Profile

Research Interests

Tectonics, Structural geology, Engineering geology and Environment, Paleoseismology, Disaster Management.

Himalayan Geology and Natural hazards

Key Qualifications

 ·         30 years of teaching in at Tribhuvan University.  Over 36 years of professional experience in research and teaching in the field of geology and natural hazard research and mitigation.

·         Former Dean of Institute of Science and Technology, TU. For over 18 years worked as the Head of the Central Department of Geology at Kirtipur Campus and the Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Campus, Tribhuvan University.

·         Participated in research and trainings in Geology and Natural Hazards in universities and institutions of Australia, France, Japan, Switzerland and India.

·         Published over 70 research papers in international and national scientific journals, and in addition published a large number of articles in Geology, Environment, natural disasters and other related fields.

·         Author and editor of 5 books.

·         Supervising students of Geology for M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. Three students completed PhD under my supervision.

·         2004-2006: Chairman, Science Subject Committee (General Science, Environmental Science, Teaching Science), Higher Secondary Education Board, Government of Nepal.

·         Member, National Committee on IGCP (International Geological Correlation Programme.

·         Short-term Visiting Professor in India and Japan.

·         One of the Team Leaders (from Nepal) for the project "Integrated management and safe disposal of municipal solid waste in Least Developed Asian countries" Asia Pro Eco Programme of the European Commission and contributor of the feasibility study report on the same.

TRAININGS/RESEARCH ABROAD/NEPAL

·         Attended the training programme “Pandemic Preparedness and Health Disaster Management” at Queensland University of Technology Under the Australian Leadership Award  Fellowship Programme, 25 Aug.-28 Nov., 2008

·         Participated in the 30^th Regional Disaster Management Course (DMC-30) organized by the Asian Disaster preparedness Center (ADPC), AIT, Thailand (2003)

·         Attended the School and the symposium on the active fault study, Hokudan, Japan (17-26 Jan, 2000)

·         Attended the course on Analysis and Management of Geological Risks organized by the Centre for Study of Geological Risks (CERG), University of Geneva, Switzerland (4 May to 18 June 1992).

·         Attended the course on Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment in Disasters and Training of Trainers (2005) organized by ResR India.

·         Attended the course on “formation aux Premiers Secours” organized by Federation Francaise de Sauvetage Secourisme., 2002.

·         Carried out research in Petrography and Geochemistry in CRPG, CNRS, Nancy, France (1983-84).

·         Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Geology, Kyushu University, Japan (1985).

·         Attended the training course in Engineering Geology (Damsite investigation) in West Japan Engineering Consultant’s Inc., Fukuoka, Japan under the Technical Training Aid Programme of Fukuoka Prefecture Government of Japan (1985).

·         Participated in the Short Term Institute in Structural Geology (Oct.26-Nov.14, 1976) organized by the M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda, India.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

April 2006 -July, 2008	Appointed as Dean, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University
March 1998	Appointed as Professor, Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University.
August , 1991	Appointed as Reader, Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University.
Dec. 1980	Appointed as Permanent Lecturer, Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University
August 1979	Appointed as Lecturer on Contract, Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University.
1975 to 1979	Research Fellow  of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, India for PhD degree
1973-1975	Geologist, Department of Geological Survey (presently the Department of Mines and Geology), Government of Nepal

June 1995 to April, 2006	Head, Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Campus, Tribhuvan University, Ghantaghar, Kathmandu
March 1992 to May 1994	Head, Central Department of Geology, Kirtipur Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
April 1986 to March 1992	Head, Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
March 2004- to present	Member: Faculty Board, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University
March 2004- to present	Member: Research Council, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University
Jan 2004- 2006	Chairman, Science Subject Committee (General Science, Environmental Science, Teaching Science), Higher Secondary Education Board, His Majesty’s Government of Nepal.

Visiting Professor

(2001): Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India (one month) under the invitation of the Centre.

(1999): Hiroshima University, Japan, Under the Fellowship of the Japan Society of Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) (2 months). Host scientist: Prof. T. Nakata.

TRAINER:

Co-Trainer:  Mountain Risk Engineering, 1991. The trainees composed of a group of professional civil engineers and geologists coming from Hindukush-Himalayan region of Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, and Nepal and the training was organized by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal.

Co-Trainer: Regional pilot training on landslide hazard management and control in the Hindukush-Himalayas, Kathmandu, Nepal (May 14- June 7, 1996) organized by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, and Water Induced Disaster Prevention Technical Centre (DPTC), Kathmandu, Nepal.

Co-Trainer: To the civil engineers and overseers on Engineering Geology. Training organized by the Water Induced Disaster Prevention Technical Centre (DPTC) HMG/JICA, Nepal.

Trainer: In many trainings related to Natural Disasters and engineering geology organized by various national and international organizations.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

·         Team leader (Nepal): “Integrated management and safe disposal of Municipal solid wastes in least developed Asian countries” a joint project with five European and Asian universities and co-funded by Asia Pro-Eco programme of the European Commission (2005).

·         Research project conducted on the “geology and tectonics of the Taplejung window, eastern Nepal Himalaya” funded by the Dean's Office, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University (2002).

·         Research Project conducted on “the Geological investigation of far-western Nepal” was carried out under the research project sponsored by the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST)/HMG, Nepal (1985).

·         Participated in a number of joint research projects in Nepal Himalaya in collaboration with geoscientists from France (CNRS), Japan (Particularly with Hiroshima, Shimane and Kyushu universities) and USA and India (NGRI and Garhwal University). Currently on-going joint research projects are with the University of Arizona, USA and Kyushu University, Japan.

