Nepal Engineering College

Raghu Nath Prajapati

[email protected]

Associate Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

BRIEF PROFILE

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Running) Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

M.Sc. in Water Resources Engineering (2011) Institute of Engineering (IoE), Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University (T.U.)

B. E. in Civil Engineering (2005) - Khwopa Engineering College, Purbanchal University (P.U.)

Diploma in Civil Engineering (1998) - Institute of Engineering (IoE), Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University (T.U.)

Total Year of Experience:

20+ years

Experience & Achievements:

more than 20 years of teaching experience in water resources subjects and professional practices

Courses Taught:

Water Resources Subject (Hydropower Engineering, Irrigation Engineering, Hydraulics, Fluid Mechanics

Research Fellowship:

Regional Training and Capacity Building Workshop-South Asia Water (SAWA) Programme, Kandy, Srilanka ( Jan 27 to Feb 7, 2025),
Short-term Research Fellowship Program in India Institute of Technology, Indore, India (19th Feb to 19 May 2023),
3 days Researcher Connect Course by Imperial College London and British Council in Turkey (24th to 26th July 2018)

Publications:

Book:

Co-Author, Hydropower Engineering, a text book for B.E. Civil Engineering, Heritage Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd, 2013
Author, Irrigation Engineering, for B.E. Civil Engineering, 2022

Paper:

Author, Present and Future Hydrological Response by Land Use and Climate Changein Jhikhukhola Watershed, Nepal, published on Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, ASCE Publication, 2025
Author, Ground water availability assessment for a data-scarce river basin in Nepal using SWAT hydrological model, published on Water Supply- IWA Publishing, Volume 24, No. 1, 254 – 271, https://doi:10.2166/ws.2023.332 2023
Author, Climate change impact on water availability in the Himalaya: Insights from Sunkoshi River basin, Nepal, published on HydroResearch-ScienceDirect, Volume 6, 2023, 279-292, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydres.2023.10.002
Author, Reviewing Irrigation Water Scarcity and Sufficiency with a Case Study of Jhikhukhola Watershed, Nepal, published on International Journal of Advanced Research and Publications, ISSN: 2456-9992, Volume 5 Issue 5, May, 2022, 141-148, https://www.ijarp.org/online-papers-publishing/may2022.html
Author, A Review on Irrigation Water Demand and Availability in Panchkhal Valley, Nepal, published on KEC Conference 2022, “4th International Conference on Engineering and Technology”,Kantipur Engineering College, Dhapakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal : Corresponding Author, Water Supply System at Gelalgaun in Duwakot,Bhaktapur,
Nepal, published on Journal of Water Resource Research and Development Volume 3 Issue 1, 2020: 1-6, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3741326
Author, Identification of Condition and Status of Nepal’s First Hydropower-Pharping Hydropower, published on Journal of Water Resource Research and Development Volume 2 Issue 3, 2019: 1-4, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3611009
Corresponding Author, A Study of Reservoir Volume and Its Inundated RMs of Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project with Respect to Dam Height Variation, published on Scitech Nepal by Nepal Engineering College. Volume 13 Issue 1, September 2018: 48-54
Co-Author, Indigenous water management system in Nepal: cultural dimensions of water distribution, cascaded reuse and harvesting in Bhaktapur City, published on Springer, 11 May 2017
Corresponding Author, A Study of Probable Submerged Area in the Catchment with the Change in Elevation of Sundarijal Hydropower Dam in Nepal, published on International Journal of Design in Civil Engineering Volume 1 Issue 1, 2017:1-7
Corresponding Author, Identification of Reduction of Power Production in 50 Years Old Panauti Hydropower Plant in Nepal, published on Journals of Recent Activities in Infrastructure Science Volume 2 Issue 2, 2017: 1-7
Author, Delineation of Run of River Hydropower Potential of Karnali Basin-Nepal Using GIS and HEC-HMS, published on European Journal of Advances in Engineering and Technology, 2015, 2(1): 50-54
Co-Author, Drawdown and Dynamics of Groundwater Table in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Published on The Open Hydrology Journal, 2014, 8, 17-26
Author, Inundation Problem Due to Trans-boundary Activities, Published on Karmacharya Bulletin, 2012, Khwopa Engineering College
Author, Estimation of Soil Erosion by Using USLE, Published on THE CIVIZOIC -June 2011, Khwopa Engineering College

Social Media & Research Profiles:

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1Pn-jnYAAAAJ&hl=en Orchid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9222-1043 Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Raghu-Prajapati-3

Research Interest

Run off River, Hydrology, GIS