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SOCIETY OF CONSULTING ARCHITECTURAL 

TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY DEVELOPMENT 

PROGRAMME FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 

(TCDPAP) 

PROCEEDING POST CONFERENCE 

International Conference on 

‘Making Globalization Work: The Role of Consultants’ 

11th ~ 13th March 2009, Kathmandu, Nepal 

Organized by: 

SOCIETY OF CONSULTING ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING FIRMS 

(SCAEF), NEPAL 

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ASIA PACIFIC GROUPING OF FIDIC (ASPAC)

Advisors 

Editorial Board 

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Proceeding are included in this 

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Government of Nepal 

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may not necessarily reflect the views of SCAEF”

TCDPAP & FIDIC/ ASPAC International Conference Kathmandu 2009 

Conference Organizing Committee 

Keshab Man Amatya 

Convener 

(President, SCAEF) 

Hare Ram Shrestha 

Member Secretary 

(Vice President, SCAEF) 

Shyam Sundar Sharma 

Member 

(General Secretary, SCEAF) 

Ananta B. Gurung 

Member 

(Joint Secretary, SCAEF) 

Vijaya Raj Upadhyaya 

Member 

(Treasurer, SCAEF) 

Saroj Basnet 

Member 

(EC member, SCAEF) 

Uddhav Chaulagain 

Member 


Manoj Sharma 

Member 


Rajesh Thapa 

Conference Manager 


Bal Sundar Malla 

Member 

(Past President, SCAEF) 

Badan Lal Nyachhyon 

Member 


Ram Bahadur Shrestha 

Member 


Keshav Kunwar 

Member 

(Imm. Past President, SCAEF)

TCDPAP & FIDIC/ ASPAC International Conference Kathmandu 2009 

Conference Organizing Committee 

Technical Sub Committee 

1. Badan Lal Nyachhyon Past President Coordinator 

2. Keshav Kunwar Imm. Past President Member 

3. Rajesh Thapa EC Member Member 

Publication Sub Committee 

1. Hare Ram Shrestha Vice President Coordinator 

2. Saroj Basnet EC Member Editor 

3. Manoj Sharma EC Member Member 

4 Keshav Kunwar Past President Advisor 

Financial and Management Sub Committee 

1. Keshav Kunwar Past President Coordinator 

2. Vijaya Upadhyaya Treasurer Member 

3. Uddab Raj Chaulagain EC Member Member 

Logistics Management Sub Committee 

1. Ram Bahadur Shrestha Past President Coordinator 

2. Manoj Sharma EC Member Member 

3. Rajesh Thapa EC Member Member 

Hospitality Sub Committee 

1. Bal Sundar Malla Past President Coordinator 

2. Shyam Sundar Sharma General Secretary Member 

3. Anant Bahadur Gurung Joint Secretary Member

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

S.N. CONTENTS PAGE NO. 

1. THE CONFERENCE 1 - 2 

2. PROGRAM SCHEDULE 3 - 10 

3. INAUGURAL CEREMONY I 1 - I 14 

4. COUNTRY PAPERS C 1 - C 8 

5. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN NEPAL B 1 - B 2 

6. THEME PAPERS T 1 - T 10 

7. PLENARY SESION P 1 - P 10 

8. CLOSING SESSION CL 1 - CL 12 

9. MEMORANDOM (COOPERATION WITH MEMBER COUNTRIES) MR 1 - MR 4 

10. ADB/SCAEF SEMINAR ON SM 1 - SM 6 

DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL CONSULTANTS 

11. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS P 1 - P 8 

NATIONAL 

INTERNATIONAL 

12. CONFERENCE GLIMPSES G 1 - G 4

TCDPAP & FIDIC/ASPAC International Conference 2009, Kathmandu, Nepal 

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THE CONFERENCE 

The 13th Annual International Conference of the Technical Consultancy Development Program for Asia 

& Pacific (TCDPAP) was organized to enhance effectiveness in promoting consulting business worldwide 

and opening opportunities to global partnership utilizing the WTO context. The Kathmandu Conference 

themed: “Making Globalization Work: The Role of Consultants” has become most relevant event for 

the Governments, Consultants and the Donors for direct interaction and sharing of experience thereby 

enhancing a favourable consultancy business climate. Each Conference day was programmed with 

opportunities to interact, debate and learn through the knowledge of distinguished participants. 

The Conference became global platform for sharing experience and knowledge on consulting business. 