AUTHOR/RESOURCE PERSON IN PROJECTS ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Report on: The nexus between natural disasters and development: key policy issues in meeting the millennium development goals and poverty alleviation. Economic Policy network Policy paper 27. 2006. Report prepared for Economic Policy Network, Government of Nepal and Asian Development Bank, Nepal “Resident Mission (2006).
2. Preparation of the Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP) for CARE Nepal (an international NGO working in Nepal) (2006)
3. Report on: Improvement in the governance and the assessment of existing coping mechanism in Disaster management in the Matatirtha VDC, Kathmandu (2006).
4. Drafting of the National Act on Disaster Management in Nepal (2007).
5. Preparation of the Disaster Management Pan of three districts in Nepal (2007).

PhD SUPERVISOR

A number of M.Sc. students were supervised for M.S. dissertation. Three candidates completed Ph.D. under my supervision.

MEMBER OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Founder Member (Life Member)	Nepal Geological Society
Member	Geological Society of India
Member	International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG)

SPECIAL/INVITED LECTURES

Keynote and special invited lectures

India

·         Delivered an invited special lecture on the “Geology of Nepal-recent advances” at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, India, Oct. 2003.

·         Delivered a special invited lecture at the 89^th Indian Science Congress- Geology Section on “Natural hazards in the Nepal Himalaya” at Lucknow, India, 2002.

·         Delivered special invited lectures in Geological Society of India, Bangalore, Department of Geology of Karnatak, Mysore and Bangalore Universities, India (2001).

Other countries

·         Delivered a keynote speech on “The Engineering geology for developing countries: Experience from the Nepal Himalaya” at the four-yearly Congress of the International Association for the Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG Congress) held at Durban South Africa, in Sept 2002.

·         Delivered an invited special lecture on Engineering Geology at the School of civil Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand on “Solid Waste management in the Kathmandu Metropolitan City: A case study in a LDAC” February, 2005

·         Delivered an invited special lecture on “Science of earthquake and recent Tsunami disaster in Asia”. Department of Civil Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh. January, 2005.

·         Delivered an invited special lecture on Engineering Geology at the School of civil Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand on “Geology and geomorphology of the Nepal Himalaya: their bearing on the engineering geological problems”. March, 2004.

·         Delivered an invited special lecture on “Engineering Geological problems in the Nepal Himalaya” at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland on 14^th of January 2003

·         Delivered an invited lecture on “The geology of the Nepal Himalaya-recent advances” at the University of Arizona, Tucson, US on 23^rd January 2003.

·         Delivered special invited lecture on the “Stratigraphy and Tectonics of the Nepal Himalaya: Recent Advances” in the 15^th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet International Workshop, in Chengdu, China (21 April, 2000)

·         Delivered a series of lectures on various topics on Geology and engineering geology on invitation by the Geological departments of Shimane University, Matsue Japan (3^rd Feb., 1999), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (8^th February, 1999) and Department of Geography, Hiroshima University, Japan (March, 12, 1999).

·         In addition to the above invited/key note lectures, attended and presented research papers on geology,engineering geology and natural hazards in a large number of international and national seminars, conferences and workshops.

RESOURCE CONSULTANT

Worked as a resource consultant (Engineering Geologist) for detailed, feasibility and pre-feasibility survey of over 15 road and hydropower projects and bridges in Nepal.

AUTHOR/RESOURCE PERSON IN PROJECTS ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT

1. Report on: The nexus between natural disasters and development: key policy issues in meeting the millennium development goals and poverty alleviation. Economic Policy network Policy paper 27. 2006. Report prepared for Economic Policy Network, Government of Nepal and Asian Development Bank, Nepal “Resident Mission (2006).
2. Preparation of the Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP) for CARE Nepal (an international NGO working in Nepal) (2006)
3. Report on: Improvement in the governance and the assessment of existing coping mechanism in Disaster management in the Matatirtha VDC, Kathmandu (2006).
4. Drafting of the National Act and Policy on Disaster Management in Nepal (2007).
5. Preparation of the Disaster Management Pan of three districts in Nepal (2007).

NATIONAL AWARDS

Suprabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu, 1996.

Mahendra Vidhya Bhusan Class ‘A’, 1980.

Mahendra Vidhya Bhusan Class ‘B’, 1973.

"Natural Disaster Relief Medal"

VISITS

Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Maldives, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, UK and USA.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

Nepali (mother tongue), English, Hindi

OTHER ACTIVITIES

President (1996- 1998)	Nepal Geological Society
Vice-president (1982-84)	Nepal Geological Society
Joint Secretary (1980-82)	Nepal Geological Society
Founder General Secretary (2002- 2007)	Nepal Centre Centre for Disaster Management (NCDM), a NGO
Vice-President (2007- to present)	Nepal Centre Centre for Disaster Management (NCDM), a NGO
Chief Editor (2001-2004)	Journal of Nepal Geological Society
Deputy Chief Editor (1994-1996)	Journal of Nepal Geological Society
Member, Editorial Board (1980 to 1994)	Journal of Nepal Geological Society
Member, Editorial Board (1982-1984, 2005-2007)	Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University
Member, Editorial Board (1995-present)	Bulletin of the Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University
Joint Editor (1995)	Journal of Nepal Geological Society Special Issue, (Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop proceedings)
Joint Editor (1994)	Proceedings of the Seminar on Geoscience: in Mountain Environment and infrastructural development (Bulletin of the Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Vol III)
Joint Editor (1982)	Data Base on Himalayan Geoscience (Bulletin of the Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Vol I)
Member (1998- 2003)	IGCP National Committee, Nepal
Co-Convener (2004)	International Seminar and Field workshop on Natural Disaster Mitigation and Issues on Technology Transfer in South and Southeast Asia - JICA Regional Seminar –
Convener (1999)	International symposium on Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology and Natural Disasters with emphasis on Asia. Jointly organized by Nepal Geological Society and the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG).
Convener (1997)	Second Nepal Geological Congress organized by the Nepal Geological Society, 1997.
Convener (1993)	Seminar on Geoscience: in Mountain Environment and infrastructural development jointly organized by the Central Department of Geology and Water Induced Disaster Prevention Technical Centre (DPTC), Nepal, 1993.
Deputy General Secretary (Central Committee) (1988-1992)	Nepal Childrens’ Organisation, Central Office, Bal Mandir, Naxal, Kathmandu
Charter President (2002-2004)	Lions Club of Kathmandu Star(325 A)

PUBLICATIONS OF BISHAL NATH UPRETI

(Corrected on April 2009)

Books

Yoshida, M., Upreti, B.N., Bhattarai, T.N. and Dhakal, S., 2005. Natural disaster mitigation and issues of technology transfer in south and southeast Asia- Proceedings of the JICA Regional Seminar, Kathmandu.

