ARC-15 Electronic Newsletter Issue No. 33: October 17, 2025

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Update: Event Sponsors for ARC-15 IAEG

We are excited to announce that Smart Earth Works, Hazama Ando Corporation and Jyoti Shree Nepal are now an Event Sponsor for the 15th Asian Regional Conference (ARC-15) of IAEG scheduled from November 27-29, 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Meet Our Keynote Speakers:

Mr. Dinesh Kumar Napit is the Director General of the Department of Mines and Geology (DMG), Government of Nepal. With over two decades of professional experience, he has held several key positions within DMG, including Deputy Director General (Spokesperson) and Project Chief of the Petroleum Exploration Promotion Project. He has contributed significantly to Nepal’s mineral exploration, petroleum promotion, and geoscience-based resource management.

He will be giving his Keynote on :

Role of DMG in Advancing Engineering Geological Sciences in Nepal

Dinesh Kumar Napit

Prof. Dr. Keh-Jian (Albert) Shou is Vice President for Asia of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). A distinguished scholar in geotechnical engineering, he has led pioneering research and major infrastructure projects, contributed extensively to education, and promoted international collaboration in soil and rock engineering.

He will be giving his Keynote on :

On the Catchment Sedimentation and Landslides Induced by 1999 Taiwan Chi-Chi Earthquake

Keh-Jian (Albert) Sho

Meet Our Invited Speakers:

Prof. Yun-Tae Kim, as a professor at Pukyong National University, specializes in landslide hazard and risk assessment. His research focuses on the development of susceptibility and vulnerability models that integrate hazard-level rainfall thresholds, seismic triggers, and building structural types. He is actively involved in advancing quantitative approaches for disaster risk reduction and resilient infrastructure planning in mountainous and urban fringe regions.

His Lecture is on:

Quantitative Debris Flow-Induced Vulnerability Assessment

Yun-Tae Kim

Dr. Manoj Verman is a senior engineering geologist with extensive experience in rock mechanics, tunneling, slope stability, and underground excavation. He obtained his Ph.D. in Rock Mechanics from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) and has over four decades of academic, research, and consultancy expertise in India and abroad. He is a past President of the Indian National Group of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) and has published widely in international journals, conferences, and technical forums.

His Lecture is on:

Resilient Tunnelling in the Himalayas: Lessons from Recent Projects

Manoj Verman

Prof. Dr. Mian Sohail Akram is an experienced academic in applied geo-sciences with a robust career trajectory at the University of the Punjab. After starting as a Lecturer in 2005, he steadily progressed through the ranks to become a full Professor. He earned his doctoral degree in Geomechanics from UNSW, Australia, and specializes in areas like rock and soil mechanics, geomechanics, and geohydrology.

His Lecture is on:

Harnessing Pakistan’s Hydropower Potential: The Critical Role of Engineering Geology in the Northern Areas