Profile

Research Interests

Geological Engineering and GIS

Publications

1. Lithology and structure of the area between MCT and Barigad Fault in Kaski, Parbat and Syangja districts of western Nepal, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, Volume 16 (sp. Issue), pp. 7, 1997.

2. Lithology and structure of the area between MCT and Barigad Fault in Kaski, Parbat and Syangja districts of western Nepal, Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., v 16 (Sp Issue), Abstract, pp. 7-8, 1997.

3. Application of Geology, Geomorphology, and Hydrology in Landslide Hazard Mapping: Examples from Western Nepal Himalaya, Bull. Dept., Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, v 6, pp. 71-87, 1998.

4. Landslides and debris flows of 19-21 July 1993 in the Agra Khola watershed of central Nepal, Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., v 21, pp. 5 -20, 2000.

5. Stratigraphy and structure of the Lesser Himalaya between Kusma and Syangja in western Nepal, Jour. Nepal Geol. Soc., v 24 (Sp. Issue), p. 23, 2001.

6. Stratigraphy and structure of the inner Lesser Himalaya between Kusma and Syangja, Western Nepal, Jour. of Nepal Geol. Soc., v 27 (Sp. Issue), pp. 25-37, 2002,Earthquake Hazard and its threat in Nepal,, Archives of the Himalayan Environment, Kathmandu, v 1(1), pp. 35-36, 2002.

7. Geology of the Inner Lesser Himalaya between Kusma and Syangja in western Nepal, Bull. Dept. Geol., Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, v 9 (Sp. Issue), pp. 1-60, 2002.

8. Status of landslide hazard in the Kusma-Syangja area of western Nepal, Lesser Himalaya, Bull. Dept. Geol., Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, v 9 (Sp. Issue), pp. 61-76, 2002.

9. Landslides and debrisflows hazard assessment by using GIS in the Agra Khola watershed, central Nepal after the disaster of July 19-21, 1993, 1st International Workshop on Earth Science and Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, pp. 107-114, 2003.

10. Landslides and debrisflows characteristics and hazard mapping in the natural hill-slope terrain by using GIS, 2nd International Workshop on Earth Science and Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, pp. 63-71, 2004.

11. Landslide and Debris flow Characteristics and Hazard Mapping in Mountain Hill-slope Terrain by Using GIS, Central Nepal, Proceedings of the International Conference on Landslide Risk Management, Vancouver, Canada, A. A. Balkema, Netherlands, pp.657-668, 2005.

12. GIS Based Multivariate Prediction Modelling of Landslide Hazard in the Mountainous Terrain of Central Nepal, Proceedings of the 2005 East Asia Joint Symposium on Rock Engineering, Fukuoka, Japan, pp. 153-162, 2005.

13. GIS-based Landslides and Debris flows Hazard Prediction Modelling in the Mountainous Terrain of Agra Khola Watershed, Central Nepal, Nepal Geol. Soc., v 32 (Sp. Issue), Fifth Asian Regional Conference on Engineering Geology for Major Infrastructure Development and Natural Hazard Mitigation, 75 p, 2005.

14. Landslides in Nepal-Japan and their Reduction Measures. Bulletin of Japan University Students’ Association, Nepal for Communication and Exchange, v 12(20), pp. 19-21(abstract Japanese), 2006.

15. Spatial Characteristics of Natural Disasters and their Impacts in Nepal: A Challenge for Development, International Symposium on Geo-Disasters, Infrastructure Management and Protection of World Heritage Sites, Kathmandu, Nepal, pp. 330-338, 2006.

16. Integration of Spatial Data Based on Map Overlays in GIS for Landslide Hazard Analysis, News Bulletin of Nepal Geological Society, v 23, pp. 47-49, 2006.

17. Reducing Disaster Risk for Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation in Nepal, CD Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Issues on Research and Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2007.

18. GIS-based Quantitative landslide hazard prediction modelling in natural hillslope, Agra Khola watershed, central Nepal. Bull. Dept. Geol., Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, v 10, pp. 63-70, 2007.

19. Disaster vulnerability prediction modelling using GIS in the Agra Khola watershed, central Nepal, Nepal Geol. Soc., v 36 (Sp. Issue), Abstract, Fifth Geological Congress, Kathmandu, Nepal pp. 22-22, 2007.

20. Disaster Vulnerability and School Safety, presented during the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Day-2007 Workshop (Abstract), Bull. Nepal Geol. Soc., v 25, pp. 37-38, 2008.

Membership

• Member (LM), Nepal Geological Society, since 1996.

• Member, Mountain Risk Engineering Unit, since 1996.

• Member, Nepal Geographic Information System Society (GIS), since 2001.