Khwopa Engineering College

A campus affiliated with PU

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Khwopa Engineering CollegeType| Community, Non-profit

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Established| 2001
Principal| Er. Sujan Maka (Khwopa Engineering College)
Location|

Libali-8, Bhaktapur

Nepal

27°40′15.7″N 85°26′21.3″E﻿ / ﻿27.671028°N 85.439250°E﻿ / 27.671028; 85.439250Coordinates: 27°40′15.7″N 85°26′21.3″E﻿ / ﻿27.671028°N 85.439250°E﻿ / 27.671028; 85.439250
Affiliations| Purbanchal University
Website| www.khec.edu.np

Khwopa Engineering College (KhEC) is situated in the culturally rich city of Bhaktapur, Nepal. It was established as a community college to provide engineering education by the local government with a motto "Dedicated to country and people".[1] It is Nepal 's first community-based engineering colleges and is undertaken by Bhaktapur Municipality. It is affiliated to Purbanchal University and its sister institutions, Khwopa College of Engineering (KhCE) is affiliated to Tribhuvan University, Khwopa College (KC) is affiliated to Tribhuvan University, Khwopa Secondary School (KhSS) is affiliated to NEB, Khwopa Polytechnic Institute (KPTI) is affiliated to CTEVT, Sarada Campus is affiliated to Tribhuvan University, and Sarada Secondary School is affiliated to NEB,. With a distant vision of maintaining Bhaktapur's hard-won glory, these colleges operate with an aim to produce highly skilled engineers/architects that will have blends of both indigenous and modern-day technologies.[2]

The bachelor's degree programs in KhEC are:

* Architecture
* Civil Engineering
* Computer Engineering
* Electronics and Communication Engineering

The master's degree programs in KhEC are:

* Masters in Earthquake Engineering
* Masters in Urban Design and Conservation

On 25–28 April 2016, the college organised International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Post-disaster Reconstruction Planning (ICEE-PDRP) to mark the April 2015 Nepal earthquake and has successfully organised the second ICEE-PDRP in 2019 April.[3] in Bhaktapur. The college publishes a peer reviewed journal Journal of Science of Engineering to serve the interests of professionals, academics and research organisations working in the field of science and engineering.[4]

Khwopa Engineering College and Khwopa College of Engineering fall among the Khwopa Circle of educational institutions run by Bhaktapur Municipality. Other institutions in the circle are:

* Khwopa Polytechnic Institute affiliated to CTEVT
* Khwopa College affiliated to Tribhuvan University
* Khwopa Secondary School affiliated to Secondary Educational Board Nepal
* Sarada Campus
* Sarada Secondary School

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Khwopa Engineering College - Dedicated to People and Country (An Undertaking of Bhaktapur Municipality)".
2. ^ "Khwopa Engineering College - Dedicated to People and Country (An Undertaking of Bhaktapur Municipality)".
3. ^ "www.icee-pdrp- International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Post-disaster Reconstruction Planning".
4. ^ "NepalJol- Journal of Science and Engineering".

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