Research

Research Areas:

Digital Innovations, Learning Analytics, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), eGovernance, Data Mining, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Research Projects:

1. Country Lead, “School Leaders as Change Agent”, awarded by IDRC, Canada and managed by FIT-ED, Philippines, 2021-2024.
2. Principal Investigator, 2020-2022: "Development of Personalized Gamification System", funded by University Grants Commission (UGC), Nepal.
3. Team Member, LUPIC project, October 2019-2021, Kathmandu University in collaboration with Chinju National University, South Korea.
4. Principal Investigator, December 2017 - November 2018: “Integrating Knowledge Management Techniques and Usability Principles for Effective Online Learning ”, funded by University Grants Commission (UGC), Nepal (Completed in November 2018).
5. Co-Principal Investigator, June 2017 - May 2018: “Developing MOOC on Scientific Research Writing”, funded by Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Nepal.
6. Co-Principal Investigator, March 2016 - February 2017: “Developing MOOC for Higher Education in Nepal”, funded by IDRC, Canada and managed by FIT-ED, Philippines.
7. Supervisor, Developed Mobile App: “Fast Relief Ambulance”, funded by GIRC (Completed in November 2014).
8. Project Leader, Mini Research Project: “A Study of Knowledge Management Functions in E-Learning System to address User E-learning Needs”, funded by University Grants Commission (UGC), Nepal (Completed in April 2014).

Conferences Presentations

Sushil Shrestha, Pratit Raj Giri and Manish Joshi, “Scaling Approach of Action Research on Inclusive Education: A Case of Nepal”, 37th AAOU Conference 2024, 15-17 October, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Hari, K. C., Manish Pokharel, and Sushil Shrestha. "Video Content Analysis and Classification Based on Human Activity Recognition." International Conference on Computational Technologies and Electronics. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.

Hari, K. C., Sushil Shrestha, and Manish Pokharel. "Video Object Motion Tracking using Dense Optical Flow Techniques." In 2023 Eighth International Conference on Informatics and Computing (ICIC), pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2023.

Hari KC, Sushil Shrestha and Manish Pokharel, "Video Object Segmentation and Feature Generation using Neural Network", Communication and Information Processing Nepal (CIP-N 2023 Conference), 07 April, 2023, Kathmandu University, Nepal.

Sushant Subedi, Aayush Dip Giri, Saugat Adhikari and Sushil Shrestha, Technology Readiness of InsuranceServices: A Case of Nepal, 21st International Conference on eSociety 2023, Portugal.

Pratit Raj Giri, Dristi Thapa, Lumanti Siddhi Bajracharya, Shristi Shakya Laxman Gnawali, Hem Raj Kafle, Lina Gurung, Deviram Acharya, Jagat Bahadur Ale Magar, Hari Prasad Pokhrel, Mandira Neupane, Binayak Krishna Thapa, Manish Joshi, Sushil Shrestha and Manish Pokharel, “School Leaders’ Activities and Actions towards Inclusive Education and Equitable Practice in Government Schools of Nepal”, LIKE 2023 International Conference, 29th September 2023, Hotel Himalaya, Lalitpur.

Deviram Acharya, Sushil Shrestha, Pratit Raj Giri, Manish Joshi and Hari Pokharel, “Policy and Practice Paradox for Creating the Inclusive School”, LIKE 2023 International Conference, 29th September 2023, Hotel Himalaya, Lalitpur.

Manish Joshi, Aarsh Manandhar, Jasmine Twati, Pratit Raj Giri and Sushil Shrestha, “Exploring Government School Leaders' Engagement in Open Courses: Analysis, Insights, and Implications”, LIKE 2023 International Conference, 29th September 2023, Hotel Himalaya, Lalitpur.

Freda Wolfenden, Deborah Cooper, Saraswati Dawadi, Zahid Majeed, Munir Ibrahimi and Sushil Shrestha, "Promoting inclusion at scale with school leader network communities supported by open resources: researching participant needs and priorities", Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning, 15-16 September, 2022, Calgary, Canada.

Sushil Shrestha, Manish Joshi and Sushant Subedi (2022), Gamified System: An Innovative Approaches of Learning, Transformative Education Research and Sustainable Development (TERSD-2022).

Lumanti Siddhi Bajracharya, Pratit Raj Giri, Shristi Shakya, Manish Joshi, Sushil Shrestha, Manish Pokharel, Jagat Bahadur Ale Magar and Mandira Neupane (2022), School Leaders’ Views and Challenges Associated with Inclusion in Government Schools in Nepal, Transformative Education Research and Sustainable Development (TERSD-2022).