Upreti, B.N., Dhital, M.R., 1996.  Landslide studies and management in Nepal. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, 87p.

Upreti, B.N. and Yoshida, M., 2005 (eds), Guidebook for Himalayan Trekkers:   Geology and natural hazards along the Kaligandaki Valley, Nepal. Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.

Tianchi, Li, Chalise, S.R., and Upreti B.N., 2001 (eds.). Landslide Hazard Mitigation in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, 312p.

P. Le Fort and B.N. Upreti (eds.): 1999. Geology of the Nepal Himalayas: Recent Advances Special Issue of the Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 17.

Research publicastions in International Journals/Proceedings

1.                   Van Geen A., Radloff K., Aziz Z., Cheng , Z., Huq , M.R. Ahmed , K.M., Weinman , B., Goodbred , S., Jung, H.B., Zheng , Y., Berg, M., Trang, P.T.K., Charlet, L., Metral, J., Tisserand, D., Guillot, S., Chakraborty, S., Gajureli, A.P., Upreti, B.N., 2008. Comparison of arsenic concentrations in simultaneously-collected groundwater and aquifer particles from Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, and Nepal. Applied Geochemistry v. 23, p. 3244-3251.

2.                   Yoshida, M., , Upreti B. N., DeCelles,  P. G., Gehrels, G. E. and. Ojha, T P., 2006. Basement history and provenance of the Tethys sediments of the Himalaya: an appraisal based on recent geochronologic and tectonic data. Bulletin of the Tethys Geological Society, Cairo, Volume 1, March 2006, P. 1-6

3.                   Gehrels, G.E., DeCelles, P.G., Ojha, T.P. and Upreti, B.N., 2006. Geologic and U-Pb geochronologic evidence for early Paleozoic tectonism in the Kathmandu thrust sheet, central Nepal Himalaya. GSA Bulletin, v. 118, No. ½, p. 185-198.).

4.                   Sakai, T., Takagawa, T., Gajurel, A., Tabata, H., Ooi, N., and Upreti, B.N., 2006. Discovery of sediments indicating repaid lake-level fall in the late Pleistocene Gokarna Formation , Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: Implication for lake terrace formation.  The Quaternary Research, v. 45, p. 99-112.

5.                   Upreti, B.N. and Sakai, H., 2006. Uplift history of the Himalaya and its implication on climate change. Proceedings of the Shinshu University International Symposium 2006: Mountainous Environment – Past, present and future. 22-23 November, 2006, Matsumoto, Japan. P. 7-12.

6.                   Yoshida, Y. and Upreti, B.N., 2006. Neoproterozoic India within East Gondwana: Constraints from recent geochronologic data from Himalaya. Gondwana Research v. 10, p. 349-356.

7.                   Sakai, T., Takagawa, T., Gajurel, A.P., Tabata, H.,  Ooi, N.,  and Upreti, B.N., 2006. Discovery of Sediments Indicating Rapid Lake-level Fall in the Late Pleistocene Gokarna Formation, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal : Implication for Lake Terrace Formation. The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu), v. 45, p. 99-112 .

8.                   Upreti, B.N., Glawe, U., 2005. Engineering Geology in the Nepal Himalaya: Prospects for German-Nepal Cooperation. Proceedings of the 15^th Conference on Engineering Geology. Forum for young engineering geologists, 6-9 April, 2005, Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany.

9.                   Upreti, B.N., 2002. Engineering geology for developing countries: Experience from the Nepal Himalaya. Proceedings: Ninth International Congress of the International Association for Engineering geology and Environment, 16-20 September, 2002, Durban, South Africa (Key note paper) (Eds. Rooy, J.L.V. and Jermy, C.A.) p. 3-23. 

10.               Upreti, B.N., 2001: Physiography and geology of the Nepal Himalaya and its bearing on the Landslide problem. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, ICIMOD, special publication, pp 31-49.

11.               Kohn, M.J., Wieland, M. S., Parkinson, C. D., and Upreti, B. N. , 2005. Five generations of monazite in Langtang gneisses: implications for chronology of the Himalayan metamorphic core. J. Metamorphic Geol., v. 23, pp. 399–406

12.               Kohn, M.J., Wieland, M., Parkinson, C.D., and Upreti, B.N., 2004, Miocene faulting at plate tectonic velocity in the Himalaya of central Nepal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 228, p. 299–310.

13.               Glawe, U. and Upreti, B.N., 2004, Better understanding the strength of serpentinite bimrock and homogeneous serpentinite. Felsbau (rock and soil Engineering), 22, Nr. 5/2004, pp. 53-60.

14.               Gehrels, G.E., DeCelles, P.G., Martin, A., Ojha, T.P., Pinhassi, G. and Upreti, B.N., 2003. Initiation of the Himalayan Orogen as an Early Paleozoic Thin-skinned Thrust Belt. GSA Today, September, p. 4-9

15.               Garzione, C. N., DeCelles, P.G., Hodkinson D.G., Ojha, T.P. and Upreti, B.N., 2003. East-west extension and Miocene environmental change in the southern Tibetan Plateau: Thakkhola raben, central Nepal. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull, v. 115, no. 1. p. 3-20.

