Nepal Urban Dialogue 2020(NUD2020) 

 
“National Conference on Sustainable Cities and Municipalities” 
Overall Program  
Day One 
st​
31​ October 2020 (15 KARTIK) Saturday 
Time/ Theme  Paper/Presentation title Presenters
Session
8:30-9:00/ ● Welcome Program Host:
Opening Sheelu Adhikari
session ● Opening
remarks Opening Remarks:
Dr. Tej Karki (Chair, NUD2020)
Remarks by:
Ashok Kumar Byanju( Shrestha )
Chair, Municipal Association of Nepal
(MuAN)
Mr.Bansalal Tamang
General Secretary, ​National Association of
Rural Municipalities in Nepal (NARMIN)
Dr. Aromar Revi
Co-Chair of the UN Sustainable
Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
9:00- 10:00 / Urban planning and Planning and urban design practice in Presenters:
First the west Mallory Baches (US)
design
Victoria Lee (UK)
Moderator: ​Dr. Tej Karki
10:00-10:30/ Urban environment Effective and sustainable management Presenter:
Second of waste in our cities Dr. Sumitra Amatya
Moderator:
Sarada Dhakal
10:30-11:00/ Urban resilience Earthquake resilience in cities Presenter:
Third Dr. Prachand Man Pradhan
Panelist:
● Prof. Dr. Rajesh Dhakal
● Jitendra Bothra
Moderator:
Dr. Tej Karki
11:00-12:00/ Urban planning and Planning and urban design values in Presenter:
Fourth traditional settlements: Kathmandu, Dr. Sudarshan Raj Tiwari
design
Bhaktapur, and Patan Panelist:
Dr. Bijay K Shrestha
Dr. Bharat Sharma
12:00-1:00/ Urban Policy Analysis of urban policies of Nepal Moderator
Fifth Dr. Tej Karki
Urban Policy Experts:
● Dr. Jagdish Chandra Pokharel
● Dr. Mahendra Subba
● Ar. Kishore Thapa
● Padma Mainali
● Dr Suman Karna
1:00-1:30/ Youth Youth empowerment, Speaker:
Sixth Douglas Ragan
entrepreneurship and employment
in cities Specialist, Youth and Children
Human Rights and Social Inclusion
UN Habitat
Moderator:
Rachana Shrestha
1:30-2:30
Break
2:30-3:30/ Green and Public space Analysis of green and public space in our Moderator:
Seventh (Green Space cities Dr. Tej Karki
Roundtable) Presenter:
Jharna Joshi
Architect
Swasti Bhattarai
Architect
Poonam Shah
Architect
Panelist​:
Suresh Prakash Acharya
President, Regional and Urban Planners'
Society of Nepal(RUPSON)
Remarks ​:
Anju Malla Pradhan
President, Society of Nepalese Architects
(SONA)
3:30-4:30/ PhD scholar session Ph.D. Research Title Presenters/PhD scholars:
Eight ● Augmenting sustainability of ● Bijay Singh
Ecovillage- A review ​of​ concepts ● Venkata Ravi Kumar Veluru
and practices of Ecovillages at local ● Ar. Avani Amit Topkar
and regional contexts ● Sneha Suresh Sharma
● Understanding the strengths and
weaknesses of Indian Convener​: Dr. Sangeeta Singh
neighborhood characteristics. Panelist:​ Dr. Bijay K Shrestha
● How sustainable are the Ghats of
Krishna and Godavari rivers from
economic, social, and
environmental perspective?
● Understanding Home Buying
Preferences In Pune Metropolitan
Region (PMR)
●
4:30-5:30/ Urban Road safety Road safety for Pedestrians in cities Presenter:
Ninth Dr. Dipan Bose
World Bank
Dr. Partha Parajuli
Road Safety Expert

Moderator:
Dr Tej Karki

5:30-6:30/
Tenth Break
6:30-7:30/ Car-free cities Car-free cities in the context of Nepal Presenter​:
Eleventh Shyam Sunder Kawan
Urban planner
Assistant professor, Nepal Engineering College

Moderator:
Shail Shrestha
Car-free cities alliance, Nepal

Remarks:
Sarita Shrestha Maskey
Former Joint secretary, Ministry of Urban
Development

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nepal Urban Dialogue 2020  
Overall Program 
Day two 
st​
1​ November 2020 (16 KARTIK), Sunday 
Time/ Theme Paper/presentation title Presenters
Session
8:30-9:30/ Urban agriculture Urban and peri-urban agriculture Presenter:
First ● Best practices Dr. Bharat Poudyal
● Opportunities and challenges Panelist:
● Way forward Pushkar Acharya
Arjun Luitel
Moderator:
Suman Maharjan

9:30-10:30 / Healthy cities Emerging from the Health-crisis Moderator:

Second Dr. Prasida Khanal
CEO, Rebuilding Health
Panel Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Sharad Onta
Indira Rana Magar

10:30-11:30 / Green cities Green sanitation for green cities / Presenter:

Third municipalities in Nepal Ms. Luna Kansakar
Global Green Growth Institute
Panelist:
Prof. Dr. Sangeeta Singh 
 Program Coordinator, MSESSD
Program, Department of
Architecture, Institute of
Engineering (IOE)
Rameshor Shrestha
Mayor, Mahalaxmi
Municipality
Moderator:
Sheelu Adhikari

11:30-12:30 / Mayors’ session What municipalities have learned from Panelists:

Fourth disasters and pandemic? Ashok Kumar Byanju(Shrestha)
Mayor, Dhulikhel Municipality
Dilip Pratap Khand
Mayor, Waling Municipality
Deepak Babu Kandel
Mayor, Palungtar Municipality
Mr.Bansalal Tamang
Chairman,
Indrawoti Rural Municipality
Ghanshyam Subedi
Chairman,
Phedikhola Rural Municipality
Host:
Rachana Shrestha
Moderator:
Dr. Tej Karki
12:30-1:30 / Smart cities What really means smart cities in the Presenter:
Fifth context of Nepal? Is it possible in Nepal? If Dr. Tej Karki
so, how? Panelist:
Dr. Bhaikaji Tiwari
Moderator:
Tika Dhoj Bhandari

1:30-2:30 / Cycle cities Kathmandu Cycling Valley 2030: Panelist:

Sixth Comprehensive master plan for Asia’s Ratna Shrestha
cycling valley President , Nepal Cycle Society
(NCS)
Sailendra Dongol
President, Cycle City Network
Nepal (CCNN)
Moderator: ​Shail Shrestha
Program Director,
Digo Bikash Institute

2:30-3:30 / Artists’ session What could be the role of films and film Moderator:
Seventh artists in making our cities better? Manoj Pandit
● How could film influence people for Film maker
better cities? Panelists:
Dayahang Rai
Actor
Surakshya Panta
Actress
3:30-4:00 / Closing session Summing up and Closing Summing up, Day 1:
Eight ● Summing Up Dr. Reshma Shrestha
● Concluding Remarks Assistant Professor,
● Vote of thanks Department of Geomatics
Engineering, KU
Summing up, Day 2:
Suresh Prakash Acharya,
RUPSON
Remarks by:
Anju Malla Pradhan,
SONA
Dr. Sangeeta Singh,
​IOE
Padma Mainali,
Joint secretary, Ministry of
Urban Development
Dr. Bhaikaji Tiwari ,
KVDA
Vote of Thanks:
Beekay Shrestha,
Green Institute

For Registration: ​ ​www.greeninstitute.institute/NUD2020/registration

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