Sushil Shrestha, Manish Joshi, Akash Bashyal, and Arun Timilsina, “Personalized Gamified System”, Seventh International Conference on Information Technology for Development (IT4D), November 26 – 27, 2021 at Deerwalk Complex. Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sushil Shrestha, Manish Joshi, Aakash Bashyal and Arun Timilsina, “Use of Game Based Elements in Online Learning System”, eLearning Forum Asia 2020, December 1-2, 2022, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines (Virtual).

Sushil Shrestha and Manish Pokharel, “Determining learning style scores to identify learner’s preferences”, eLearning Forum Asia 2020, December 7-8, 2020, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Virtual conference).

Manish Joshi and Sushil Shrestha, “Predicting Student Performance in Higher Education from Moodle Data using Learning Analytics”, eLearning Forum Asia 2020, December 7-8, 2020 at Chinese University of Hong Kong (Virtual conference).

Sushil Shrestha and Manish Pokharel, Machine Learning algorithm in educational data, 2019 Artificial Intelligence for Transforming Business and Society (AITB). Vol. 1. IEEE, 2019.

Pratit Raj Giri and Sushil Shrestha, "Development of better Interface by implementing Sniderman’s 8 golden rules of Human Computer Interaction", Sixth International Conference on Information Technology For Development (IT4D) Health, Education and Environment, Hotel Marriot Kathmandu, November 7-9, 2019.

Mala Deep Upadhaya, Nilima Dahal, Sachin Byanju, Pranit Dahal and Sushil Shrestha, "Enhancement of user interface design for mobile banking application by the use of Schneiderman 8 golden rule with tog’s first principle", Sixth International Conference on Information Technology For Development (IT4D) Health, Education and Environment, Hotel Marriot Kathmandu, November 7–9, 2019.

Prajwol Lamichhane, Arpan Mahatra, Anukul Parajuli and Sushil Shrestha, “Comparative analysis between Moodle and self-made Learning Management System”, KEC Conference 2019.

Sushil Shrestha and Manish Pokharel, “Educational Data Mining”, eLearning Forum Asia 2019, May 29-31, Bangkok, Thailand.

Manoj Shakya and Sushil Shrestha, “Learning Computer Programming through Nepal’s First MOOC: Learners Experiences”, eLearning Forum Asia 2019, May 29-31, Bangkok, Thailand.

Rajshree Rai, Anup Sedhain, Krishu Kumar Thapa, Ashutosh Chapagain and Sushil Shrestha, “Research and Application of Usability Principles and Fitts’ Law on Social Networking Android Chat Application” at International Himalayan Conference on Advanced Engineering and ICT-Convergence 2019 (ICAEIC-2019) on January 8, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Robin Ranabhatt, Bidhan Rai, Shoaib Manandhar, Amit Upreti and Sushil Shrestha,“Salient Sentence Extraction of Nepali Online Health News Texts” at International Himalayan Conference on Advanced Engineering and ICT-Convergence 2019 (ICAEIC-2019) on January 8, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sushil Shrestha and Manish Pokharel, “Data Visualization”, Fifth International Conference on Information Technology for Development (IT4D), August 3 - 4, 2018 at Deerwalk Complex and Hotel Annapurna. Kathmandu, Nepal.

Manish Joshi and Sushil Shrestha, “Mining Educational Data: A Case Study of Kathmandu University” at the International Conference on Advances in Business Management and Information Technology (ICABMIT) on July 21 - 22, 2018, Bankok, Thailand.

Manoj Shakya, Rajesh Manandhar, Sushil Shrestha and Manish Pokharel, “Teacher Perceptions of E-learning for Teaching in Science and Engineering” in 1st HUSOC Symposium 2018 on 28th - 29th April, Thailand.

Sushil Shrestha, Rabin Shrestha, Manish Chaulagain, Manoj Shakya and Manish Pokharel, “Learning Styles in Educational Technology”, 1st HUSOC Symposium 2018 on 28th - 29th April, Thailand.

Manoj Shakya, Sushil Shrestha, Rajesh Manandhar, Manish Joshi and Prasamsa Khanal, “Kathmandu University Open Online Course”, Fourth International Conference on Information Technology for Development (IT4D), July 29 – 30, 2017 at Deerwalk Complex and Hotel Annapurna. Kathmandu, Nepal.

