Professional Skills

Design and Development of Nano Integrated Cooling system for Automobiles

Design and Development of Solar Thermal systems

Design and Development of Solar Hybrid Systems

Design and Development of Heat Transfer lab equipment

Design and Development of Cleaning systems for the PV modules

Research Interests

Integration of Nano Technology into Automobiles

Performance enhancement of Solar thermal systems

Performance study of Solar-Bio Gas Hybrid system

Integration of Nano Technology into Solar Thermal systems

Research Projects Completed/ Ongoing

MODROB project completed in 2016 @ Rs 6.25 lakhs sponsored by AICTE

MODROB project going on (sponsored by AICTE in 2018) @ Rs 14,16,000

Employment Details

Sl.No. Year Organization Designation

1. 1985 SIT, Tumkur Lecturer

2. 1995 SIT, Tumkur Assistant Prof.

3. 2000 SIT, Tumkur Associate Prof.

4. 2009 SIT, Tumkur Professor

5. 2010 SIT, Tumkur Dean ( Academic)

6. 2017 SIT, Tumkur Head, MED

Research Experience

About 15 years since registering for Ph.D.

Administrative Experience

• Co-ordinated all the activities of the department
• Chairman of the cultural committee
• Dean -Academic for 7 years
• Presently heading the Mechanical Engg Department

Educational Profile

Sl. No. Qualification Specialization Year University

1. BE Mechanical 1978-83 Bangalore

2. M.Tech. Thermal Engg 1985-87 NITK, Surathkal

3. Ph.D. Composites in Automobile 2005-09 VTU, Belagavi

Workshops /Conferences organized

1. "SOLAR ENERGY-TODAY’S RESOURCE FOR BRIGHTER TOMORROW" , (24th August 2013), IN ASSOCIATION WITH Federation of Karnataka Chambers of

Commerce & Industry (FKCCI), SPONSORED BY TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME [TEQIP-II]

2. "RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES", (2^nd April 2016), Sponsored by TEQIP- II

Conferences Organised/attended

National Conferences

1.“Development of Wear behavior of water cool chilled Aluminum alloy – Boron carbide particulate composite”, International Symposium of Manufacture excellence (SYMAX), IIT Madras Jan 2002.

2. “Wear behavior of chilled aluminum –12% Si alloy reinforced with a low volume fraction of Boron Carbide particles”, XVI National convention of production engineers, Banaras Hindu University Varnasi, India,2002.

3. “Effect of High Rate Heat Transfer during solidification on wear behavior of Al 12% Si Alloy Reinforced with a low volume fraction of corundum particles” National Conference on Advances in Manufacturing, MED NSS College of Engineering Phalghat, Feb 2003.

4. “A Review paper on Manufacturing Methodology and Testing Techniques of Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites.” National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering Sciences, MED & IEM Sri Siddartha Institute of Technology, Tumkur. Sept 2004.

5. “Composite Materials in Automobile Sector-A Review” National Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials, MED National Institute of Technology Rourkela Feb 2005.

6. “Evaluation of Soundness, Ultimate Tensile Strength, and Hardness of Chilled Aluminum Alloy- Corundum particulate reinforcement composites” National Conference on Mechanical Engineering MED Ghousia College of Engineering Ramanagarm. March 2005.

7. “Estimation of Reinforcement content and chill effect for improved Mechanical properties of Chilled Aluminum alloy – corundum particulate composite for automotive application”, National Conference on Recent Advancement in Mechanical Engg-2005, December 1st 2nd and 3rd 2005, P.A. College of Engineering Mangalore.

8. “Ceramics in Automobiles: A review”, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Thermal Engg., Competitive Manufacturing and Management-2006 (TECM-2006), 30th and 31st of January, 2006, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai.

9. “Thermal performance of methanol in heat pipe combined with evacuated tube solar water heater” National conference sponsored by ISTE at HMSIT Tumkur, held on 29^th and 30^th of April 2010.

10 Effects of Heat Source Location on Natural Convection in a Square cavity", Proceedings of 39^th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid power, Dec 13-15, 2012, SVNIT Surath, Gujrath India.

