About Us

The Center for Electric Power Engineering (CEPE) was established on November 14, 2018, at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Kathmandu University to develop a research-oriented environment in the field of electric power engineering. The CEPE expects to form a reticulate network of scientists, professors, faculties, students, and stakeholders of different countries/institutions/ organization to deal with power engineering issues.

With the support of the EnergizeNepal Project Office, Kathmandu University, this center aims to establish national standard reference laboratories for High-Voltage Application Testing, Power Appliances Testing, Energy Efficiency Technologies Studies, and Lighting and Illumination Designs. The establishment project is funded by The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and is managed by Kathmandu University (KU), Nepal in cooperation with Hydro Lab, SINTEF EnergiAs and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway.

Team Members

Asst. Prof. Diwakar Bista

Head of CEPE/Principal Investigator
Asst. Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Aayush Bista

Research Associate / Technical Engineer

Shakul Dhakal

Administrative Staff
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Ojaswi Bdr. Lakhey

Technical Engineer

Advisors

Dr. Frangiskos V. Topalis

Full Professor
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Expertise: Lighting, Energy  

Dr. Georges ZISSIS

Full Professor
University of Toulouse, France
Expertise: Lighting, Plasma Physics

Dr. Rajesh Karki

Full Professor
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Expertise: Renewable Energy, Reliability, Power System

Dr. Antinos Papadakis

Assoc. Professor
Frederick University, Cyprus
Expertise: High-voltage, Plasma Physics, Power

Dr. Pramod Bhusal

Assoc. Professor
University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
Expertise: Lighting

Dr. Almantas Pivrikas

Senior Lecturer
Murdoch University, Australia
Expertise: Renewable Energy

Dr. Jonathan Nixon

Senior Lecturer
Coventry University, England
Expertise: Renewable Energy

Dr. Roshan Bhattrai

System Planning Engineer
Northern Powergrid, England
Expertise: High Voltage, Power System

Dr. Ramazan AYAZ

Research Assistant Doctor
Yildiz Technical University, Turkey
Expertise: Lighting, Renewable Energy

Alumni Team Member

Ashish Shrestha

Activity Leader / Researcher
2018-2021

Current: PhD Scholar at University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

Nasib Khadka

Technical Engineer / Research Assistant
2019-2022

Current: Engineer at K&A Engineering Consulting, P.C.