GeoMandu: Geohazards and Geo-Infra Disasters

As a developing nation with an insignificant number of geotechnical engineering-related infrastructures so far, Nepal has recognized geotechnical engineering still as a minor field of engineering! Today, however, there are many ongoing national pride infrastructure development projects including four-lane fast track highway construction, roadway tunnels, multipurpose high gravity dams, underground structures, long-span bridges, heavy aircraft runways, and many others that necessitate precise knowledge of geotechnical engineering in order to reduce the risk of geo-infra disasters in the future. So, through this international conference series, we expect that the geotechnical engineering community in Nepal will be able to appeal to all stakeholders of Nepal as well as to our international colleagues our unique geohazard types, and geo-infra disaster issues in the Nepal Himalaya and share the problems and learn the solutions.

We plan to hold this conference series every two years. GeoMandu, the conference series name represents the international conference in the field of geotechnical engineering held in Kathmandu. The conference theme will change every two years, and this year we have chosen Geohazards and Geo-Infra Disasters.