11. One day National Conference on “Leadership in Higher Education” organized by Engineers Staff College of India on 4.7.14 at Hyderabad.

12. “Study of Cooling of Electronic Equipment using Heat Sinks”, published in the two days National Conference on “Developments in the Domain of Electrical Engg” (NCDDEE-15) on 30^th and 31^st July 2015 at SSIT, Tumkur.

13. “Thermal and Energy Management in the Automotive Design Process” one day seminar on 3.5.2016 by Kuli Software and Energy Management at Bangalore.

14. “Conclave of Academic Administrators” at NIE Mysore on 27.01.2017. Presented the topic of “Unique and Best practice at SIT”.

15. One day workshop at SIT dated 19.2.2017 on “Research Literacy: Academic Writing, E-Resources and Research, Quality Indicators

16. One day workshop at NITK Surathkal dated 20.03.2017 on “Recent Advances and Challenges in Solar Thermal Systems”.

International Conferences

1. “Recent advances of Composite Materials in Automobile Sector-A Review” International Conference on Frontier Technologies- Need for the Industry, Business, and Education, 6-8 Sept 2006, Adhiyamaan College of Engg., Hosur, Tamil Nadu.

2. “Development and Thermal property evaluation of chilled Aluminum alloy-corundum particulate composite for automotive applications”, at the 29th International Thermal Conductivity Conference (ITCC) and the 17th International Thermal Expansion Symposium (ITES) held on June 24-27, 2007, at Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

3. “Development and Testing of Chilled Aluminum Alloy-Corundum particulate composite for Automotive Applications” at the Material Science & Technology 2007 Conference and Exhibition, COBO Centre, Detroit, Michigan USA. Sept-16-20, 2007.

4. “Performance Analysis of Vacuum Tube Collectors and Flat Plate Collector for Hard Water using Jacket Type Heat Exchanger”, AMMMT 2010, at SIT, Tumkur, Nov 18^th & 19^th .

5. “Thermal Performance of Methanol-in-Heat Pipe combined with Evacuated tube Solar Water Heater”, AMMMT 2010, at SIT, Tumkur, Nov 18^th & 19^th.

6. “Optimization of Primary Compact Heat Exchanger of a Light Combat Aircraft Engine” AMMMT 2010, at SIT, Tumkur, Nov 18^th & 19^th .

7. “Performance Enhancement of Flat Plate Collectors using Jacket Type Heat Exchanger”, International Conference on Renewable Energy Sources, at Jaipur, Jan 17 - 21, 2011.

8. “Performance of analysis of Solar Chimney with varying Tower configuration”, Joint International conference with University of Delware, USA, and BTL Institute of Technology, on Advanced Materials, August 19^th & 20^th 2011.

9. “Experimental determination of Heat Transfer Coefficient by Natural convection for a commercially available Heat sink used for cooling Electronic Chips”, International conference in Mechanical and Industrial Engg. (ICMIE 2012) held at Bangalore on 22^nd July 2012.

10. “Effects of heat source location on natural convection in a square cavity”, International Conference on Applications of Fluid Engineering (CAFÉ - 2012) held at Greater Noida, September 20-22 2012.

11. “Influence of Heat Source location on Convective Heat Transfer of a Square Cavity” International Conference on Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Management, and Thermal Sciences, AMMMT -2013 held at SIT on 3^rd and 4^th May 2013.

12. “Convective Heat Transfer Analysis of an Electronic Chip Heat Sink’, International Conference on Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Management and Thermal Sciences, AMMMT -2013 held at SIT on 3^rd and 4^th May 2013.

13. “Design Optimization And CFD Analysis of Air Intake System of Kirloskar Avl CI Engine”, International Conference on Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Management and Thermal Sciences, AMMMT -2013 held at SIT on 3^rd and 4^th May 2013.

14. “Design Optimization of Industrial Steam Vent Silencer By CFD Simulation” International Conference on Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Management and Thermal Sciences, AMMMT -2013 held at SIT on 3^rd and 4^th May 2013.

