Nepal Engineering Council

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Nepal Engineering Council
नेपाल ईन्जिनियरिङ परिषद
FormationMarch 11, 1999;25 years ago (1999-03-11)
Founder His Majesty's Government of Nepal
TypeGovernment
PurposeRegulation of engineering practice in Nepal
HeadquartersMinbhawan, Kathmandu
Coordinates 27°41′15″N85°20′25″E / 27.6875209°N 85.3403958°E / 27.6875209; 85.3403958
Website https://nec.gov.np/

Nepal Engineering Council (NEC) is an autonomous government body formed on 11 March 1999 under The Nepal Engineering Council Act. [1] [2] The council was established in order to mobilize the engineering profession in a systematic and scientific manner by making it effective, as well as to make provision for, among other matters, the registration of the names of engineers as per their qualifications.

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The council used to register engineers based on academic certificates until 2022. An amendment bill was registered in the parliament in June 2019 [3] and was passed in August 2022 [4] which makes mandatory to take exams from the council to get license. As of 2022, there are 37 engineering field for which license are issued. [5]

Councilors

Nepal Engineering Council has 18 Councilors as follows: [6]

  1. Chairman appointed by the government of Nepal
  2. Vice Chairman appointed by the government of Nepal
  3. Five engineers appointed by the government of Nepal
  4. President of Nepal Engineers Association
  5. Five engineers elected from Nepal Engineering Association
  6. One representative from Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University
  7. One campus chief from various engineering colleges
  8. Registrar
  9. Two members(Minimum 1 lady) elected by the council

Jurisdiction of Council

Registration Category

The council has provision to register Engineers in three categories: [7]

  1. General Engineer ( Category - A )
  2. Professional Engineer ( Category - B )
  3. Foreign Engineer ( Category - C )

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Nepal Engineering Council Act, 2055 (1999)" (PDF). Nepal Engineering Council.
  2. ↑ Nepal Engineering Council Act, 2055 (1999).
  3. ↑ "Amendment bill to regulate engineering profession". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Republica. "President Bhandari certifies two bills". My Republica. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "NEC website" . Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. ↑ https://doli.gov.np/doligov/blog/upload/nepal-engineering-councial-act-2055/#
  7. ↑ "Nepal Engineering Council Regulation, 2057" (PDF). Nepal Engineering Council. Retrieved 14 September 2022.


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