Agreement Signed between KU and NOC for Green Hydrogen Project Kathmandu University and Nepal Oil Corporation have signed an agreement on 25 February 2021 to initiate the project “Technology Transfer and Local Adaptation for developing NOC as a hydrogen fuel producing and distributing company”. With reference to the MOU signed previously on 8th January 2021, NOC had approved the project proposal on 7th February 2021. As a part of academic-institution and government corporations' c...

On 08th January 2021 Kathmandu University (KU) and Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) signs an MOU to foster mutual interest in the field of fuel and energy sector development and contribution to increased cooperation between academic institutions and government corporations. The MOU has been signed by Dr. Bahadur Nepali, Dean of School of Engineering, KU, and Er. Deepak Baral, Director, NOC. The MOU is has established the foundations for collaboration in the following disciplines: Provide e...

Kathmandu University and Wuhan University (China) jointly launched the “Hydropower Research Center for Himalayan Region”On December 15, 2020, Kathmandu University and Wuhan University (China) jointly launched the “Hydropower Research Center for Himalayan Region (HRCHR)”. The ceremony was conducted in a combination of online and offline methods.Kathmandu University and Wuhan University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on December 22, 2017, and a Letter of Agr...

Kathmandu University and Wuhan University, China signs a Letter of Agreement A Letter of Agreement (LOA) between the School of Engineering, Kathmandu University (KU), and School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan University (WHU), for establishing “Hydropower Research Center for Himalaya Region” (HRCHR) has been signed on 29 September 2020. The LOA is in reference to and in the spirit of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at the university level on Decem...

The 10th series of the annual event of the Turbine Testing Lab at KU, "Current Research in Hydropower Technologies, CRHT-X" has been organized by web-based methods. This event which was scheduled on 31 March 2020 was postponed due to COVID-19. After investigation and discussions on the several available options, the Web Release of CRHT-X page with all the presentation was selected. As KU has decided to resume all the possible activities through online methods, this was the best option. The com...

An agreement between Kathmandu University - School of Engineering (KU-SoE) and Tribhuvan University – Institute of Engineering (TU-IoE) was signed on 1 March 2020 at IoE – Purwanchal Campus, Dharan. The purpose of this agreement is to transfer the Sanitation programs (Masters Degree and Graduate Professional Diploma program) to TU IoE under the Global Sanitation Graduate School (GSGS Project). The agreement was signed by Prof. Ramchandra Sapkota, Dean of TU-IoE and Dr. Damber Bahadu...

Agreement Signed Between Kathmandu University and Pokhara University for the transfer of Sanitation program An agreement between Kathmandu University - School of Engineering (KU-SoE) and Pokhara University – Faculty of Science & Technology (PU-FST) was signed on 19th November 2019 at Kathmandu University (KU), Dhulikhel. The purpose of this agreement is to transfer the Sanitation programs (Masters Degree and Graduate Professional Diploma program) to Pokhara University (PU) as a 2nd ti...

Participation of TTL team for Korea for IAHR-Asia 2019 A team from Turbine Testing Lab (TTL) attended a conference, 2nd IAHR-Asia Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems held in Busan, Republic of Korea on September 24-25. The event was attended by Prof. Bhola Thapa, Dr. Biraj Singh Thapa, Mr. Aatmaram Kayastha, Mr. Ram Lam, Mr. Dadi Ram Dahal and Mr. Saroj Gautam. The team presented 5 technical papers in the conference apart from a Keynote Speech by Prof. Bhola Thapa. The list of the tech...

MOU Kathmandu University (KU) and Chauri Khola II Micro Hydro Project (CKMHP), Madan Kundari On 28 August 2019, MoU has been signed between Kathmandu University (KU) and Chauri Khola II Micro Hydro Project (CKMHP), Madan Kundari for cooperation to facilitate research in turbine technology in Nepal and upgrade the production of power at Chauri Khola Micro Hydro Project by introducing Francis turbine designed at KU and manufactured by a local turbine manufacturer.The MoU was jointly signed by Dr....

Department of Geomatics Engineering has been awarded "Non-Governmental GeoNode" project by The World Bank Group. With this project, a GeoNode server will be hosted by Kathmandu University which will store open geospatial data and metadata (data about data) prepared by Academia, I/NGOs, Research Organizations, Development agencies as well as Governments. The department will hold several rounds of workshops and technical meet-ups to motivate institutions working in Nepal to be contributor of spati...