15. “Analytical Solution of Navier-Stokes Equation For Unsteady, Two Dimensional Flow Using Hodograph Plane”, International Conference on Advanced Materials, manufacturing, Management and Thermal Sciences, AMMMT -2013 held at SIT on 3^rd and 4^th May 2013

16. “Development of A 50% Reaction Turbine Blade Profile For HP Steam Paths”, International Conference on Advanced Materials, manufacturing, Management and Thermal Sciences, AMMMT -2013 held at SIT on 3^rd and 4^th May 2013

17. “Performance Analysis Of A Flat Plate Collector And A Vacuum Tube Solar Collector For Hard Water Using A Jacket Type Heat Exchanger”, International Conference on Advanced Materials, manufacturing, Management and Thermal Sciences, AMMMT -2013 held at SIT on 3^rd and 4^th May 2013

18. “Performance Evaluation of Flat Plate Collector in Thermosyphon mode under Simulated Operating Condition”, presented in one-day International Conference on "Innovations and Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering" on 13th June 2014, in association with Visvesvaraya Technological University, American Society of Heating, and The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), with the theme "Green Engineering and Sustainability".

19. “Study of Flow features over an External Aerofoil Flap” won the First Prize in one-day International Conference on "Innovations and Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering" on 13th June 2014, in association with Visvesvaraya Technological University, American Society of Heating, and The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), with the theme "Green Engineering and Sustainability".

20. Conjugate CFD with Heat Transfer Analysis of Turbine Rim”, Proceedings of 27^th International Conference, 26^th June 2016, Bangalore, India, ISBN:978-93-86083-46-3.

21. “CFD Analysis of Gas Turbine Combustor Primary Zone using different Axial Swirler Configurations”, Proceedings of 27^th International Conference, 26^th June 2016, Bangalore, India, ISBN:978-93-86083-46-3.

22. “Performance combustion and emission characteristic analysis of Azadirachta indica (Neem) biodiesel blends in a single cylinder CI engine”, International conference on New Trends in Engineering and Technology, Sept 7-8 2018 Chennai.

23. “Solar Thermal Energy Utilization for Medium Temperature Industrial Process Heat Applications - A Review”, International Conference on advances in Manufacturing Materials & Energy Engineering (IConMMEE2018) to be conducted at MITE, Moodbidri Karnataka India

24. “Role of fin material and nanofluid in performance enhancement of automobile radiator”, AIP ( American Institute of Physics) Conference Proceedings 1943, 020104 (2018); doi: 10.1063/1.5029680, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5029680.

25. ICNAN’16 (International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology) organized by VIT Vellore, Raju Jadar’s paper will be published in Materials Today Proceedings journal in the month of June 2018.

26. “Solar Thermal Energy Utilization for Medium Temperature Industrial Process Heat Applications A Review” IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 376, (2018) 012035, doi:10.1088/1757-899X/376/1/012035

27. Numerical study of the Effect of different Cross Sections of Continuous Helical Finned Tube Compact Heat Exchanger on Pressure Drop and Heat Transfer”, NAFEMS, India Regional Conference on Engg Modeling, Analysis, Simulation and 3D Printing (NIRC-2018), 20-21, July 2018,Bamgalore.

28. Role of Fin Material and Nano Fluid in Performance Enhancement of Automobile Radiator”, International Conference on Design, Materials and Manufacturing -2018, 29-31 Jan 2018 at NITK surathkal

29. “Performance combustion and emission characteristic analysis of Azadirachta indica (Neem) biodiesel blends in a single cylinder CI engine”, International conference on New Trends in Engineering and Technology, Sept 7-8 2018 Chennai.

30. “Solar Thermal Energy Utilization for Medium Temperature Industrial Process Heat Applications - A Review”, International Conference on advances in Manufacturing Materials & Energy Engineering (IConMMEE2018) to be conducted at MITE, Moodbidri Karnataka India

31. “Role of fin material and nanofluid in performance enhancement of automobile radiator”, AIP ( American Institute of Physics) Conference Proceedings 1943, 020104 (2018); doi: 10.1063/1.5029680, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5029680.