The nine Country Representatives from TCDPAP member countries made presentations on the status 

of the Consulting Industry in their countries, namely Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Nepal, 

Pakistan, Srilanka, Thailand, and Uzbekistan. Similarly, the government organizations and private sector 

participants shared the information on business opportunities in Nepal through seven brilliant papers. 

Sixteen Theme Papers were presented by participants of TCDPAP member countries. Main technical 

sessions were divided into 3 segments: country papers, business opportunities for consultants in Nepal 

& theme papers. A Total 32 papers were presented; 9 country papers, 7 business opportunities & 16 

theme papers. 

The Organizers 

The Main Organizers of the Conference were the Society of Consulting Architectural and Engineering 

Firms (SCAEF), Nepal and TCDPAP supported by FIDIC/ASPAC. 

SCAEF 

Established in 1990, the Society of Consulting Architectural and Engineering Firms (SCAEF) was entrusted 

to help and promote the consulting business as a service industry of the country. Currently, SCAEF had 

the membership strength of 78 consulting firms operating in the country. SCAEF is the national apex 

body of the consulting industry as recognized by the Government of Nepal (GON). 

SCAEF represents the country in the international consulting organizations such as FIDIC and TCDPAP. The 

GON, Ministry of Physical Planning and Works in the line Ministry supporting SCAEF for developing and 

strengthening the Consulting Industry in Nepal. SCAEF has been nominated by GON as a member of the 

Construction Business Development Council (CBDC). SCAEF along with the Federation of Contractors’ 

Association (FCAN) and Nepal Engineering College is the founder member of the Construction Industry 

Training Centre, established in 2001 for capacity building of stakeholders of the industry such as 

Consultants, Contractors, Suppliers and Clients. 

Making Globalization Work: The Role of Consultants

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THE CONFERENCE 

TCDPAP 

The Technical Consultancy Development Program for Asia and Pacific (TCDPAP), established in 1992 

under the aegis of UN ESCAP, recognizes that the service sector is the major contributor to the Gross 

Domestic Product and consultancy as a service industry is a strong instrument for developing national 

economy. Today, TCDPAP is represented by consulting associations from Asia and the Pacific Region 

with representation from both private and Government sectors from the countries namely Bangladesh, 

China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and 

Vietnam. TCDPAP plays an effective role in the promotion of consulting profession and is instrumental 

in resolving problems inherent in the consultancy industry, and for promoting collaboration and global 

partnership among the industry members. 

FIDIC/ASPAC 

FIDIC was founded in 1913 to promote the professional interests of Member Associations and to 

disseminate information of interest to members. FIDIC is responsible with promoting and implementing 

worldwide in the industry’s strategic goals on behalf of Member Associations representing the majority 

of consulting engineering firms providing services on a fee basis. Member firms endorse FIDIC’s Statutes, 

Bye-laws and Policy statements and comply with the FIDIC Code of Ethics which calls for professional 

competence, impartial advice and open & fair competition. FIDIC’s strategy, vision and mission were 

articulated in the report ‘Engineering Our Future 2004’. ASPAC is the regional grouping of FIDIC and 

oversees activities in Asia and the Pacific Regions. FIDIC has a membership of 80 countries. 

The Objectives 

The objectives of the Conference were: 

• To develop acquaintance, foster fellowship and partnership among member countries, 

• To share experience of member countries in strengthening the Consulting Industry, 

• To explore challenges and opportunities of WTO in consulting business, and 

• To help develop professional harmony among member consulting firms of TCDPAP. 

The Theme 

The Main Theme of the Conference was “Making Globalization Work: The Role of Consultants”. 

Globalization has created severe competition for the consultants from developing countries. It is still 

unknown how WTO opportunities could be utilized for the benefit of developing countries. Thus, the 

theme of “Making Globalization Work: The Role of Consultants” was selected for the conference. The 

conference is expected to provided the platform and opportunities for reviewing and setting pragmatic 

and effective role and identifying the future direction for consultants for promoting their business. 



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program schedule 

VENUE: 

Regal Hall, Hotel Yak & Yeti, Durbar Marg 

11th Wednesday – 13th Friday, Kathmandu, Nepal 

Day 1. Wednesday March 11, 2009 

INAUGURAL CEREMONY 

08:00 to 10:30 Hrs 

08:00 – 09:00 Registration 

09:00 – 09:03 Ceremony Brought to Order: Recognition of Guests, Dignitaries and Participants 

Chairman: Mr. Karamat Ullah Chaudry, President, TCDPAP 

The Chief Guest: Rt. Hon. Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda”, 

The Prime Minister, Govt. of Nepal (GoN) 

The Guest of Honor: Hon. Mr. Bijaya Kumar Gachadar, Minister, 

Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MPPW), GoN 

09:03 – 09:13 Welcome Address: President SCAEF, Mr. Keshab Man Amatya 

09:13 – 09:17 Lighting of the Inaugural Lamp by Rt. Hon. Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda”, 

Prime Minister, Govt. of Nepal. 

