Bishal Nath Upreti

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.

• Suprabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu, conferred by King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, 1996.
• Mahendra Vidhya Bhusan Class 'A', conferred by King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, 1980.
• Mahendra Vidhya Bhusan Class 'B', conferred by King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, 1973.
• Natural Disaster Relief Medal, conferred by the Government of Nepal.
• C.N.R. Rao Prize for scientific research, 2015.[4] Upreti received the award "for his outstanding contributions to the investigation of the stratigraphy and tectonics of the Nepal Himalayas and our understanding of the geology of Nepal".[5]

• Nepal Geological Society
• Geology of Nepal

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