Board of Directors

Er. Laxman Aryal- Director

Mr Aryal is a Civil Engineer, specialized in hydraulic design of civil structures.  He is well exposed on feasibility and detailed design for hydraulic structures, hydrology and project layout including design management of small to medium scale hydropower projects. He is a competent user of hydraulic modelling using Flow 3D and Hytran. His academic qualification is Master’s in Hydraulic Schemes from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, (EPFL/ETH), Switzerland – 2007 and a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from IOE, Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal – 2000. Currently he is working as a freelancer for different consulting companies in Nepal and Asia Pacific region.

 

Project Experience includes, Ulu Jelai HEP, 383 MW, Tender Design and Construction Supervision, nominated to design and review hydraulic structures and power waterways peaking plant in underground powerhouse. Verified hydraulic calculations and analysed critical section in CFD hydraulic model. Schematics include two river diversions with de-sanders and 16 km TBM bored transfer tunnels.  Wawa Pumped Storage, 600 MW, Feasibility and Tender Design, Lead Hydraulic resource for headworks, spillway, intake structure, diversion tunnel, saddle dam, and reservoir routing design and planning for associated structures including power tunnel transient analysis. Kerian Hydroelectric Project, 6.4 MW and 7.6 MW, Tender Design and Construction, nominated as an international input for design and constructed supervision under SMEC Malaysia. Sibundong HEP, 84 MW, Feasibility Study, works as an expert resource to review the hydraulic design of civil structure. Recent experience in Nepal includes, the hydraulic review and CFD modelling of headworks and Settling basin of Rasuwagadhi HEP, 111MW. Reservoir energy simulation and headworks routing of Budhi Ganga HEP, 22 MW. International Team Leader and Hydraulic Expert for Phukot Karnali HEP, 426 MW, Betan Karnali HEP, 600 MW; Kimathanka Arun, 550 MW; and Jagdulla HEP, 105 MW, under NEA Engineering Company limited.