09:17 – 09:42 Key Note Address: 

Hon. Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai, Minister of Finance, Govt. of Nepal 

09:42 – 09:49 Address: Chiarman ASPAC, Mr. Akihito Hirotani 

09:49 – 09:57 Address: President FIDIC, Dr. John Boyd 

09:57 – 10:05 Address by the Guest of Honor: 

Hon. Mr. Bijaya Kumar Gachadar, 

Minister of Physical Planning & Works, Govt. of Nepal 

10:05 – 10:15 Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest: Rt. Hon. Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ 

The Prime Minister, Govt. of Nepal 

10:15 – 10:25 Closing Address by the Conference Chair: 

President, TCDPAP, Mr. Karamat Ullah Chaudry 

10:25 – 10:30 Vote of Thanks: Secretary General TCDPAP, Dr. Sunil Abrol 

10:30 -11.00 BREAK for Hi –Tea & Photo Session 

Program Anchor: Mr. Rajesh Thapa, Conference Manager/SCAEF 


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Day 1. Wednesday March 11, 2009 

Country Paper Presentations 

SESSION 1 (C1) 

11:00 – 13:00 Hrs 

Session Chair: Mr. Gregs Thomopulos, President Elect/FIDIC 

Session Co-Chair: Mr. Wongsathid Seewana/CEAT 

Rapporteur 1: Mr. K.K. Jha, SCAEF 

Rapporteur 2: Mr. D.B. Singh, SCAEF 

11:00 – 11:20 Country Paper 1 Bangladesh: Mr. Mujibur Rahman Khan, GS/BACE 

11:20 – 11:40 Country Paper 2 China: Ms. Tang Ping, Vice Chair & SG/CNAEC 

11:40 – 12:00 Country Paper 3 India: Dr. A.S. Rao, DSIR, MoS&T and Focal Point, India 

12:00 – 12:20 Country Paper 4 Malaysia: Mr. IR Ahmad Asri B. Abdul Hamd, 

President/ PSDC 

12:20 – 12:40 Country Paper 5 Nepal: Mr. Keshab Man Amatya, President/ SCAEF 

12:40 – 13:00 Questions & Answers 

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH 

SESSION 2 (C2) 

14:00 – 16:00 Hrs 

Session Coordinator : Mr. Rajesh Thapa 

Session Chair: Mr. Kishor Kumar Shakya, President/Nepal Engineers’ Association 

Session Co-Chair: Mr. Devendra N Gongal, PP/Society of Nepalese Architects & Past Chair/SAARCH 

Rapporteur 1: Mr. Rajan Subedi, SCAEF 

Rapporteur 2: Mr. K. P. Shrestha, SCAEF 

14:00 – 14:20 Country Paper 6 Pakistan: Mr. Karamat Ullah Chaudry, President/ACEP 

14:20 – 14:40 Country Paper 7 Sri Lanka: Mr. Malith Mendis, ACESL 

14:40 – 15:00 Country Paper 8 Thailand: Mr. Pisit Puthiproj, CEAT 

15:00 – 15:20 Country Paper 9 Vietnam: Mr. Nguyen Cahn, VECAS 


16:00 – 16:30 Tea & Coffee Break 

16:30 – 18:00 Annual Meeting of TCDPAP Executive Committee 

Session Coordinator : Mr. Rajesh Thapa 



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DAY 2. Thursday March 12, 2009 

Business Opportunities in Nepal 

SESSION 3 (B1) 

9:00 – 11:00 Hrs 

Session Chair: Dr. Shankar Sharma, Former Vice Chairman/National Planning Commission Nepal 

Session Co-Chair: Mr. IR Ahmad Asri B. Abdul Hamd, President/PSDC 

Rapporteur 1: Mr. M. L. Shrestha, SCAEF 

Rapporteur 2: Mr. Uddhav Chaulagain, SCAEF 

09:00 – 09:25 Speaker 1 Housing Development: 

New Opportunity for Consulting Firms in Nepal: 

Mr. Kishore Thapa, 

Secretary/Water Energy Commission (WECs) , GoN 

09:25 – 09:50 Speaker 2 Infrastructure Development in Nepal: 

Opportunities and Challenges for 

Engineers: Mr. Tulasi Sitaula (Presented by Suraj Pradhan) 

