RESEARCH OF INTEREST AREA

• Power System Reliability, Power System Planning & Operations, Power System Restructuring, Distributed Generation.

EDUCATION

• 2016 - 2018 Post Doctoral Fellowship (Power System Reliability), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
• 2006 - 2011 PhD (Power System Reliability), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India
• Thesis : Reliability Worth Assessment of an Electric Utility in a Developing Country
• 1990 - 1995 MSc (Hons) in Power Systems (Hon), Belarussian State Polytechnical Academy, Minsk, Belarus
• Thesis: Development of Nepal’s Power Systems by Year 2000.
• 1986 - 1988 Certificate of Electrical Engineering , Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

WORK EXPERIENCES

• Date:- September 1995 February 2012, Lecturer, Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Anand Niketan, Pulchowk, Nepal
• Date:- March 2012 May 2019, Associate Professor, Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Anand Niketan, Pulchowk, Nepal
• Date:- May 2014 –– October 2016, Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Anand Niketan, Pulchowk, Nepal
• Date:- July 2014 –– July 2017, Member, Institute of Engineering Research Committee, Institute of Engineering, Anand Niketan, Pulchowk, Nepal
• Date:- October 2016 –– April 2018, Postdoctoral Fellow, epartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan
• Date:- May 2019 –– till date,  Professor, Institute of Engineering, Anand Niketan, Pulchowk, Nepal

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
 Course instructor of Reliability Engineering at Master’s level in Power Systems Engineering, Institute of Engineering, since 2010
 Course instructor of Risk Assessment in Power Systems at Master’s level in Power Systems Engineering, Institute of Engineering, since 2011
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 Visiting Researcher, Power System Research Group, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, June – July 2019.
 Short term visiting faculty, University of Algarve, Portugal, April 2019.
 Visiting Faculty for Power System Reliability at Master’s level in Electric Power Engineering, School of Engineering, Kathmandu University, 2019-20.
 Short term Visiting Faculty, University of Porto, Portugal, June 2017.
 Visiting Faculty, School of Design Engineering, Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain, 2014 (3 months)
 Supervised over 30 Master’s theses in Power System Engineering, co-supervising of one Doctoral student
 Reviewed 5 PhD these of various Universities in India.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
 Member of Departmental Research Committee, Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Engineering since May 2013
 Co-Principal Investigator, “Design and fabrication of battery-supercapacitor based energy storage system in stand-alone and vehicular power system” (funded by NORAD and jointly administrated by SINTEF AS, Norway and Kathmandu University, Nepal), 2013/14 (1 year)
 Visiting Researcher, Division of Operations and Maintenance Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden (3 months), 2014.
 Co-Principal Investigator, Technical and economical analysis of Microgrid, funded by University Grants Commission, Nepal, 2008-2012
 Short term visiting researcher, University of Saskatchewan, Canada (Sept/Oct. 2008 – 2 weeks), Host Prof Rajesh Karki (Power Systems Research Group, Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering)
 Principal Investigator, Improvement of C/B Ratio of Grid connection for Rural Electrification, funded by Institute of Engineering 2003-2005
 Team Member, Study of Technical and economical viability of Grid connection of Micro Hydro Power Plant
(A research funded by United Nations Office for Project Support, Manila), 2002
 Guest Research Fellow, Osaka Sangyo University, Japan 2001
OTHER RELATED ACTIVITIES
 Expert Panel Member for Project “Power System Optimization of hydropower projects” fomed by Department of Electricity Development, Ministry of Energy, Nepal
 Expert Member, Preparation for Guidelines for Loss Standardization of Distribution Transformers in Nepal, Nepal Electricity Authority ( Monopoly Electric Utility of Nepal).
 Expert Member, Quality Control and Predispatch Inspection for Power and Distribution Transformers, Energy Meters, Power Cables and other accessories for Nepal Electricity Authority since September 2013.
CONSULTANCY WORKS
 Short term consultant as Energy Specialist for Asian Development Bank (ADB) for “Solar PV Generation Hosting Capacity of Integrated Nepal Power System” , April – November 2016
 Expert Committee Member, “Power System Optimization of Hydropower Projects in Nepal”, Department of Electricity Development, Ministry of Energy, Nepal, March 2011-May 2015.
 Short-term Consultant, Safety and Health Impacts Assessment of Khimti-Dhalkebar 220kV Transmission Line, World Bank Country Office Nepal..
 Team Leader, Guidelines preparation for electrification of areas affected by Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric
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Project (456MW) in Dolakha district August 2013 – January 2014
 Team Leader, Design Guideline preparation/ modification for MHP schemes in Nepal, AEPC, Nepal, March – July, 2012.
