Kathmandu University

Pratisthit Lal Shrestha

Assistant Professor,

Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering

Naikapmarga 335, Kalanki Kathmandu

+9779843535257

pratisthit@ku.edu.np

Bio

Honors and Awards

Research

Other Position

Publication

Biography

Mr. Pratisthit Lal Shrestha is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Coordinator of Design and Manufacturig Subdivision at Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has been delivering lectures to undergraduate students on Machine Element Design & Processe I & II (MEEG 315 & MEEG 318) since 2013 and Engineering Design (MEPG 502) to graduate students occasionally.

He has obtained his Masters from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Trichy, India and Bachelors from Kathmandu University (KU). Currently, he is leading Design lab under Design and Manufacturing Subdivision in Department of Mechanical Engineering. Design lab is one of its kind technology incubation centres. He has been involved in the field of Biomechatronics, Prosthetics, Assistive Devices and Product Development in Design lab (designlab.ku.edu.np).

Honors and Awards

Research Projects

Machine Learning Application on Development of Human Gait Analysis System for Clinical Purpose, using data from Computer Vision and Embedded Sensors funded by Simula Research Laboratory (2022 - 2024)

Control System of Sediment affected Hydropower Equipment & its Application in Bionic Hand funded by NTNU through Prof. Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug (2020 - 2022)

Enhancement of design and manufacturing capacity of Francis turbine in Nepal funded by NORAD through EnergizeNepal (2019 - 2021), in partnership with Nepal Micro Hydro Development Association (NMHDA) & Nepal Yantra Shala Energy (NYSE)

Piloting of Community based Rural Cold Store for Post-Harvest Storage of Agro Products funded by KOICA through IRDP (2019-2020) in partnership with D-Lab, MIT, USA

Fellowship

India Science & Research Fellowship (ISRF) by Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Department of Science and Technology at TTK Center for Rehabilitaiton Research and Device Development (R2D2), IIT Madras, India (2022-2023)

Short Term fellowship by Health Exchange Nepal (HExN) on Prsothesis & Orthoses Manufacturing at Specialist Mobility Rehabilitation Centre (SMRC), Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK (2017)

Scholarship

Dr. Homi J. Bhabha Scholarship from Indian Government through Indian Embassy for Post Graduate studies (2010 - 2012)

Research

Prosthetic Device Design, Assistive Technology, Additive Manufacturing

Other Position

Coordinator (Design and Manufacturing), DoME

Principal Investigator, Design Lab, DoME

Publication

Amit Gupta, Pratisthit Lal Shrestha, Bhola Thapa, Raman Silwal and Raju Shrestha (2023). Knee Flexion/Extension Angle Measurement for Gait Analysis Using Machine Learning Solution "MediaPipe Pose" and Its Comparison with Kinovea®. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Raman Silwal, Abishek Kafle, Prajwal Sapkota Pratisthit Lal Shrestha, Dr. Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug and Dr. Bhola Thapa (2022). Vibration Analysis of 3D printed runner with CNN for using deep learning in hydropower for condition monitoring. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Abishek Kafle, Nishan Sapkota, Raman Silwal, Pratisthit Lal Shrestha, Nischal Sharma and Bhola Thapa (2022). Determination of Casting Parameters for Affirmative Directional Solidification in 750 KW Francis Runner. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Abishek Kafle, Pratisthit Lal Shrestha, Raman Silwal, Bhola Thapa, Amul Ghimire and Sailesh Chitrakar (2022). Use of 3D Printing technology for developing novel procedure to manufacture runner of Francis Turbine. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Abishek Kafle, Eric Luis, Raman Silwal, Houwen Matthew Pan, Pratisthit Lal Shrestha, and Anil Kumar Bastola (2021). 3D/4D Printing of Polymers: Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), and Stereolithography (SLA). Polymers, MDPI
Rejsha Khoteja, Sandhya Mishra, Sarad Niraula, Kshitij Kunwar, Nirajan Ghimire, Krishna Prasad Shrestha, Pratisthit Lal Shrestha (2021). 2021Study and design of pendulum assisted hand water pump. Kathmandu University Journal of Science, Engineering & Technology (KUSET)
Abishek Kafle, Pratisthit Lal Shrestha, Sailesh Chitrakar, Bhola Thapa, Biraj Singh Thapa, Nischal Sharma (2020). A review on casting technology with the prospects on its application for hydro turbines. IOP Publishing Ltd
S. T. Magar, S. Shrestha, B. Basnet, A. Shah, S. Bhatta, P. L. Shrestha (2019). Smart Phone Controlled 3D-Printed Prosthetic Hand for Below Elbow Amputee. Kantipur Engineering College
Prabidhi Adhikari, Aashish Adhikari, Pratisthit Lal Shrestha (2017). A Review on Indigenous Textile Art: Palpali Dhaka. Nepal Engineering Association
Ishan Kafle, Sajesh Bhochhibhoya, Lokesh Paudel, Pradeep Parajuli, Sojan Prajapati, Pratisthit Lal Shrestha (2016). Design and Analysis of Air Distributors and Bed Materials of Fluidized Bed Boiler. Science Publishing Group
Dr.Bivek Baral, Anup KC, Pratisthit Lal Shrestha, Avip Bastakoti, Anil Kumar Pachhain, Shreedhar Neupane (2015). Design of a Small Scale CFB Boiler Combustion Chamber for Laboratory Purposes. SRYAHWA Publications