Director General/Dept. of Roads (DoR), GoN 

09:50 – 10:15 Speaker 3 Challenges and Opportunities in Upscalling 

Infrastructure in Nepal 

Mr. Kamal Pande, Joint Secretary, 

Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, GON 

10:15 – 10:40 Speaker 4 Rural Infrastructure Development - 

Prospect and Status of Consultancy 

Business in Nepal: Mr. Bhim Upadhyaya, 

Deputy Director General /Dept. of Local Infrastructure 

Development & Agricultural Roads 

(DoLIDAR), GoN 



Session Coordinator: Mr. Shyam Sunder Sharma 

WORKING SESSION 4 (B2) 

11:30 – 13:30 Hrs 

Session Chair 

Session Co-Chair 

Rapporteur 1 

Rapporteur 2 

: Dr. Jagadish C Pokharel, Former Vice Chairman/National Planning Commission, Nepal 

: Mr. Md. Mazhar Ul-Islam/ACEP 

: Mr. Lal K.C., SCAEF 

: Mr. Sanjeev Shah, SCAEF 

11:30 – 11:55 Speaker 5 Mr. Kush Kumar Joshi 

President/Federation of Nepalese Chamber of 

Commerce & Industry 




11:55 – 12:20 Speaker 6 Consulting Service Opportunities in 

Hydropower Sector in Nepal: 

Mr. Sher Singh Bhatt, Director/Nepal Electricity Authority 

12:20 - 12:45 Speaker 7 Promoting Hydropower for National Development: 

Mr. Gyanendra Lal Pradhan, Managing Director 

Hydro Solutions (P) Ltd. 

12:45 – 13:10 Speaker 8 Engineering Education in Nepal - 

Prospects and Challenges in the New 

Environment : Prof. Deepak Bhattarai Principal 

Nepal Engineering College 


13:30 – 14:30 LUNCH 

Session Coordinator: Mr. Shyam Sunder Sharma 

ges & 

ekistan 

Session Chair 

Session Co-Chair 

Rapporteur 1 

Rapporteur 2 

Theme / Sub Theme Paper Presentations 

WORKING SESSION 5 (T1) 

14:30 – 16:35 Hrs 

: Mr. Kiran Kumar Kapila, Past President/SCAEF 

: Ms. Tang Ping, Vice Chair & Secretary General/CNAEC 

: Mr. Ajaya Lal Shrestha, SCAEF 

: Mr. Binaya Shah, SCAEF 

14:30 – 14:55 Theme Paper 1 Capacity Development of National Consultants in the 

Asia Pacific Region – Experiences of the ADB: 

Mr. Terry Woods, ADB Manila, Philippines 

14:55 – 15:20 Theme Paper 2 Development of Next-Generation Human Resources in 

Engineering in Japan: Mr. Akihito Hirotani, Chair ASPAC, Japan 

15:20 – 15:45 Theme Paper 3 The Role of Partners for Consultancy Development: 

Mr. Badan L Nyachhyon, PP/SCAEF 

15:45 – 16:10 Theme Paper 4 Capacity Building of Consultants in WTO Context: 

Mr. Md. Mazhar Ul-Islam, ACEP 

16:10 – 16:35 Theme Paper 5 Promoting Hydropower for National Development: 

Gyanendra Lal Pradhan, Managing Director 

Hydro Solutions (P) Ltd. 


15:15 – 19:00 FIDIC/ASPAC Meeting 

Session Coordinator : Mr. Saroj Basnet 



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DAY 3. Friday March 13, 2009 


9:00 – 11:05 Hrs 

Session Chair: Mr. Badan Lal Nyachhyon, Past President, SCAEF 

Session Co-Chair: Dr. Abdus Shabur/BACE 

Rapporteur 1: Mr. Gyanendra Bhattarai, SCAEF 

Rapporteur 2: Dr. Rekha Shrestha, NEC/KHEC 

9:00 – 9:25 Theme Paper 7 Towards the Harmonization of Urban Development and 

Environment in Nihombashi, Tokyo: Dr. Kazumasa ITO 

Head of Research Center, CTI Engineering, Japan 

9:25 – 9:50 Theme Paper 8 Adjudicator Promotion in Asian Region: 

Dr. Yoshihiko Yamashita, Secretary General/AJCE, 

9:50 –10:15 Theme Paper 9 Harmonizing Rural Road Development with Mountain with 

Environment- Green Roads in Nepal: 

