Dr. Budhi Raj Kharel

Date and place of Birth:

 27 October 1968
   Nepal.

Address:

(Present address):
 St. Petersburg State University for waterways communications(SUWC).
Department of hydraulic and civil Engineering. 
Dvinskaya Str. 5/7, 198035.
St. Petersburg.
Russia.

Nationality:

 Russian

Parents’ Name:

Shashi Dhar Kharel (Deceased),Mother(Jaya Kala Kharel)

Marital Status:

Married (wife-Natalya Kharel), child (Milan Kharel)

E-mail:

drbrkharel@hotmail.com

Academic Qualification:

• Ph.D. in Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering

Researched Field: Sediment transport;
Theme :" Settling basin like bunker with vertical flushing system" for hydropower and irrigation systems.
Advisor: Dsc., Professor Mikhail A. Kolosov.
 Name of Institution: St. Petersburg State University for waterways communications (SPSUWC).
year Completed:  1999.

• M.Sc. In Hydraulic Engineering with the right to carry out civil engineering works.

 Name of Institution: St. Petersburg State University for waterways communications (SPSUWC).

  Project & Thesis: Designing of hydropower structure- Marsayangdi, Nepal (in Russian)
Advisor: Dsc., Professor Mikhail A. Kolosov.

year Completed: 1995.

• Diploma (3 years) in Civil Engineering from Tribhuvan University Kathmandu, Nepal.

Name of Institution: Institute Of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus
year Completed: 1990.
Secured division: Ist. (79%)

• School Leaving Certificate Examination (Final) Conducted by His Majesty's Government, Ministry of Education & Culture, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Name of School: Prembasti Secondary School, Prembasti, Chitwan, Nepal.
year Completed: 1986.
Secured division : Ist. (77%)

Professional Membership: General Member of Nepal Engineers' Association (NEA)
Kathmandu, Nepal. (Regd. No: 4494)

                  PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
 

April 2008 to present

2004 to Apr.2008

Associate professor: 

Department of Hydraulic and civil Engineering Construction of St. Petersburg State University for Waterways communications (SPSUWC),St. Petersburg Russia.
 DISCIPLINES have been conducting:
*Engineering construction (RCC)-Project works with applying Software.
*Hydraulic Structures for inland navigations (ship, dams, elevator, Locks, navigation canals etc.)  
*Engineering melioration (dewatering and Irrigation)
*Fluid mechanics, open channel flow & hydrology
*Recreation and development of waterworks facilities  (River training and protection from flooding & flood control)
* Safety engineering for hydraulic engineering (Constructions, their exploitation and maintenance).
Project works: Natural Inspection of existing hydraulic structures for preparing safety exploitation report.

2001 to  2004

 Senior Lecturer: 
Department of Hydraulic and civil Engineering Construction of St. Petersburg State University for Waterways communications (SPSUWC), St. Petersburg Russia.
DISCIPLINES were conducted:
*Engineering construction (RCC)-Project works with applying Software.
*Hydraulic Structures for inland navigations (ship, dams, elevator, Locks, navigation canal etc.)  
*Engineering melioration (dewatering and Irrigation)
*Fluid mechanics, open channel flow & hydrology
* Recreation and development of waterworks facility  (River training and protection from flooding)
 * Safety engineering for hydraulic engineering (Constructions, their exploitation and maintenance).
* Architecture engineering for hydraulic Eng.

Assistance Lecturer: 
Department of Hydraulic and civil Engineering Construction of St. Petersburg State University for Waterways communications (SPSUWC), St. Petersburg Russia.
DISCIPLINES were conducted:
* Design of Engineering Structures with reinforced concrete ( Practical and tutorials).
* Recreation (River training and protection from flooding)
*Involving to research in existing hydraulic engineering  problems, like safety operation of Hydraulic Structures, their renovation and modernization. 
 

1995-1999

1996 to present

 
Lab assistant and research scholar
Department of Hydraulic and civil Engineering Construction of St. Petersburg State University for Waterways communications (SUWC), St. Petersburg Russia.
 * Natural observation of settling basins for hydropower stations, studying of their functioning and placement in different geographical condition.
 * Preparation of model settling basin like a bunker in laboratory, by Physical observation and studying flowing process of the water-sand mixture through different holes of a bunker & determining  the relation between the velocity and  the sizes of a holes according to the level of loading of a bunker.
 *  To evaluate the influence of  hydrodynamics(filtration) effects on the stability of the arc forming earth "hang-up" in the bunker by applying the method of Electro Hydro Dynamical Analogy(EHDA) in physical model.
 * To carry out the theoretical researches related with the description of the pressure head function and installation of gradients of a pressure, including outlet values of gradients.
 
* Conducted lessons about laboratories tasks for Eng. students (Assisted to Prof. M. Kolosov).

1988-1990

Consulting Engineering
 Len Hydro Project & INSET Small HP. St.Petersburg,RF.
 - Renewable energy technology (hydropower).
- Large and small hydropower construction;    supervision and management.
- Marketing and dissemination of company’s products (Hydro-turbines)
- Liaise with external collaborators.

Civil overseer

SOVAN ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Road designing section.

Languages:

1. English;
2. Russian;
3. Hindi;
4. Nepali;

Hobbies:

Reading Newspapers, playing on badminton (Actively Participating in tournaments) & communicating with different kinds of people from different countries.

Contacts:

Telephone/Fax: 7-812-7262004 (Russia),
Mobile:7-911-243-94-81
Email: drbrkharel@hotmail.com