Jyotika Tuladhar, Shirish Khanal, Sakar Ghimire, Roshan Sapkota and Sushil Shrestha, “Developing online portal as a Knowledge Management System to track and locate trekkers in the Annapurna trekking trails of Nepal”, Fourth International Conference on Information Technology for Development (IT4D), July 29 – 30, 2017 at Deerwalk Complex and Hotel Annapurna. Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sujal Kokh Shrestha, Prakash Dahal, Ruben Maharjan, Niraj Shrestha and Sushil Shrestha, “Creating a knowledge portal for effective knowledge sharing: evaluation of undergraduate projects of computer department at Kathmandu University”, Fourth International Conference on Information Technology for Development (IT4D), July 29 – 30, 2017 at Deerwalk Complex and Hotel Annapurna, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Anup Sedhain, Rajshree Rai, Ashutosh Chapagain, Deepesh Subedi, Krishu Thapa and Sushil Shrestha, “Learnhub”, Fourth International Conference on Information Technology for Development (IT4D), July 29 – 30, 2017 at Deerwalk Complex and Hotel Annapurna. Kathmandu, Nepal.

Prasamsa Khanal, Manoj Shakya and Sushil Shrestha, “Importance of Usability in Online Learning Technologies”, Fourth International Conference on Information Technology for Development (IT4D), July 29 – 30, 2017 at Deerwalk Complex and Hotel Annapurna. Kathmandu, Nepal.

Manish Joshi, Manoj Shakya and Sushil Shrestha, “Online Learning and Knowledge Management: Challenges and Solutions”, Fourth International Conference on Information Technology for Development (IT4D), July 29 – 30, 2017 at Deerwalk Complex and Hotel Annapurna. Kathmandu, Nepal.

Manoj Shakya, Sushil Shrestha, Rajesh Manandhar, Manish Joshi and Prasamsa Khanal, “Reflections on First MOOC of Nepal: From Learners’ Perspective”, The International Conference on Open and Innovative Education 2017, 12-14 July, Hong Kong.

Sushil Shrestha, “MOOC: Opportunities and Challenges in the context of Nepal”, Doctoral Research forum 2017: Instructional Design and Learning Analytics in MOOCs, 12-14 July, 2017, X-Learning Center, Graduate School of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China.

Manoj Shakya, Sushil Shrestha, Rajesh Manandhar, Manish Joshi and Prasamsa Khanal, “Initiation of MOOC in Nepal by Kathmandu University”, 8 July, National Conference on ICT Integrated Pedagogy for Effective and Meaningful Learning, organized by UNESCO Resource Distribution and Training Center (RDTC), Kathmandu University School of Education (KUSOED) in collaboration with Ministry of Education (MOE), Nepal, Open and Distance Education Center (ODEC) Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sushil Shrestha, “Developing better user interface by applying HCI Design Principles”, The 2nd International Conference on Next Generation Computing (ICNGC 2017), 5-7 January, 2017, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

Manoj Shakya, Sushil Shrestha and Rajesh Manandhar, “Awareness of MOOC Among College Students: A Study of Far Western Region of Nepal”, 3rd International Conference on e-Learning for Development, 30 July- 1 August, 2016, Hotel Annapurna, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Aarya Joshi, Pradip Silwal, Torchi Rokaya, Manish Gautam and Sushil Shrestha, “Role of Knowledge Management in Business Startups”, First International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship Nepal, 30 June- 1 July, Hyatt Regency, Kathmandu University, Nepal.

Sushil Shrestha, “Implementation of Knowledge Management System for effective knowledge sharing”, 7th National Conference on Science and Technology, 29-31 March, 2016, Hotel Yak and Yeti, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sushil Shrestha, “Role of University Education in Community: A case study of Community Education Project of Kathmandu University”, 3rd Annual Sustainable Development Conference, 5-7 July, 2015, Bangkok, Thailand.

Sushil Shrestha, “Proposed guidelines to select Learning Management System”, 11th International Conference “Inter-University Cooperation Program “ASIAN Community Knowledge Networks for the Economy, Society, Culture, and Environmental Stability”, 30 March-3 April, 2015, Soaltee Crown Plaza, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Research Students:

PhD: Mr. Hari KC, Mr. Kamal Thapa, Mr. Rabin Shrestha

MS by Research: Mr. Nishal Gurung

Thesis Supervisions (MTech IT/ME/MTech AI):

Mr. Tulasi Dahal (Graduated), Mr. Manish Joshi (Graduated), Mr. Rabin Shrestha (Graduated), Mr. Kamal Thapa Magar (Graduated), Mr. Saugat Acharya (Graduated), Ms. Prasamsa Khanal (Graduated), Mr. Arun Timilsina (Graduated), Mr. Akash Bashyal (Graduated), Mr. Rupesh Poudel (Graduated), Mr Prashant Poudel (Graduated), Mr. Pratap Shrestha (Graduated), Mr. Nirmal Sharma Wagle (Graduated), Mr. Amrit Bhandari.