Mr. Hare Ram Shrestha, Vice President/SCAEF 

10:15 – 10:40 Theme Paper 10 Harmonizing Development with Environment – Resettlement 

of Low Income Communities under the Greater Colombo Flood 

Control and Environment Improvement Project in Sri Lanka: 

Mr. Ashoka Cooray, Engineer, Nippon Koei, Sri Lanka 

10:40 – 11:05 Theme Paper 11 Santika Pub Fire: 

Mr. Pichaya Chantranuwat, Director/CEAT 


Session Coordinator: Mr. Saroj Basnet 


11:25 – 13:30 Hrs 

Session Chair: Dr. Moon, Hun II, Chairman/KENCA 

Session Co- Chair: Mr. Malith Mendis/ACESL 

Rapporteur 1: Mr. Rabindra M. Shrestha, SCAEF 

Rapporteur 2: Mr. Suman M. Shrestha, SCAEF 

11:25 – 11:50 Theme Paper 12 Housing Development 

Mr. Om Rajbhandari, Director Comfort Housing Pvt. Ltd. 

11:50 – 12:15 Theme Paper 13 Challenges to Consultants and Contractors in Bridging 

Nepalese Rivers: Mr. K.P. Wagle, SILT/MULTI 

12:15 – 12:40 Theme Paper 14 With Innovative Concepts to Enhance the Communication 

Engineering Consulting Design: 

Mr. Hou Shiyan, President, Mobile Group Design Institute Co., 

Ltd, China 




12:40 – 13:05 Theme Paper 15 Meeting Challenges of Engineering Education in the 21st 

Century: Dr. Bharat Pahari, Institute of Engineering, Nepal 

13:05 – 13:30 Theme Paper 16 The Way Ahead: Mr. Devendra N. Gongal, 

PP Society of Nepalese Architects & Past Chair, SAARCH 

13:30 – 14:30 LUNCH 

Session Coordinator: Mr. Saroj Basnet 

PLENARY SESSION 

14:30 – 15:30 Hrs 

Chairman: 

Dr. John Boyd, President/FIDIC 

14:30 – 14:34 Introduction by Mr. Keshab Man Amatya, President/SCAEF 

14.34 – 14:41 Presentation by Session Chair 1: 

Mr. Gregs Thomopulos, President Elect/FIDIC 

14:41 – 14:48 Presentation by Session Chair 2 : 

Mr. Kishor Kumar Shakya, President/Nepal Engineers’ Association 

14:48 – 14: 55 Presentation by Session Chair 3: 

Dr. Shankar Sharma, Former Vice Chairman/National Planning Commission, Nepal 

14:55 – 15:02 Presentation by Session Chair 4: 

Dr. Jagadish C Pokharel, Former Vice Chairman 

National Planning Commission Nepal 


Mr. Badan Lal Nyachyyon, Past President/SCAEF 


Mr. Kiran Kumar Kapila, President/CEAI 


Dr. Moon Hun II, Chairman/KENCA 

15:23 – 15:30 Comments by Dr. Sunil Abrol, Secretary General/TCDPAP 

15:30 – 15:40 Concluding Remarks by the Session Chair, Dr. John Boyd, President/FIDIC 

15:40 -16:00 Tea & Coffee Break 

Session Coordinator: Mr. Rajesh Thapa 



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CLOSING CEREMONY 

16:00 – 17:30 Hrs 

16:00 – 16:05 Ceremony brought to Order, Chief Guest, Dignitaries recognized and felicitated 

Chairman: Mr. Keshab Man Amatya, President/SCAEF 

Chief Guest: Hon. Mr. Bijaya Kumar Gachadar, Minister MPPW/GoN 

Guest of Honor: Hon. Mr. Ganesh Shah, Minister MoS&T/GoN 

16:05 – 16:20 Welcome Address and Conference Summary: 

Dr. Sunil Abrol, Secretary General/TCDPAP 

16:20 – 16:28 Address by Dr. John Boyd, President/FIDIC 

16:28 – 16:36 Address by Mr. Akihiko Hirotani, President/ASPAC 

16:36 – 16:44 Address by Mr. Karamat Ullah Chaudry, President/TCDPAP 

16:44 – 17:54 Address by the Guest of Honor: 

Mr. Ganesh Shah, Hon. Minister, Ministry of Science & Technology, GoN 

17:54 – 18:02 Closing Address by the Session Chair: Mr. Keshab Man Amatya, President/SCAEF 

18:02 – 18:11 Felicitation to Dignitaries, Session Chairs. 

