applications in Micro-Hydro Power Systems of Nepal. IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications (ISPLC 2006), Orlando, Florida, USA, Pages 44-49
Hitendra Dev Shakya, Roshan Bhattarai, and Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri (2006). CONTINGENCY OPTIMIZED ENERGY, RESERVE CAPACITY AND REACTIVE POWER SCHEDULING AND PRICING IN AN ELECTRICITY POOL. International Conference on Power System Operation in Deregulated Regime (ICPSODR 2006), Varanasi, India, Pages 289-295
Bhupendra B. Chhetri, Seiichi Serikawa, Shiyuan Yang, Teruo Shimomura (2002). Iterative calculation of the quasi-bandlimited diffuser in two dimensions from restricted phase distributions. 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, Florence, Italy, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4829, Pages 264-265
Shiyuan Yang, Bhupendra B. Chhetri, Seiichi Serikawa, Teruo Shimomura (2002). Speckle reduction of kinoform reconstruction by utilizing the 2π ambiguity of image phase differences. 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, Florence, Italy, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4829, Pages 1098-1099
B. B. Chhetri, S. Serikawa, S. Yang, and T. Shimomura (2002). Performance improvement of the binary phase difference diffuser in the synthesis of a quasi-bandlimited diffuser. 3rd International Conference on Optics-photonics Design & Fabrication (ODF 2002), Tokyo, Japan, Technical Digest AP022144, Pages 153-154
Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri, Seiichi Serikawa, Shiyuan Yang, Teruo Shimomura (2002). Binary phase difference diffuser: Design and application in digital holography. Optical Engineering, Vol. 41, No. 2, Pages 319-327
Teruo Shimomura, Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri, and Shiyuan Yang (2001). Error reduction of amplitude digital Fourier transform holograms by use of a preiterative process. Optical Engineering for Sensing and Nanotechnology (ICOSN 2001), Yokohama, Japan, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4416, Pages 116-119
Bhupendra B. Chhetri, Shiyuan Yang, Teruo Shimomura (2001). Iterative stepwise binarization of digital amplitude holograms with added energy to the signal window. Optical Engineering, Vol. 40, No. 12, Pages 2718-2725
Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri, and Shiyuan Yang and Teruo Shimomura (2001). Design of Binary Fourier Holograms Using DBS for Reduced-Speckle-Reconstruction. IEEE 4th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001, Chiba, Japan, Technical Digest, Vol. II, Pages 698-699
Bhupendra Bimal CHHETRI, Junichi MOTOJIMA, Shiyuan YANG, and Teruo SHIMOMURA (2001). Parameter Dependence of the Iterative Stepwise Quantization Method in Hologram Binarization for Real and Complex Amplitude Signals. Optical Review, Vol. 8, No. 4, Pages 260–266
Teruo Shimomura, B. B. Chhetri, Seiichi Serikawa (2000). Proposal of a function discovery system model using non-linear optimization method. IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems
Bhupendra Bimal Chhetri, Shiyuan Yang, and Teruo Shimomura (2000). Stochastic approach in the efficient design of the direct-binary-search algorithm for hologram synthesis. Applied Optics, Vol. 39, No. 32, Pages 5956-5964
B. B. Chhetri, J. Motojima, S. Yang, and T. Shimomura (2000). Parameter dependence of the iterative stepwise quantization process in hologram binarization. 2nd International Conference on Optical Design and Fabrication (ODF 2000), Tokyo, Japan, Proceedings AP002138, Pages 173-176
Bhupendra B. Chhetri, Seiichi Serikawa, and Teruo Shimomura (2000). Heuristic algorithm for calculation of sufficiently randomized object-independent diffuser for holography. International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, Algorithms and Systems for Optical Information Processing IV, San Diego, USA, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4113, Pages 205-216