16.               Upreti, B.N. and Le Fort, P. 1999. Lesser Himalayan Crystalline Nappes of Nepal: Problems of their origin. Geol. Soc. Am. Bulletin, Special Issue. No.328, pp. 225-238.

17.               Catlos, E.J., Harrison, T.M., Kohn, M.J., Grove, M., Ryerson, F.J., Manning, C.J. and Upreti, B.N, 2001. Geochronologic and Thermobarometric constraints on the evolution of the Main Central Thrust, central Nepal Himalaya Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 106, No. B*, p. 16,177-16,204.

18.               Catlos, E.J., Hrrison, T.M., Manning, C.E., Grove, M., Rai, S.M. Hubbard, M.S., and Upreti, B.N., 2002. Records of the evolutio of the Himalayan orogen in situ Th-Pb ion microprobe dating of monazite: Eastern Nepal and western Garhwal. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 20, p. 459-479.

19.               Ojha, T.P., Buttler, R.F., Quade, J., DeCelles, P.G., Richards, D. and Upreti, B.N., 2000. Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of the Neogene Siwalik Group at Khutia Khola, far-western Nepal. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., v. 112 (3), p. 424-434.

20.               Upreti, B.N., 1999. An over view of the stratigraphy and tectonics of the Nepal Himalaya. (Eds.) P. Le Fort and B.N. Upreti: Geology of the Nepal Himalayas: Recent Advances" Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (Special Issue edited by Le Fort and Upreti), v. 17, p. 577-606.

21.               DeCelles, P.G., Robinson, D.M., Quade, J., Garzione C.N., Copeland, P., and Upreti, B.N. Stratigraphy, structure, and tectonic evolution of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt in western Nepal. (Tectonics, in press).

22.               Copeland, P., Le Fort, P., Henry, P., Raï, S.M., Foster, D., Parrish, R.R., Pêcher, A., Stüwe, K., and B.N. Upreti. Neogene tectonothermal development of the Himalayan thrust system in the Kathmandu region, Nepal (Geol. Soc. Am. Bull, in press).

23.               Rai, S.M., Guillot, S., Le Fort, P. and Upreti, B.N., 1998. Pressure-Temperature evolution in the Kathmandu and Gosainkund regions, Central Nepal. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. V. 16, pp. 283-298.

24.               DeCelles, P.G., Gehrels, G.E., Quade, J., Ojha, T.P., Kapp, P.A. and Upreti, B.N., 1998. Neogene foreland basin deposits, erosional unroofing, and the kinematic history of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt, Western Nepal. Geol. Soc. Am. Bulletin, v.110 (1), pp.2021.

25.               Le Fort, P., Cuney M., Deniel, C. France-Lanord C., Sheppard, S.M.F., Upreti , B.N. and Vidal, P., 1987.  Crustal generation of the Himalayan leucogranites. Tectonophysics. V.134, 39-57. Netherlands

26.               Le Fort, P., Pecher, A. and Upreti, B.N., 1986.  A section through the Tibetan Slab in central Nepal ( Kali Gandaki Valley): Mineral chemistry and thermobarometry of the Main Central Thrust Zone. Sci. de la Terre, Mem.47, 211-228. Paris, France

27.               Upreti, B.N., Sharma, T. and Merh, S.S., 1980.  Structural geology of Kusma-Sirkang section of  Kali Gandaki valley and its bearing on the tectonic framework of Nepal Himalaya.  Tectonophysics, V 62, 155-164. Netherlands.

28.               Sharma, T., Upreti, B.N. and Vashi, N.M., 1980.  Kali Gandaki gravel deposit of central Nepal: their neotectonic significance.  Tectonophysics, V.62, 127-139. Netherlands

29.               Tokuoka, T., Takeda, S., Yoshida, M. and Upreti, B.N., 1988.  The Churia (Siwalik) Group in the western part of the Arung Khola area, west central Nepal. Mem. Fac. Sci.Shimane Univ.V22,131-140. Japan

30.               Upreti, B.N. and Merh, S.S., 1979.  Intraclastic dolomite of Kali Gandaki valley (central west Nepal) and its paleoenvironmental significance. Him. Geol. V.9(2), 589-602., India.

31.               Upreti, B.N., 1990.  An outline geology of far western Nepal  Himalaya.  Jr. Him. Geol. V1, 93-102, India.

32.               Upreti, B.N., Shringarpure, D.M. and Merh, S.S., 1980.  Stromatolites from Kali Gandaki Valley section, central west Nepal: their age, correlation and paleoenvironmental interpretations.  Geol. Surv. India Misc. Publ. V.44, 255-266. India.

33.               Kansakar, D.R., Sharma, T., Upreti B.N., Vashi, N.M. and Merh, S.S., 1982.  Terraced plains of central Nepal midlands: typical examples of Neotectonic landsorms. In: Himalaya: Landforms and processes (eds,. Verma and Saklani), 133-155, India.

34.               Upreti, B.N. and Merh, S.S., 1978.  Geology of the area around Bhoksing-Sirkang section of the Kali Gandaki valley in central west Nepal.  Him. Geol. V8(2), 797-812. India.

Research publications in National Scientific Journals/Bulletins/Proceedingsn

1.       Upreti, B.N., Kumahara, Y. and Nakata, T., 2007. Paleoseismological study in the Nepal Himalaya – present status. Proceedings of the Korea-Nepal Joint symposium on slope stability and landslides April, 1, 2007, p. 1-9.

2.       Upreti, B.N., 2005. Causes and characteristics of natural hazards in Nepal. In: Natural disaster mitigation and issues of technology transfer in south and southeast Asia- Proceedings of the JICA Regional Seminar, Kathmandu (eds. M. Yoshida, B.N. Upreti, T.N. Bhattarai and S. Dhakal), pp. 9-24.