18:11 – 18:25 Vote of Thanks by Mr. Hare Ram Shrestha, Vice President /SCAEF 

Day 4 Saturday 14 March 2009: 

GALA DINNER 

18:30 – 22:30 

Garden of Dreams, Thamel, Kathmandu 

Program Anchor: Mr.Rajesh Thapa 

9:00 – 12:30 ADB Seminar on Development of National Consultants 

Chair: Mr. Keshab Man Amatya, President/SCAEF 

Facilitator: Mr. Terry Woods, Procurement Specialist, ADB, Manila 

Seminar Coordinator: Mr. Shyam Sundar Sharma, General Secretary SCAEF 

SCAEF Status Report: Mr. Keshav Kunwar, IPP SCAEF 

Presentation of SBD Documents: Mr. KP Kafle, Team Leader 

Guest Participants: Dr. S. Abrol, Secretary General TCDPAP 

Mr. Pederson, Team Leader Act Formulation Team 

Welcome: Mr. Rajesh Thapa, SCAEF 

Seminar Background: Mr. Badan Lal Nyachhyon, Past President, SCAEF 

Session Proceedings: Mr. Terry Woods, ADB, Manila 

Closing Remarks: Mr. Keshab Man Amatya, President, SCAEF 

Vote of Thanks: Mr. Shyam Sundar Sharma, General Secretary, SCAEF 




Post Conference Tours 

Spouses Tours 

Day 1 

11:00 - 11:30 AM Hotel Lobby 

11:30 AM Leave Hotel for Swoyambhu (Monkey Temple) 

01:00 PM Leave Swoyambhu for Patan 

01:30 – 02:30 PM LUNCH at Patan Durbar Square Café 

02:30 – 05:00 PM Sight-seeing Patan Durbar Square & City 

05:30 PM Return Hotel 

Spouses Tours 

Day 2 

06:00 – 08:00 AM MOUNTAIN FLIGHT (Optional) 

09:30 – 10:00 AM Hotel Lobby 

10:00 AM Leave Hotel for Dhulikhel City 

01:00 – 02:00 PM Lunch at Hotel Mirabel of Dhulikhel Mountain Resort 

02:00 PM Leave for Bhaktapur City 

02:30 - 05:00 PM Bhaktapur City Sight seeing 

05:00 PM Leave for Hotel 

Spouses Tours 

Day 3 


09:30 – 10:00 AM Hotel Lobby 

10:00 AM Leave Hotel for Pashupati 

11:30 AM Leave Pashupati for Bouddha 

12:30 PM Leave Bouddha for Thamel 

01:30 PM Lunch at Thamel 

02:30 – 05:00 PM Sight seeing Thamel through Kathmandu Durbar Square 

05:00 PM Leave for Hotel 

TOURS: Conference / Post Conference Tours 

Day 4 


9:00 onwards TOURS: Conference / Post Conference Tours 


INAGURAL SESSION


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InaUgural CEREMONY 

Welcome Address by the President of SCAEF, 

Er. Keshab Man Amatya 

Respectable Chairman of this inaugural session, the President of TCDPAP Mr. Karamat Ullah Chaudry, 

The Chief Guest Right Honorable Sri Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) the Prime Minister of Nepal, 

The key note speaker Honorable Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai, the Finance Minister of Nepal, 

The Guest of Honor Honorable Bijaya Kumar Gachhedar, the Minister of Physical Planning and Works; 

Dr. John Boyd, the President FIDIC, 

Mr. Akihiro Hirotani, the Chairman ASPAC; 

President-Elect Mr. Thomopolus, 

The Bureaucratic chiefs of the Government of Nepal; 

Mission chiefs of the funding agencies: the Word Bank, the Asian Development Bank, JICA, DFID, GTZ, 

NORDIC, FINNIDA, KOICA; 

High Officials and the Departmental heads of the Government of Nepal, 

Presidents and the Chairmen of different Semi-Government and the private Institutions/Associations; 

Distinguished foreign and national delegates and their spouses from the TCDPAP member countries and 

the FIDIC ASPAC regions; 

Invited guests and dignitaries; 

Chairmen, Managing Directors and the directors of the SCAEF member firms; Representatives of the 

media and press; 

My fellow colleagues and friends, ladies and gentlemen; 

Before I proceed I would like to extend my gratitude to the right Honorable Prime Minister for accepting 

our invitation to grace this inaugural ceremony as a Chief Guest. Additionally, I would like to extend 

my gratitude to Honorable Finance Minister for accepting to deliver a Key Note Address to this august 

assembly and I also would like to extend my gratitude to the Honorable Physical Planning and Works 

Minister for accepting to grace this inaugural ceremony as a Guest of Honor. 