 Team Leader, Electricity Supply Outage Cost Etimation for Composite Customer of Nepal , Nepal Electricity Authority, January 2011 -- May 2011.
 Team leader, Socio-Economic Survey of People’s Hydropower – Udayapur District, Department of Electricity Development, Ministry of Energy, Kathmandu, Nepal, July 2011.
 Team leader, Socio-Economic Survey of People’s Hydropower – Tehrathum District, Department of Electricity Development, Ministry of Energy, Kathmandu, Nepal, July 2011.
 Team leader, Electricity Outage Cost Valuation of Government Offices, Institutions and Office Buildings in Nepal, May 2011, Nepal Electricity Authority, Kathmandu, Nepal.
 Team leader, Valuation of Electricity Supply Service to the Commercial Customers in Nepal, August 2010, Nepal Electricity Authority, Kathmandu, Nepal.
 Consulting Engineer (Reliability), Composite System Reliability Software Development for State Electricity Board in India, Trident Technolgies Pvt Ltd, Pune, India, February 2010.
 Team leader, Valuation of Electricity Supply Service to Industrial Customers in Nepal, May 2009, Nepal Electricity Authority, Kathmandu, Nepal.
 Team leader, Valuation of Electricity Supply Service in Nepal, May 2008, Nepal Electricity Authority, Kathmandu, Nepal.
 Senior Electrical Engineer, Design and Strengthening of Rural Electrification schemes for South Lalitpur Rural Electricity Company (Electricity Supply Cooperative), Jan – June, 2006.
 Team Leader, Data Collection of Solar PV Home Systems Installed in Nepal, Nov.2001-Mar 2002, AEPC/MOST, Nepal.
 Team leader, Data collection of solar dryers and cookers in Kathmandu valley, conducted by AEPC/MOST, April- July 2001, Nepal.
COMPUTER RELATED SKILLS
Programming Languages and application packages:
- MATLAB, Simulink, ETAP, Matpower.
Databases :
- MS Word, MS Excel
LANGUAGES
 English
- Excellent
 Russian
- Very Good
 Nepali
- Mother tongue
 Hindi
- Excellent
 Maithili
- Satisfactory
PUBLICATIONS
REFERRED JOURNALS
1. Nava Raj Karki, Rajesh Karki, Ajit Kumar Verma and Deependra Kumar Jha, “State and issues in electricity sector restructuring in developing countries: A case of Nepal”, European transactions on Electrical Power (under review)
2. Nava Raj Karki, Rajesh Karki, Ajit Kumar Verma and Deependra Jha, “Development of Composite Customers Damage Function for an Electric Utility in a Developing Country”, Electrical Power and Energy Systems (under review)
3. Lok B Baral, Khem N Poudyal, Jeevan J Nakarmi, Nava Raj Karki, and Dmmitrios Nalmpantis, “Gravity and Muscle Force Operated Surface Ropeway: An efficient, cheap and eco-friendly transport mode for mountainous countries”, European Physical Journal Plus, 134:55, 2019.
4. Manoj Thapa, Binod K. Bhattarai, Nava Raj Karki, Subin Gurung, Bal Krishna Sapkota and Khem N Paudyal, “Effects of aerosols on the solar radiation in mid-hill of Nepal: a case study in the Kathmandu valley”, International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, vol.8, No.1, March 2017.
5. Deependra Kumar Jha, Naoto Yorino and Nava Raj Karki, “ Performance Evaluation of Electricity Distribution Centers”, International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems, Vol.12, No. 2, 2011.
6. Nava Raj Karki, Ajit Kumar Verma, Rajesh Karki and Jayandra Shrestha, “Commercial Customers Outage Cost Valuation for a Developing Country”, Communication in Dependability Quality and Management, Vol.13, No.2, November 2010.
7. Nava Raj Karki, Rajesh Karki and Ajit Kumar Verma, “Estimation of Cost of Unserved Energy: A Customer Survey Approach” International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, vol.1, No.2, June 2010.
8. Nava Raj Karki, Ajit KumarVerma, Rajesh Karki and Arabind Kumar Mishra, “Residential Customers’ Outage Cost Analysis for Urban and Semi-Urban Areas in a Developing Country” International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, Vol.16, No. 6, pp.581-593, April 2010, London, UK.
9. Mangal V. Bhatkar, Ajit Kumar Verma and Nava Raj Karki, “Impact of Level of Contingencies on Wellbeing States of Generating System - A Probabilistic and Fuzzy Approach” International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, vol.15, no. 2, April 2008, London, UK.
PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCES
1. Ganesh Marasini, Kishan Jayasawal, Yuba Raj Purja, Khagendra Thapa and Nava Raj Karki,”Coordination between Modified MPPT and Battery Storage System for Flexible Active Power Control of Grid Coinnected PV system”, 2020 9th IEEE Power India Conference, Feb.28-1 March, 2020.
2. Bikram Shrestha, Binay Paudyal, Netra Gyawali and Nava Raj Karki, “Steady state analysis of PV integration in hydro dominated INPS grid using ETAP”, 7th IEEE International conference on Power Systems, Dec.21-23, 2017, Pune, India .
3. Naresh Malla, Shiva Poudel, Netra Gyawali and Nava Raj Karki, “Resilience of Electrical Power Delivery System in Response to natural disaster”, 7th IEEE International conference on Power Systems, Dec.21-23, 2017, Pune, India.
4. O Ceylan, Sumit Paudyal, Sudharshan Dahal and Nava Raj Karki, “Assessment of Harmonic Distortion on Distribution Feeders with Electric Vehicles and Residential PVs”, 7th IEEE International Conference on Power Systems, Dec.21-23, 2017, Pune, India.
5. Nava Raj Karki, Netra Gyawali, Manoj K Singh, M Badrudoza and Sumit Paudyal, “Adequacy assessment of micro-hydro based Minigrid”, IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (Sustech), Oct.9-11, 2016, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
6. Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai, Nava Raj Karki et al.,”Active Control of thermostatic loads for economical and technical support to distribution grids‟, IEEE PES General Meeting 2016, USA.
7. Hari Rimal, M. Brenna, Nava Raj Karki and Ajit Verma, “Control of PMSG based Wind Turbines for Renewables based DC Distribution”, IEEE 9th International Conference on Software, Knowledge and Innovation Management, 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal.
8. Emilio Rodriguez, Nava Raj Karki, Diego Galar and Stefan Niska, “Simulation of Electrical Power Supply System in Railway Infrastructure”, 5th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, Oct.28-30, 2013, Kathmandu, Nepal.
9. Nabina Pradhan, Nava Raj Karki and Basant Raj Pokharel, “Reliability Evaluation of Small Standalone Sola PV – Wind Hybrid Power System”, 3rd IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technology, Sept. 24-27, 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal.
10. Nabina Pradhan and Nava Raj Karki, “Probabilistic Reliability Evaluation of off-grid Small Hybrid Solar PV – Wind Power System for Rural Electrification in Nepal”, IEEE North American Power Symposium, Sept. 9-11, 2012, Urbana, Illinois.
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11. Mabvuto Moanza, Nabina Pradhan and Nava Raj Karki, “ ZESCO Generation System Adequacy Assessment for the Period 2009-2030 using Probabilistic Approach”, 4th IASTED Africa Power and Energy Conference, Sept. 3-5, 2012, Gaborone, Botswana.
12. Subarna Sapkota, Nava Raj Karki and Mahammad Badrudoza, „‟Optimal PMU placementUsing Network Partitioning For System Observability’’, International Conference on Quality, Reliability and Information Technology (ICQRIT--2011), 7--9 December, 2011, Kathmandu, Nepal.
13. Suresh Gautam, Nava Raj Karki and Arvind Kumar Mishra, „‟Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Optimal Power Flow‟‟ International Conference on Quality, Reliability and Information Technology (ICQRIT--2011), 7--9 December, 2011, Kathmandu, Nepal.
14. Nava Raj Karki, Ajit Kumar Verma, Rajesh Karki, Deependra Kumar Jha and Arabind Kumar Mishra, “Outage Cost Estimation for Government Offices, Institutions and Few Other Offices”, IEEE International Conference on Reliability, Safety and Hazards(ICRESH), 14-16 December, 2010, Mumbai, India.
15. Nava Raj Karki, Ajit Kumar Verma and Deependra Kumar Jha, „Rural Energy Security Utilizing Renewable Energy Sources: Challenges and Opportunities‟, IEEE Tencon Conference, 21-24 November, 2010, Fukuoka, Japan.
16. Nava Raj Karki, Ajit Kumar Verma, Arbind Kumar Mishra, Jayandra Shrestha and Mangal V Bhatkar, “Industrial Customers‟ Survey for Outage Cost Valuation in a Developing Country”, 41st IEEE North American Power Symposium, 4-6 October 2009, Starkville, Mississippi, USA.
17. Nava Raj Karki, Ajit KumarVerma, Arabind Kumar Mishra, Rajesh Karki and Jayandra Shrestha, “Residential Customer Outage Cost Valuation for Urban Areas of Nepal”, 40th IEEE North American Power Symposium, September 28-30, 2008, Calgary, Canada.