3.       Upreti, B.N., 2005. Natural disasters in Nepal: Its impact on infrastructure development. Proceedings of the international conference on Disaster Management: Achievements and challenges, 18-20 Nov. 2005, Kathmandu, Nepal. P. 112 -121.

4.       Bhattarai, T.N., Yoshida, M., Upreti, B.N., Rai, S.M., Ulak, P.D., Gajurel, A.P., Dhakal, S., Dahal, R.K., 2005. Impact of mass movements on stability of suspended bridges along Kaligandaki River, Nepal. Abstract volume, Fifth Asian regional conference, Kathmandu, Nepal, Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc. V. 32, pp.40.

5.       Bhattarai, T.N., Yoshida, M., Upreti, B.N., Rai, S.M., Ulak, P.D., Gajurel, A.P., Dhakal, S., Dahal, R.K. and Koirala, M.P., 2005. Mass movement hazard along the main trail for Beni to Muktinath, central-west Nepal. In: Natural disaster mitigation and issues of technology transfer in south and southeast Asia-Proceedings of the JICA Regional Seminar, Kathmandu (eds. M.Yoshida, B.N. Upreti, T.N. Bhattarai and S. Dhakal), pp. 69-78.

6.       Dhakal, S., Upreti, B.N., Yoshida, M., Bhattarai, T.N., Rai, S.M., Gajurel, A.P., Ulak, P.D., and Dahal, R.K., 2005. Application of the SSPC system in some of the selected slopes along the trekking route from Jomsom to Kagbeni, central-west Nepal. In: Natural disaster mitigation and issues of technology transfer in south and southeast Asia-Proceedings of the JICA Regional Seminar, Kathmandu (eds. M.Yoshida, B.N. Upreti, T.N. Bhattarai and S. Dhakal), pp. 79-82.

7.       Sakai, H., Fujii, Rui, Kuwahara, Y, Upreti, B.N., and Shrestha, S.D., 2001. Core drilling of the basin-fill sediments in the Kathmandu Valley for paleo-climatic study-preliminary results. Jr. Nepal. Geol. Soc., V. 25, 49-18.

8.       Upreti, B.N., 2001. Earthquake and Earthquake hazard in Nepal. Bulletin of the Nepal Geological Society, V. 18, pp. 24-33.

9.       Upreti, B.N., 2001: Physiography and geology of the Nepal Himalaya and its bearing on the Landslide problem. In: Landslide hazard Mitigation in the Hindu Kush – Himalayas. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, ICIMOD, special publication (eds. Tianchi, Li, Chalise, S.R. and Upreti, B.N.), pp 31-49.

10.   Humagain, I.R., Schetelig, K., Sharma, M.P., Upreti, B.N. and Langer, M., 2000. Slope stability analysis along the proposed Kathmandu-Hetauda Road with tunnel sections. Jr. Nepal. Geo. Soc. V. 22, pp. 187-200.

11.   Humagain, I.R., Schetelig, K., Sharma. M.P., Upreti, B.N. and Langer, M., 1999. Slope stability analysis with reference to the proposed Kathmandu Hetauda road with tunnel section International Symposium on engineering Geology, Hydrogeology and Natural Disasters with emphasis on Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal. Abstract volume, Jr. Nepal Geol. Soc (Special Issue). V. 20, p.18-19.

12.   Gajurel, A.P., Huyghe, P., Upreti, B.N. and Mugnier, J.L., 2000. Paleoseismmicity in the Koteswor area of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, inferred from the soft sediment deformational structures. Jr. Nepal. Geo.Soc. V. 22, pp. 547-556.

13.   Katel, T.P., Upreti B.N. and Pokharel, G.S., 1996. Engineering properties of fine-grained soils of Kathmandu valley, Nepal. Jr. Nepal. Geol. Soc., V. 14 (special issue), pp. 121-138.

14.   Dangol, V., Upreti, B.N., Dhital, M.R., Wagner, A. Bhattarai, T.N., Bhandari, A.N., Pant, S.R. and Sharma, M.P. 1993. Engineering geological study of a proposed road corridor in eastern Nepal. Bull Dept. geol. Tribhuvan Univ. proc. Workshop Geoscience:in Mountain environment and infrastructural development, V.3. No.1, Spec. issue, 91-107. Nepal.

15.   Dhital, M.R., Upreti, B.N., Dangol, V., Bhandari, A.N. and Bhattarai, T.N., 1991.  Engineering geological methods applied in mountain road survey -an example from Baitadi-Darchula road project (Nepal).  Jr. Nepal. Geol. Soc., V.7, 49-67.

16.   Dahal, R.K., Yoshida, M., Upreti B.N., Haswgawa, S. and Ulak, P.D., 2006. landscapes in Tibetan-Tethys Himalaya, Higher Himalaya and Lesser Himalaya. Special Issue, 21st Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, 2006, Jour. Asian Earth Sci. v. 26 (N0. 2), pp.132.

17.   Ulak, P.D., Yoshida, M, Upreti, B.N., Gajurel, A.P., Rai, S.M., Bhattarai, T.N., Dahal, R.K. and Dhakal, S., 2005. A short geological communication on Tethys Himalayan rocks of the Kaligandaki River section, central-westNepal Himalaya. In: Natural disaster mitigation and issues of technology transfer in south and southeast Asia-Proceedings of the JICA Regional Seminar, Kathmandu (eds. M.Yoshida, B.N. Upreti, T.N. Bhattarai and S. Dhakal), pp. 57-63.

