Bishal Nath Upreti

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Bishal Nath Upreti
Born (1951-04-22) April 22, 1951 (age 72)
NationalityNepali
OccupationEngineering geologist

Bishal Nath Upreti (born April 22, 1951 in Nepal) is a geologist and academic at the Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Career

Upreti has worked for over fourteen years as the head of the Central Department of Geology at Kirtipur Campus and the Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Campus, Tribhuvan University in Nepal. His academic work specialises in Nepalese geology. His teaching of both undergraduate and post-graduate students has focussed on Engineering Geology both in Nepal and abroad.

Upreti has co-edited a book about the geology of the Nepalese Himalayas. [1] he has also co-edited a book about landslide hazard management and control in the Hindukush-Himalaya region. [2]

In 1999, Upreti was a visiting professor at the Hiroshima University, Japan, under the fellowship of the Japan Society of Promotion of Sciences (JSPS). In 2001, he was a visitingprofessor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India.

Upreti is the president of the Disaster Preparedness Network-Nepal (DPNet) [3] He is a long serving member of the Nepal Geological Society.

Currently, Upreti is the president of NRNA-Zambia and also is a professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Zambia in Lusaka and a TWAS Research Professor (2012-2017) in the same university.

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Research publications

Upreti, B.N., Dhital, M.R., 1996. Landslide studies and management in Nepal. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, 87p. [6]

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References

  1. Co-Editor of the book on Geology of the Nepal Himalaya: Recent Advances Elsevier Science Ltd. UK (Journal of Asian Earth Sciences).
  2. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu
  3. "Executive Committee | DPNET-Nepal". Dpnet.org.np. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  4. Archived June 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Nepali geologist Bishal Nath Upreti Wins CNR Rao Prize For Scientific Research". Lexlimbu.com. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  6. B.N. Upreti; M.R. Dhital. "Landslide Studies and Management in Nepal" (PDF). Lib.icimod.org. Retrieved 2016-08-07.