It is indeed a great honor to SCAEF, the Society of Consulting Architectural and Engineering Firms, Nepal 

to get this opportunity to hold this prestigious conference in the heart of the Himalayan country located 

in between two huge and two fastest growing economy of the world ‘China’ and ‘India’. I feel happy 

to inform you all that SCAEF had had the opportunity to hold such conference, way back in 1998 with a 

theme “Consultancy in the Next Millennium”, which we cherish today as a memorable event of TCDPAP, 

the Technical Consultancy Development Programme for Asia and the Pacific. This year’s conference 

has a special flavor in the sense that we are holding it with the support and in joint collaboration of 

FIDIC ASPAC, the FIDIC Grouping for Asia Pacific. SCAEF would like to thank FIDIC and ASPAC for their 

generosity and support. 


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I. on behalf of the organization committee and on my own behalf, would like to heartily welcome you 

all in this inaugural ceremony of the TCDPAP FIDIC/ASPAC International Conference Kathmandu 2009. I 

especially would like to welcome delegates from the institutions of FIDIC, ASPAC, and from the countries 

of Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Japan, Korea, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, Thailand, Iran, 

Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and of-course from the host country Nepal. I am terming this conference as ‘High 

Importance’ because it is being held in a country which will soon be a full member of WTO and be a 

partner of the Global Village. Soon after this inaugural session, the technical session of the conference 

will begin when the representatives from the member countries will present their country papers. This 

conference will be participated by total of 242 delegates, of which foreign delegates constitute 96. 

SCAEF is grateful to international institutions like FIDIC and ASPAC and all the TCDPAP member countries 

for accepting our invitation and sending their delegation to participate in this conference. 

We, in SCAEF, have exerted significant efforts to promote cooperation with related international and 

regional institutions for developing the fraternity and the development of the consulting business and 

the industry at large. We are eager to do more for its development by collaborating with the institutions 

to organize seminars and training courses and also would like to send the representatives of our member 

firms to attend seminars and training courses being held at different places. SCAEF would seek support 

from the Government and other donor agencies in helping SCAEF members in pursuit to their quest for 

enhancing their technical capability to keep abreast with the situation so that the firms would be able 

to provide competitive and qualitative services. 

The technological advancements in micro-electronics, satellite communications, interactive information 

corridors and internet ingrained into concepts of emergent economies and liberated societies has 

helped the world to shrink into one without political borders and preferences and where distance 

is no longer significant. The universal force termed ‘Globalization’ has thus become one of the most 

hotly-debated topics in international business over the past few years. The Conference Theme of 

“Making Globalization work: the Role of Consultants” has thus been chosen to address the problems 

being faced by the developing countries. For a developing country like Nepal where the development 

process is starting to take its root, the effect of globalization has a significant role to play. With the 

changed scenario in the political set-up of the country, people have an aspiration to taste the fruit 

of New Nepal in the making. Therefore the country has a challenging task ahead to bring about the 

economic transformation in the country to help fulfill the aspiration of the people. Talking of Economic 

Transformation; there is no doubt that building of a robust infrastructure is the backbone of a country’s 

sustainable economic transformation. Acceptance of this conclusion invariably brings in the importance 

of consulting services related to engineering, architecture, construction and physical planning to the 

forefront of development activities. 

Geographically Nepal is situated in between the two fastest growing economy of the world and this 

strategic location could provide Nepal an inertial push towards the developing process if the government 

utilizes the available opportunity judiciously. But failing to cash in the opportunity and the delayed 

response will create a detrimental effect to the very process of development. As such, there has been 

considerable flow of trained manpower from the country to work elsewhere including the neighboring 

country for better working environment and of-course better remuneration. The opportunity and the 

facility being provided by other countries including the neighboring countries have attracted a lot of 

middle level technical manpower of the country to go abroad for work. Couple of years back, we used 

to experience surplus technical manpower who use to come to our private offices looking for jobs. The 

situation has been just the reverse now. The flow of trained manpower from the country has created 

a vacuum in the availability of the middle level technical manpower. We in SCAEF are very much 

concerned over this situation and are discussing among the members and the related institutions to find 

ways to curb the flow of valuable and trained technical manpower going elsewhere. 



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The eminent consulting personalities gathered here in the conference to deliberate on the relevant 

topic through the papers will use the platform and share the experiences and knowledge to help 

evolve a strategy for achieving the professional competency to reap out the benefit of globalization. 

