Conceptualization of HiLS

Concept of HiLS was originated in 2007 and as a core team of HiLS, Prof. Bishal Nath Upreti, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, Prof. Ryuichi Yatabe, Ehime University, Japan, Dr. Netra Prakash Bhandary, Ehime University, Japan and Dr. Ranjan Kumar Dahal, Tribhuvan University, Nepal have invited many landslide scientists around the world to participate in conceptualization of HiLS. The team got overwhelming responses in the support of HiLS establishment and many professors, geo-scientists and engineers showed their interest to be a part of HiLS. HiLS is proud to list following name of professors, geo-scientists and engineers around the world as Core Conceptualization Team of HiLS.  

Core Conceptualization Team

1. Prof. Kyoji SASSA, ICL,Japan
2. Prof. M. Qasim Jan, Quaid-AzamUniversity, Islamabad, Pakistan.
3. Prof. A. K. Pachauri, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667 India
4. Prof. Simon Loew, Director Institute of Geology, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Switzerland
5. Prof. Harutaka SAKAI, Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
6. Prof. Vishnu Dangol,Tribhvuan University, Nepal
7. Prof. Gyo-Won Kim, Department of Geology,Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
8. Prof. Deepak Bhattarai, Nepal Engineering College, Chagunarayan, Nepal
9. Prof. John Hutchinson, USA
10. Prof. Narendra Raj Khanal, Central Department of Geography,Tribhuvan University
11. Dr. Binod Tiwari, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, California State University, Fullerton, USA
12. Mr. Pradeep Mool, ICIMOD, Nepal
13. Prof. David Petley, Duram University, UK
14. Prof. Stéphane SCHWARTZ, LGIT laboratory inGrenoble, France
15. Prof C.J. van Westen, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands
16. Dr. Gareth Hearn, Scott Wilson, UK
17. Prof Andrew Malone, Hong Kong University
18. Mr. Krishna P. Kaphle, Senior Geologist, Kathmandu, Nepal,
19. Prof. Faquan Wu,Institute of Geologyand Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
20. Prof. Hideaki Marui, Niigata University, Japan
21. Prof. Joachim Rohn, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
22. Dr. H. Inagaki, Kankyo Chishitsu Co. Ltd., Japan
23. Dr. Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Central Washington University, USA
24. Mr. Padma Khadka, Institute of Engineering,Tribhuvan University, Nepal
25. Prof. Jib Raj Pokharel, Institute of Engineering,Tribhuvan University, Nepal
26. Prof. Masaru Yoshida, Gondwana Institute for Geology and Environment, Hashimoto, JAPAN
27. Prof. Oldrich Hungr, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada
28. Dr. Madhu Sudan Acharya, Department of Roads, Nepal
29. Dr. Sukesh Kumar Bartarya, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, India
30. Mr. Lila Nath Rimal, Department of Mines and Geology, Kathmandu, Nepal
31. Dr W A Mitchell, Geography Department, University College, Durham University
32. Dr. John Howell, Living Resources Limited, Lukesland House, United Kingdom
33. Prof. Josef Stemberk,Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
34. Prof. Megh Raj Dhital, Central Department of Geology,Tribhvuan University
35. Prof. Shuichi Hasegawa, Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University, Japan