18.   Rai, S.M., Upreti, B.N., Yoshida, M., Bhattarai, T.N., Ulak, P.D., Dahal, R.K., Dhakal, S., Gajurel, A.P. and Koirala, M.P., 2005. Geology of the Lesser and Higher Himalayan rocks of the Kaligandaki Valley, central-west Nepal. . In: Natural disaster mitigation and issues of technology transfer in south and southeast Asia-Proceedings of the JICA Regional Seminar, Kathmandu (eds. M.Yoshida, B.N. Upreti, T.N. Bhattarai and S. Dhakal), pp. 43-56.

19.   Rai, S.M., Guillot, S., Upreti, B.N., Pecher, A and Le Fort, P., 2004. Mineral chemistry (biotite, muscovite, garnet, and plagioclase) in the Kathmandu and Gosainkund region, central Nepal Himalaya. Jr. Nepal. Geol. Soc. V. 30, p. 55-66.

20.   Chakrabarti, C.K., Upreti, B.N., and Ghosh, A.K., 2004. Geochemistry of the Ganesh Himal zinc-lead deposits, central Nepal Himalaya. Jr. Nepal Geol. Soc. V. 30, p. 39-54

21.   Gautam, T.P., Sonyok, D.R., Upreti, B.N., Rai, S.M., and Sakai, H., 2004. A preliminary engineering geological study in the northern part of the Taplejung Window, far eastern Lesser  Nepal Himalaya. Jour. Nepal. Geol.Soc. v. 29, p. 47-55.

22.   Upreti, B.N., Rai, S.M., Sakai, H., Koirala, D.R. and Takigami, Y., 2003. Early Proterozoic granite of the Taplejung Window, far eastern Lesser Nepal Himalaya. Jour. Nepal. Geol. Soc. v. 28, p. 9-18.

23.   Humagain, I.R., Schetelig, K., Sharma, M.P., Upreti, B.N., and Langer, M., 1997. Deformation structures in central Nepal and their engineering geological significance. Jr. Nepal. Geo. Soc. vol. 18, pp. 357-367.

24.   Sakai, T., Gajurel, A.P., Tabata, H. and Upreti, B.N., 2001. Small amplitude lake-level fluctuations recorded in aggrading deltaic deposits of the upper Pleistocene Thimi and Gokarna formations, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Jr. Nepal. Geol. Soc., V.25, 43-51.

25.   Gajurel, A.P., Huyghe, P. France-Lanord, C., Mugnier, J.L., Upreti, B.N. and Le fort, P.,1998. Seismites in the Kathmandu basin, Nepal. Jr. Nepal. Geo. Soc. vol. 18, pp. 125-134.

26.   Rai, S.M., Le Fort, P., and Upreti, B.N., 1997. Geology, Structure and metamorphism in Kathmandu and Gosainkund regions, central Nepal. Jr. Nepal Geol. Soc. (special issue, abstract volume), V. 16, pp. 20-22.

27.   Upreti, B.N., 1996.  Stratigraphy of the western Nepal Lesser Himalaya: A synthesis. Jr. Nepal Geol. Soc., V.13, pp. 11-28

28.   Gautam, P. Upreti, B.N. and Arita K., 1995.  Paleomagnetism and petrochemistry of the Dowar Khola volcanics, Central Nepal Sub-Himalaya. Jr. Nepal Geol. Soc. Vol.11, Sp. Issue, pp.179-195.

29.   Khosla, S.C., Upreti B.N. and Corvinus, G., 1995.  A note on the occurrence of fresh water ostracods in the Siwalik Group of Surai Khola section, western Nepal. Jr. Nepal. Geol. Soc. Vol.11, Sp. Issue, pp.197-202.

30.   Upreti, B.N. 1994.  An introduction to the geological framework of Nepal.  Manual on Landslide studies. Water induced Disaster Prevention technical Centre (DPTC), Special publication, Kathmandu. Nepal.

31.   Shrestha, R.M., Rao, G.K., Sharma, M.P. and Upreti, B.N. 1992.  Genesis and distribution of kaolin deposits in Palung -Daman area, central Nepal Himalaya.  Bull. Dept. Geol. Tribhuvan Univ. V 2, No1, 149-156.

32.   Sharma, M.P., Upreti, B.N. and Yoshida, M. (editors), 1986.  Database in Himalayan geoscience (part I).  Bull. Dept. Geol., Tribhuvan Univ. v.1(1) 198p. Nepal.

33.   Upreti, B.N., 1982.  Petrography of sandstones of Sirkang area (Parbat district), central west Nepal Himalaya. Jr. Nepal. Geol. Soc., V. 2, 9-15.

Published Abstracts

1.       Pratt-Sitaula, B., and Upreti, B.N., 2008, New GPS stations network and elastic half-space modeling of Nepalese Himalayan tectonics and earthquake hazard: Himalayan Geology, v. 29, p. 76-77.

2.       Yoshida, M. and Upreti, B.N. 2008. Data from Himalayan Orogen support the Precambrian formation of East Antarctica. Extended Abstract, 33rd International Geological Congress,, Oslo August 2008.

3.       Sitaula, R.P., Uddin, A., and Upreti, B.N., 2008. A Comparative Study of the Gondwana Sequences of Peninsular India and Nepal (extra-peninsular India). Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, No. 6, p. 485.

4.       Gajurel, A.P., France-Lanord, C., Huyghe, P., Mugnier, J.L., Sakai, T. . Sakai, H. , Upreti, B.N., 2007. Dry climatic evidence in central Himalaya around 40 ka from lacustrine sediments of Kathmandu Basin, Nepal. Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., v. 36 (Special Issue), p. 4

5.       Upreti, B.N., and Thapa, P.B., 2007. Reducing disaster risk for sustainable development and poverty alleviation in Nepal. Proceedings of the International conference on Emerging issues on research and development, Kathmandu, Nepal. 4-6 April, 2007.

