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SOTEN: Society of Transportation Engineers Nepal

SOTEN is a professional organization established in 2009 by transport engineers in Nepal. It aims to promote best practices in transport infrastructure development and connect professionals across government, private sector, and academia. Key activities include organizing conferences to share knowledge, collaborating on research and policies, and publishing technical guidelines. SOTEN works with government to review plans and regulations, helps universities with industry collaboration, and coordinates with other engineering societies to contribute to national development.

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SOTEN: Society of Transportation Engineers Nepal

SOTEN is a professional organization established in 2009 by transport engineers in Nepal. It aims to promote best practices in transport infrastructure development and connect professionals across government, private sector, and academia. Key activities include organizing conferences to share knowledge, collaborating on research and policies, and publishing technical guidelines. SOTEN works with government to review plans and regulations, helps universities with industry collaboration, and coordinates with other engineering societies to contribute to national development.

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Society of Transport Engineers Nepal (SOTEN)

A Professional Society for Knowledge Generation, Sharing and Dissemination

1. Introduction
Society of Transport Engineers Nepal (SOTEN) is a professional organization, established in
2009 by a team of enthusiastic engineers working in transport sector in Nepal. Its
membership includes transport engineers working in government agencies, private firms
and busines and academic institutions. The Society is dedicated for professional
development by generating and disseminating the knowledge and sharing the professional
experiences.
2. Vision
To be the Nepal’s most representative professional institution committed to promote the use
of globally best practices for the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance
of transport infrastructure.
3. Objectives
 To create the national platform for knowledge generation, dissemination and
experience sharing in the transport sector by organizing conferences, workshop,
seminars, and publishing the proceedings and periodicals,
 To collaborate with Government, non-Government, academic, and private sector
institutions on the issues of transport planning, policy and management.
 To establish linkages with national and international professional societies for mutual
benefits,
 To promote the use of technical evidences confirming the state art technologies in the
construction and maintenance of transport infrastructures to enhance safe, reliable,
affordable, and environmentally responsive transport system.
 To create the public awareness on the public policies, regulations, plans and
implementation challenges of such plans for the overall benefits of nation in the
transport sector,
 To protect the rights and welfare of the engineers working in transport sector giving
the preferences to the professionalism and dedication for wider national interest,

4. Activities
4.1 Government agencies
SOTEN as the leading professional organization in the Transport Sector in Nepal is
dedicated to supporting the related Government agencies on the preparation and/or
review of national policies, regulations, plans and strategies for the wider national
interests on the development and operation of sustainable transport system by:
o Raising awareness among general public as well as professional communities
on the government policies, plans and implementation strategies,
o Assisting in the preparation and updating the technical guidelines standard
normative documents based on the emerging technologies and global best
practices,
4.2 Academic institutions
SOTEN is esteemed to collaborate with the academic institutions in the field of research
and development for aligning the initiations to the industry and professional field by:
o Conducting seminars and interactive sessions for ‘academia-industry’
collaborations,
o Collaborating for research and development with university Professors and
students,
o Organizing the graduate seminars on the Master’s level research,
o To organize orientation programs for the fresh graduates to motivate in
professional moral and ethics,
4.3 Professional institutions
SOTEN, as a professional entity, envisages to play a leading role contributing to the nation
development issues in the broader aspect of policy formulation dissemination, and
implementation and the choice of appropriate technology for Nepal. For the purpose, it
has established close relations with Nepal Engineers’ Association and other Engineers’
Societies and collaborating with them on the mutual benefits. Also, it is open for
collaboration and join activities with other domestic and foreign professional
organization.
4.4 Conferences, seminars and workshops
SOTEN with the objectives of knowledge generation, dissemination and experience
sharing is taking initiations for organizing the national and international symposiums and
conferences on the global as well as national issues. It has already launched the series of
seminars and talk program in the form of ‘Transport Dialogue’.
4.5 Publications
SOTEN having the enthusiasm on the knowledge dissemination and experience sharing is
adopting the publication of conference proceedings and periodicals on the technical
issues. Furthermore, it has targeted on the publication of technical guidelines on the
various topics of transportation engineering such as design, construction, operation and
maintenance jointly with government agencies.
5. Achievements
SOTEN has hosted the international Symposium on “Transport and Economic Development”
on 18 September, 2014. Similarly, it has conducted several national workshop seminars on
the pertinent issues.
SOTEN has organized several online workshop Seminars during the COVID-19 lockdown in
2020. Some of them are:
a….
b….
c…
6. Executive Committee
The first Executive Committee formed in 2009
S. N. Position Name
1 President Er. Tulasi Pd. Sitaula
2 Vice President Er. Keshav Prasad Pokharel
3 General Secretary Er. Lal Krishna KC
4 Secretary Er. Deepak Nath Chalise
5 Treasurer Er.Chandra K. Subedi
6 Member Er. Suresh Kumar Regmi
7 Member Er. Ramesh Raj Bista
8 Member Ram Kumar Lamsal
9 Member Er. Babu Lal Agrawal
10 Member Er. Padma Bahadur Shahi
11 Member Er. Druwa Das Bochibhoya
12 Member Er. Ang Dorje Lama

The second Executive Committee was formed in 2014


S. N. Position Name
1 President Er. Lal Krishna KC
2 Vice President Er. Dr. Padma Bahadur
Shahi
3 General Secretary Er. Dr.Surya Raj Acharya
4 Secretary Er. Rabi Shah
5 Treasurer Er. Dhruba Das Bhochhivoya
6 Member Er. Ang Dorje Lama
7 Member Er.Chandra K. Subedi
8 Member Er. Keshav Pokharel
9 Member Er. Ramesh Pokharel
10 Member Er. Devendra Karki
11 Member Er. Jeevan Kumar Shrestha
12 Member Er. Ramesh N. Bastola
13 Member Er. Shambhu KC
14 Adviser/IPP Er. Tulasi Prasad Sitaula

The third Executive Committee formed in August, 2019


S. N. Position Name
1 President Er. Dr. Padma Bahadur Shahi
2 Vice President Er. Rajendra Raj Sharma
3 General Secretary Er. Anil Marsani
4 Secretary Er. Shree Ram Dhakal
5 Treasurer Er. Anjana Bhatta
6 Member Er. Surya Raj Acharya
7 Member Er.Shubhechcha Bhatta
8 Member Er. Keshav Kumar Sharama
9 Member Er. Maniram Gelal
10 Member Er. Ram Chandra Shrestha
11 Member Er. Krishna Singh Basnet
14 Adviser/IPP Er. Lal Krishna KC

7. Membership Status
The registered members till the date is …..
8. Activities in Photographs

Consultation Workshop (April, 2014)


International Symposium (September, 2014)

General meeting of SPTEN Members (August, 2020)


9. Series of Webinars during COVID-19 Lockdown

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