32. “Solar Thermal Energy Utilization for Medium Temperature Industrial Process Heat Applications-A Review” IOP (International On Line Publication) Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 376, (2018) 012035, doi:10.1088/1757-899X/376/1/012035

Short Term Training Programmes Attended

1. One day workshop on “Mind your Mind” held on 25^th of January 2012 at SIT by H.L.Krishnamurthy, Director, Training, Global Institution for Corporate Education.
2. Two days work shop on “Out Come based Education” held on 3^rd and 4^th Feb 2012 at SIT.
3. “Leveraging Autonomy – Collaborative Create & Connect”, First Conclave of VTU- Autonomous Colleges work shop held at PESIT, Bangalore on August 24^th & 25^th 2012.
4. One day workshop on “National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF) for Engineering & Polytechnic colleges” held at BEL, Jalahalli, Bangalore on 7.6.13, organized by AICTE.

5. One day workshop on “Identifying Weak Students” held at SJCE Mysore on 20^th July 2013, a TEQIP –II initiative programme.

6. A 4 day short term course on “Economics and Financing of Renewable Energy Technologies” held at IIT Delhi, between 24^th to 27^th July 2013, under the aegis of Foundation for innovation & Technology Transfer.

7. Arranged a TEQIP Sponsored One Day Workshop on SOLAR ENERGY-TODAY’S RESOURCE FOR BRIGHTER TOMORROW was organized on 24^th August 2013.

8. CAE Colloquium 2014, Quest Global March 7, 2014; ITC Windsor, Golf Course Road, Bangalore

9. Conference arranged by Indo- American Chamber of Commerce on - "Building World Class Capabilities in Manufacturing", on 16.5.2014 at Bangalore, Hotel Matthan. Web: www.iaccindia.com

10. “Siemens PLM connection India 2014” on 29.05.14 at Taj East-West Bangalore

11. A 3 day Continuing Education Programme on “Solar Technologies for Industrial Process Heat and Power” during April 20-22, 2015 organized by the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay, at their campus.

12. A continuing Professional development Programme on “Creative Leadership and Teambuilding Skills for Organization Development” is organized by the Engineering Staff College of India, Hyderabad on 24^th to 26^th of June 2015 at their campus.

13. A Four and a half days work shop by Wipro Mission 10x held on “Academic Leadership” from 18^th to 21^st of August 2015 at their campus.

14. 6 days “CFD and its Applications” FDP from 23.11.2015 to 28.11.2015 organized by Mech. Engg. Dept., at SIT, Tumkur.

15. A one day workshop on “Technology Barrier Reduction Programme” organized by FAER-Motorola Foundations on 27^th November 2015 at Bangalore.

16. " Awareness Programme on Support for Entrepreneurial and Managerial Development of SMEs through Incubators ". By S.N.Rangaprasad, Director, MSME-DI, Bangalore. Date: 20th February'2016 at 10.30 AM Venue: Media Center, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru.

17. One day workshop on “Solar PV and Micro grid” at IISc Bangalore on 21^st March 2016.

18. One day workshop on “Resource Assessment and Forecasting” at IISc Bangalore on 13^th April 2016

19. Conducted Workshop on Renewable energy Resources held at SIT on 2.4.2016 in collaboration with KSCST Bangalore.

Membership of Professional Bodies/Societies

Fellow of Institute of Engineers,

Member Society of Automobile Engineers,

Member Indian Institute of Metals,

Member of Indian Society of Technical Education

Publications in International /National Journals

Journal Publication

1. “Effect of high rate of heat transfer during solidification of alloyed cast iron using water-cooled and sub zero chills on mechanical behavior”, Materials and Design 24 (2006) 37-45.