6.       Gajurel, A.P., Huyghe, P., Sukhija, B.S., Mugnier, J.L., Reddy, D.V. and Upreti, B.N.., 2002. Paleoseismological investigations in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: soft sediment deformation and liquefaction structures (Abstract). Symposium on seismology, earthquake hazard assessment and risk management. 24-26 November, 2002, Kathmandu.

7.       Upreti, B.N., Nakata, T., Kumahara, Y., Yagi, H., Okumura, K., Rockwell, T.K., Virdi, N.S., and Maemoku, H., 2000. The latest active faulting in southern Nepal. Proceedings of the Hokudan International symposium and school on active faulting. 17-26 January, 2000, Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan. P.533-536.

8.       Gajurel, A.P., Huyghe, P., Frans-Lanord, C., Mugnier, J.L. and Upreti, B.N.., 2000. Evidence of a climate change in Kathmandu Basin from oxygen isotope records (Abstract). Workshop on Himalayan Uplift and paleoclimate changes in central Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 10, 2000.

9.       Nakata, T., Yagi, H., Okumura, K., Upreti, B.N., Rockwell, T.K., Maemoku, H. and Kumahara, Y., 1999.Timing of the recent seismic events generated by active faults in southeast Nepal (Abstract). International Symposium on Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology and Natural Disasters with emphasis on Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal.

10.   Gajurel, A.P., Huyghe, P., Upreti, B.N. and Mugnier, J.L., 1999. Paleoseismicity in the Kathmandu valley infered from soft sediment deformation structures (Abstract). International Symposium on Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology and Natural Disasters with emphasis on Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal.

11.   Yoshida, M., Upreti, B.N., DeCelles, P.G. Gehrels, G and Ojha, T.P., 2006. Polarity on the Provenance of the Tethys Sedimentary Series. Special Issue, 21st Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, 2006, Jour. Asian Earth Sci. v. 26 (N0. 2), pp.170.

12.   Dahal, R.K., Yoshida, M., Upreti B.N., Haswgawa, S. and Ulak, P.D., 2006. landscapes in Tibetan-Tethys Himalaya, Higher Himalaya and Lesser Himalaya. Special Issue, 21st Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, 2006, Jour. Asian Earth Sci. v. 26 (N0. 2), pp.132.

13.   Bhattarai, T.N., Yoshida, M., Upreti, B.N., Rai, S.M., Ulak, P.D., Gajurel, A.P., Dhakal, S., Dahal, R.K., 2005. Impact of mass movements on stability of suspended bridges along Kaligandaki River, Nepal. Abstract volume, Fifth Asian regional conference, Kathmandu, Nepal, Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc. V. 32, pp.40.

14.   Rai, S.M., Yoshida, M., Ulak, P.D., and Upreti, B.N., 2005. Observation of deformation and metamorphism in the Everest area, eastern Nepal Himalaya. Memoris H.S. No. 44, Special extended abstract volume 20th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, HKT 20 (eds. Mascle, G. and Lave, J.), p. 155.

15.   Yoshida, Y., Rai, S.M. and Upreti, B.N., 2005. Mylonite and ultramylonite along the Main Central Thrust in the Kaligandaki Valley area, west-central Nepal Himalaya. Memoris H.S. No. 44, Special extended abstract volume 20th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, HKT 20 (eds. Mascle, G. and Lave, J.), p. 198.

16.   Gajurel, A.P., France-Lanord, C., Gurung, D., Huyghe, P., Mugnier, J.L, Sakai, H., and  Upreti, B.N.. 2002. Oxygen isotope records in the gastropod shells from the Kathmandu Basin sediments, Nepal and their environmental significance (Abstract). 17th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibert Workshop, India, p.15.

17.   Upreti, B.N., Sakai, H. and Rai, S.M., 2000. Geology of the Taplejung window and frontal belt, far-eastern Nepal Himalaya. Earth Science Frontiers (China University of Geosciences, Beijing), vol. 7 Suppl. (15th Himalaya Karakorum-Tibet Workshop Abstract Volume), p. 39-40.

18.   Sakai, H., Takigami, Y., Upreti, B.N. and Adhikary, D.P., 2000.  Thrust packages of 1.68 Ga Indian supracrustal rocks in the Miocene Siwalik belt, central Nepal Himalaya. Earth Science Frontiers (China University of Geosciences, Beijing), vol. 7 Suppl. (15th Himalaya Karakorum-Tibet Workshop Abstract Volume), p. 64-66

19.   Gajurel, A.P., Upreti, B.N., Huyghe, P., and Mugnier, J.L. 2001.Self deformation structures in the Kathmandu Basin (Abstract). 16th Himalaya-karakorum-Tibet Workshop, Austria, p.20.

20.   Humagain, I.R., Schetelig, K., Sharma. M.P., Upreti, B.N. and Langer, M., 1999. Slope stability analysis with reference to the proposed Kathmandu Hetauda road with tunnel section (Abstract). International Symposium on engineering Geology, Hydrogeology and Natural Disasters with emphasis on Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal.

21.   Humagain, I.R., Schetelig, K., Sharma, M.P., Upreti, B.N. and Langer, M., 1998. Discontinuity system in central Nepal Himalaya and neotectonic stress field (Abstract). Submitted for the 13th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet International Workshop, Peshawar, Pakistan.

22.   Ojha, T.P., Butler, R.F., Quade, J., DeCelles, P.G., Richard, D., and Upreti, B.N., 1997. Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of Siwalik Group sediments of Khutia Khola, Kailali district, far-western Nepal. Jr. Nepal Geol. Soc. (special issue, abstract volume), V. 16, pp. 52.

23.   Humagain, I.R., Schetelig, K., Sharma, M.P., Upreti, B.N. and Langer, M., 1997.  Deformation structures in central Nepal and their engineering geological significance. Jr. Nepal Geol. Soc. (special issue, abstract volume), V. 16, pp. 115-116.