18. Nava Raj Karki, “Improvement of Cost/Benefit Ratio for Grid Extended Rural Electrification: A Key to Improve Quality of Life in Rural Areas of the Developing Countries”, IEEE Powercon, 21-24 November, 2004, Singapore.
19. Subhas Dahal, Arbind Kumar Mishra and Nava Raj Karki, “Load Estimation in Distribution Feeders in the Context of Nepal”, International Conference on Power Systems, 3-5 November, 2004, Kathmandu, Nepal.
20. Indraman Tamrakar and Nava Raj Karki, “ Grid Connection of Micro Hydro Plants”, International Conference on Renewable Energy Technology, 12-14 October, 2004, Kathmandu, Nepal.
BOOKS
1. Nava Raj Karki and Bhadra Prasad Pokharel, “Electrical Engineering Materials”, Alpha Science Ltd, London, UK, 2007.
EDITORSHIP OF JOURNALS AND BOOKS
- Associate Editor, International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management, Springer India.
- Volume Editor, Springer Book Series on Reliable Power and Sustainable Energy Systems (Series Editors: Dr Roy Billinton (University of Saskatchewan), Dr Ajit Verma(IIT Bombay) and Dr Rajesh Karki (University of Saskatchewan)
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NETWORKING AND HOSTING OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
- General Chair, 10th International Conference on Quality, Reliability and Infocom Technology, 17-19 June 2019, Kathmandu, Nepal (jointly organized by Hillside College of Engineering, Nepal, Society for Reliability Engineers, Quality and Operations Management, India and University of Saskatchewan, Canada).
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- Member, Organizing Committee, IEEE Electrical Power Engineering Conference, October, 2018, Saskatoon, Canada.
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- Member, Steering Committee of 7th IEEE International Conference on Power Systems, Dec.21-23, 2017, Pune, India.
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- General Co-chair, IEEE International conference on Control and Automation (ICCA), June 1-3, 2016, Kathmandu
(jointly organized by Nepal Power Engineering Society, Institute of Engineering and IEEE Control Society
Singapore Chapter)
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- Member Secretary, Steering Committee and Organizing Committee, 5th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems (ICPS), Oct.28-30, 2013, Kathmandu, Nepal (jointly organized by Tribhuvan University, Nepal and Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay, India in technical co-sponsorship of IEEE Kolkota and UP Sections)
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- Convenor , International Conference on Quality, Reliability and Information Technology (ICQRIT) 2011,December 7-9, 2011, Kathmandu, Nepal jointly by the Institute of Engineering, Nepal, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden and Society of Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management, India. The Distinguished Speaker of the conference was Prof Roy Billinton of University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Member of Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), Dec.12-14, 2007, Bangalore, India
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- Member of Technical Committee, International Seminar On Power System, Dec. 2005, Bangalore, India.
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- Member Secretary, Steering Committee and Organizing Committee, 1st IEEE International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), Nov.3-5, 2004, Kathmandu, Nepal.
MEMBER OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
 Interim Chair, IEEE PES Nepal Chapter, 2020
 Vice Chair of IEEE Nepal Subsection 2015-16
 Member, IEEE
 Life Member, Nepal Engineers Association
 Founding Member and General Secretary (2011--2013), Nepal Power Engineering Society.
AWARDS/ RECOGNITION
 First Prize, All Nepal Intercampus Quiz Competition organized by Nepal Television, 1988 (representing IOE Pulchowk Campus)
 Recipient of full academic scholarship from Government of USSR under UNESCO agreement for 6 years integrated MSc in Electrical Engineering during 1989-1995 (selected by Ministry of Education)
 Recipient of full scholarship from Institute of Engineering, Nepal to pursue PhD in Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India during 2006-2010
 Recipient of Mahendra Vidya Bhushan (Gold Medal) for obtaining 1st position at MSc in Electrical Power Systems at Belarussian State Polytechnical Academy(Belarussian National Technical University), Minsk (awarded by Government of Nepal), 2000.
 Recipient of Special award for contribution to development of customer focused reliability metrics awarded by the Society of Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management, India, December 2010.
 Recipient of Nepal Vidyabhushan “Ka” (Category I) (awarded by Government of Nepal), 2013.
MEMBERSHIP OF TRADE UNIONS AND STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
 Delegate to Nepali Chhatra Sangha Former USSR General Convention, Odessa, Ukraine, 1991
 Member, Pragatisheel Pradhyapak Sanghathan since September 1995
 Vice President, TUTA Purwanchal Campus Unit, 1996-1998
 Delegate, Pragatisheel Pradhyapak Sanghathan National Convention Birgunj, 1997.
 Party Member, CPN UML since 2071BS (2014)
 Secretary, Prarambhik Committee, CPN UML IOE Pulchowk Campus, since 2072 BS (2015)