2. “Performance Analysis of vacuum Tube Collectors for Hard Water using Jacket Type Heat Exchanger” International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology. ISSN 0974-3154 Volume 3, Number 3 (2010), pp. 641—651

3. “ Performance evaluation of photovoltaic cell with and without Thermal Sink”, International Journal of Mechanical and Robotics Research, ISSN -0149, Vol 1.No.2, July 2012, pp 272-276 (http://www.ijmerr.com/currentissue.php) IF: 2.88

4. “Aerodynamic Study and drag coefficient optimization of passenger vehicle”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), Vol. 1 Issue 7, September – 2012, ISSN: 2278-0181, (http://www.ijert.org/browse/september-2012-edition),IF: 0.66,

6. “CFD analysis of triangular absorber tube of a solar flat plate collector”, International Journal of Mechanical and Robotics Research, ISSN 2278 – 0149 www.ijmerr.com Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2013, http://www.ijmerr.com/currentissue.php

7. “Effects of heat source location on natural convection in a square cavity”, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) Vol. 1 Issue 6, August - 2012 ISSN: 2278-0181 (www.ijert.org/browse/august-2012-edition),

8. “Experimental and Theoretical Study of Heat Transfer by Natural Convection of a Heat Sink Used for Cooling of Electronic Chip”, International Journal of Engineering Inventions ISSN: 2278-7461, ISBN: 2319-6491 Volume 2, Issue 2 (January 2013) PP: 01-09, www.ijeijournal.com

9. “Reprofiling and Optimization of a 50% Reaction Turbine Blade profile for hp steam path” International Journal of Advanced Scientific and Technical Research Issue 3 volume 4, July-August 2013 Available online http://www.rspublication.com/ijst/index.html ISSN 2249-9954

10. “Design optimization of industrial steam vent silencer for better flow process and noise reduction by CFD and SIDLAB simulation”, International Journal of Advanced Scientific and Technical Research Issue 3 volume 4, July-August 2013, Available online on http://www.rspublication.com/ijst/index.html ISSN 2249-9954

11. “Analytical solution of Navier-Stokes Equation for Unsteady Two Dimensional Multiphase Flow Using Hodograph Legendre’s function”, International Journal of Advanced Scientific and Technical Research Issue 3 volume 6, Nov.-Dec. 2013 Available online on http://www.rspublication.com/ijst/index.html ISSN 2249-9954

12. “CFD Analysis of an Ejector of a Gas Turbine Engine”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (IJMET), Vol.5, Issue 9, Sept 2014 pp 101-108, ISSN 00207403,www.iaeme.com/IJMET.asp

13. “Optimum Design of Rocket Nozzle for Thrust Enhancement using CFD”, International Journal of Advanced and Innovative Research (2278-7844) / # 19 / Volume 3 Issue 6

14. “Thermal Analysis of Sandwich Busbar System”, International Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology- www.ijset.in, volume 3 issue 3, 2015, Citation: 10.2348/ijset06150711.

15. “Experimental Study of Horizontal Rectangular Fin Arrays under Natural Convection”,   International Journal for Scientific Research and Development (IJSRD), (www.ijsrd.com)          

16. “Conjugate CFD with Heat Transfer Analysis of Turbine Rim”, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering (IJMPE), Volume 4, Issue 6, ISSN 2320-2092,www.ijmpe.iraj.in

17. “CFD Analysis of Gas Turbine Combustor Primary Zone using different Axial Swirler Configurations”, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering (IJMPE), Volume 4, Issue 6, ISSN 2320-2092, www.ijmpe.iraj.in

18. “f-MWCNT Nanomaterial Integrated Automobile Radiator”, Science Direct, Materials Today Proceedings – 2017, 2214-7853 Elsevier Ltd.

19. “Performance Evaluation of Al-MWCNT based Automobile Radiator”, Science Direct, Materials Today Proceedings – 2017, 2214-7853 Elsevier Ltd.

20. “ Nanotechnology Integrated Automobile Radiator”, Science Direct, Materials Today Proceedings – 2016, 2214-7853 Elsevier Ltd.

21 “Design Fabrication and Performance Evaluation of Nano Technology Integrated Next Generation Automotive Radiator”, International Journal of Engineering Science & Research Technology, ISSN: 2277-9655, Nov 2016.

22. “Thermal Study of Thermo-Physical properties of Carboxylic acid group functionalized MWCNT nanofluid”, International research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol :03, Issue:11/Nov-2016.