24.   Upreti, B.N., 1996.  The Lesser Himalayan Crystalline Nappes: Problems of their root Zone. Abstract, 30th International Geological Congress (Abstract), 1-4 August, 1996, Beijing, China.

25.   Upreti, B.N., 1996. Earth Science Education in Schools of Nepal. Abstract, 30th International Geological Congress,1-4 August, 1996, Beijing, China.

26.   Copeland, P., Le Fort P., Rai, S.M. and Upreti, B.N., 1996. Cooling history of the Kathmandu crystalline nappe:  40Ar/39Ar results. Abstract, 11th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop (4-8 April, 1995), Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. p. 165

27.   Upreti, B.N., Le Fort, P. and Rai., S.M., 1996. The Lesser Himalayan Nappes of Nepal: Problems of their origin. (abstract). 11th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, April 29-May 1, 1996,Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

28.   Upreti B.N., 1995.  The Lesser Himalayan Crystalline Nappes: Are they Exotic Slices? (Abstract). Jr. Nepal geol. Soc. Vol. 12, Sp. Issue, Abstract Volume, First Nepal Geological Congress, 1995.

29.   Macfarlane, A.M. and Upreti, B.N., 1995: Along-strike variations in the tectonic evolution of the Main Central Thrust and associated rocks, Jumla area, western Nepal. (Abstract), 10th Himalaya Karakorum Tibet Workshop (4-8 April, 1995), Zurich, Switzerland.

30.   Silverberg, D.S., MacFarlane, A. and Upreti, B.N. 1992.  The Main Central Thrust in western Nepal: Limited thermal effect associated with a ductile shear plane (abstract).  International geological Congress, Kyoto, Japan.

31.   Copeland, P.,  Le Fort, P., , Upreti B.N., and Raï, S.M., Flexure of the Main Central Thrust in the Kathmandu area due to ramping on the Main Boundary Thrust. Seventh Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference 2349.

32.   Yoshida, M. and Upreti, B.N., 2005 International Seminar on Natural Disaster Mitigation and Issues on Technology Transfer in South and Southeast Asia . JICA Regional Seminar v. 8 No. 4, p. 629-630. Thapa,

33.   P.B.,  Esaki, T., Mitani, Y., Upreti, B.N, and Bhattarai, T.N., 2005. GIS-Based Landslide and Debris Flow Hazard Modeling of Arga Khola Watershed, Central Nepal, Journal of Nepal Geological Society,Vol.32, p.75.

34.   Yoshida, M., Konagaya, Y., Suganuma, Y.,  Ito, T. and Upreti,  B.N. 2005.  Field Workshop on Geology and Natural Hazards along the Kaligandaki Valley, Central-West Nepal Himalaya. v. 8 No. 4, p. 631-633.

35.   Sakai, T., Gajurel, A.P., Tabata, H. and Upreti, B.N., 2004. Delta formations associated with high-frequency (annual?) lake-level fluctuations: An example from the uppermost Pleistocene Gokarna

36.   Formation, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Extended Abstract: 19th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet
Workshop, Niseko, Japan. Himalayan Journal of Science, v. 2, No. 4 (Special Issue)

Other Publications

1.       Upreti, B.N., 2009. Earthquake hazard in Nepal. Souvenir publication of Lions Club of Kathmandu Laligurans, Dist 325 A, pp. 98-112.

2.       Upreti, B.N. and Rana, Greta 1997. Habitat and hazards in the Himalayas of Nepal. Issues in Mountain Development, ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal.

3.       Sakai, H. and Upreti, B.N., 1997. Uplift and erosion in the Himalaya (in Japanese). In: Natural History of the Himalaya (In Japanese, Edited by H. Sakai, Japan), pp. 21-25.

4.       Upreti, B.N., 1993.  Where is our disaster preparedness? Spotlight a weekly Magazine (August 6-12, 1993). p.32.

5.       Upreti, B.N. and Sakai, H., 1997. Is Himalaya becoming a desert: the fate of deforestation (in Japanese). In: Natural History of the Himalaya (In Japanese, Edited by H. Sakai, Japan), pp. 103-106

6.       Upreti, B.N., 1974.  Manab utpatti ko itihas. Madhuparka V.7 (2), p. 11-18. (in Nepali).

7.       Upreti, B.N., 1974.  Petroleum and its prospects in Nepal. The Nepalese Perspective (A Gorkhapatra publication), p. 45-57.

8.       Upreti, B.N., 1981.  Geology for National Development. News Bulletin, Nepal geological Society, V1 (1),  p. 1-2.

9.       Upreti, B.N., 1982.  Nepal - The Himalayan Desert of Tomorrow. News Bulletin, Nepal geological Society, V1 (2), p. 1-6.

10.   Upreti, B.N., 1983.  Gatishil Mahadesh tatha Failindo Mahasagarharu- Plate Tectonics ko pariprechya ma News. Bulletin, Nepal geological Society, V2 (1), p. 18-24. (in Nepali).

11.   Upreti, B.N., 1983.  Pahari basti ma pairo ko samasya. Gorkhapatra daily (Mangshir 17, 2040 BS.). (in Nepali).

12.   Upreti, B.N., 1985.  Himalaya- Tethys Sagar ko garbha dekhi Sagarmatha ko chuchuro samma (Himalaya- From the Cradle of Tethys to the Top of the World). p.1-30 (unpublished) (in Nepali).

13.   Upreti, B.N., 1988.  The Himalayas - Protecting the environment. The Rising Nepal daily.

14.   Upreti, B.N., 1989.  Hamro Surya. Balak ( Magh-Falgun, 2046) V.25 (6), p. 37-43.(in Nepali)

15.   Upreti, B.N., 1989.  Hamro Brahmanda. Balak ( Srawan-Bhadra 2046) V.25 (3), p.93-98. (in Nepali).