23. The manuscript on “Performance Evaluation of Al-MWCNT based Automobile Radiator”. submitted to ICNAN’16 organised by VIT Vellore is accepted for publication in “Material Proceedings Today”, Online ISSN: 2214-7853.

Invited Guest Talks organised/Delivered

1. Arranged a lecture for I Sem M.Tech. on 21.12.12 by Mr. B.N. Purushotham, Process Engineer, at Saint Gobine from Albeni New York, U.S.A.
2. Delivered a lecture on “Technical innovations in Solar Thermal Applications”, International Renewable Energy Show and Conference, held on 4^th, 5^th &6^th Jan 2013 at Bangalore BIEC

3. Invited as Resource Person to “Faculty Development Programme -2013” at MCE Hassan, 22.05.2013.

4. Invited as Resource person for one week work shop on “ Advances in IC Engine Technology” conducted from 21.4.14 to 26.4.2014 at SSIT Tumkur

5. Arranged with Mr. B.N.Purushotham, Project Engineer, Saint Gobin, Albeni, New York, USA for I sem M.Tech. Students on 18.12.14 on “Opportunities and Challenges for fresh graduates in America”.

6. Arranged with Dr. Kishore Kumar, Distinguished Scientist, GTRE, Banglore for M.Tech. students and faculty on “Application of CFD in Thermal Engg”.

7. Arranged a technical talk to I sem M.Tech. students of Thermal Power Engg and Manufacturing Science & Engg on " Solar Energy-the future for India" on 19.11.2016 at 10.30 am in SIT by Mr Ramesh Shivanna of Powetronics Ltd, Bangalore.

8. Delivered a Key- note address on the occasion of Mechanical Engg Departmental Association function at Venkateshwara College of Engg, Bangalore on 22.04.2016.

9. Presented a lecture on “Renewables and Carbon Foot Print” at Sridevi Institute of Technology, on 28.4.2017.

10.Arranged a Live Video Technical talk on “ Bearing Applications” by Mr. Ranganath Nagaraju, Bearing Specialist, Punch Powertrain, Belgium, for V sem Mechanical Engg students in collaboration with KSCST

11.Arranged a talk by Mr. Vivek Veeraiah, Founder CEO, Ed Vista Consulting, Administrative Director and Adjunct Professor at NewYork University, on 20.2.2018 on “Career Options and Overseas studies” to all the IV sem Mechanical Students.

12. Mr. Rakesh Sharma, Deputy Regional Manager, SMC Pneumatics (India) Pvt. Ltd. Exhibited and presented Pneumatic and Automation tools that are being used by their company and their academic importance to the faculty on 7.4.2018.

13. Mr. H.S. Shiva Shankar, core Research Group Engineer and Branch Manager at PROLIFIC SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD BANGALORE, presented a seminar to the IV sem Students on Industrial Automation and Mechetronics on 9.4.2018

Patents filed/ granted

PATENT PENDING:

Patent application has been filed with Indian Patent Office Chennai, with following details.

APPLICATION NUMBER : 3725/CHE/2013

FILING DATE : 22/08/2013

TITLE : “Method, Apparatus and Device for Efficient Heat Dissipation on a Printed Circuit Board”

APPLICANT(S) : Siddaganga Institute of Technology, An Institution of Sree Siddaganga Education Society

Ph. D./P.G/U.G Projects guided

Ph. D

No. of Ph.D. awarded: 01

No. of Ph.D. Guiding: 04

P.G - M.Tech

No. of M.Tech. Projects guided: More than 50

UG Research Component Projects

Research Title: Nano Fluids for cooling Solar PV Modules

UG Projects Guided

No. of UG Projects guided: More than 100

No. of KSCST project guided : 12

Foreign Assignments

1. Invited for chairing and presenting a paper in the International Conference on Composite Materials in Automobiles in the year 2007 at Detroit, USA.
2. Invited for chairing and presenting a paper at the 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering held on 5th -7th October 2015 at San Francisco, USA.
3. A 3 day Indo-Nepal Workshop on “Strategic Planning for Institutional Development” held at Kathmandu Nepal from 21-24 November 2013.