The globalization process evidently increases the connectivity and the interdependence of the 

world market and business. In general as economy gets connected to other economies, they provide 

increased opportunity alright but they also create increased competition. Therefore, the domestic 

consulting industry should be prepared to face the challenges of the globalization. It is but natural that 

every activity has positive as well as negative aspects. While facing the challenges the professional 

organizations must try to carve out the positive aspect of globalization and use them judiciously for 

enhancing their capability and service efficiency. Additionally, the consultants of the region should 

collaborate and strengthen the relationship among each other and work out a modality to mitigate the 

otherwise adverse effect of the globalization. I sincerely hope that this conference will help evolve 

a strategy that will focus to achieve the regional synergies through the networking bring in valuable 

resolution and suggestion which may help enhance the development of the consulting profession as well 

as provide qualitative services for the sustainable development of the country. 

With these few words, I would like to conclude my welcome address, But before I conclude I once again 

would like to welcome you all and would also like to thank you for having accepted our invitation. Your 

presence has really made this inaugural ceremony so lively and interesting. 

Thank You, Thank You All 


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Right Hon. Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal 

to TCDPAP Conference Kathmandu March 11-13 2009 

Respected, Chairman of this Inaugural Session and President of TCDPAP, Er. Karamat Ullah Chaudry, 

Honorable Minister Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai , Ministry of Finance 

Honorable Minister Mr. Bijaya Kumar Gachchhedar, Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, The 

Government of Nepal 

President of SCAEF, Er. Keshab Man Amatya 

FIDIC President, Dr John Boyd 

ASPAC Chairman, Mr Aki Hirotani 

The President Elect of FIDIC, Mr Gregs Thomopulos 

The High Officials of the Government of Nepal 

Distinguished International and National Delegates and Participants, 

Ladies and Gentlemen, 

Good Morning. It takes me immense pleasure to be here with you in this august gathering of international 

and national delegates and participants. I consider this is my good fate that provided me with this great 

opportunity to welcome you here in the beautiful city of Kathmandu. I am sure it is your good deeds 

as well that had brought you here and convened for good cause of identifying the role of consulting 

engineers, architects, planners and all development partners. I am very much impressed that the world 

community of technical expertise has taken initiatives and given priority to the cause of least developed 

countries as Nepal. I must thank you all for this endeavor and helping to restore the lost image of Nepal. 

Beginning with this conference, I am sure the world community will realize that Nepal has substantially 

changed since we have taken charge of the Government. Now, the political scenario of Nepal is gradually 

returning to stability and normalcy paving way for fast economic reforms aiming for double digit 

growth. As you are aware, the new Government lead by the Maoist Communist Party has tabled very 

ambitious development agenda with aims to generate 10,000 MW of power in next 10 years, improving 

the transport connectivity across the very rugged terrain of Nepal and reducing poverty in the physical 

and mental terms. Possibly changing the mind set of the political and intellectual leadership is more 

difficult than the materialistic struggle we went across during last ten years. We need your cooperation 

and expert guidance for achieving the reforms the government has planned for. 

I am very glad that this conference has been organized in this juncture of time when we need most 

of the advise for running a good government and finding ways for streamline the development efforts 

for achieving the ambitious targets of the new government. I must express my deepest gratitude to 

your highly esteemed organizations for organizing this International Conference in Nepal with a very 

important and relevant theme "Making Globalisation Work: The Role of Consultants". 

I was appraised that most of the developed countries have very strong service sector that generate 

over 70% of GDP. This would mean that the human resources including administration, consultancy 



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services, teaching, healthcare, labor and so on require intensive attention for its growth without which 

no sector will grow as planned. Because of the civil struggle in last ten years, we have lost a huge score 

of intellectual and labor based resources depriving the domestic products to a very low level. I have 

visualized that this conference has focused on the issues to making the global phenomenon of liberal 

economy work for the developing countries and encouraging the service sector to flourish and explore 

its role in the development scenario. This sector is central for the development of the countries like 

Nepal. 

As you are aware, Nepal is currently experiencing an era of transformation from a decade of civil 

struggle to the new era of creating New Nepal and strengthening the peace building process. We have 

experienced that the international community has taken deep interest in the peace process of Nepal 

for which we are very much thankful. I am very much pleased to observe that the TCDPAP FIDIC/ASPAC 

Conference being organized in Nepal will be another very important event which will be helpful to 

secure international cooperation for strengthening our endeavors in economic development as well as 

in making globalization work, particularly in Asia and the Pacific Region 

Our experience of the last six months in the Government has shown that our national commitment cannot 

be fulfilled by working in traditional and isolated manner. So, I appeal to the international community and 

the technocrats of the country to join hands with the Government in creating economically prosperous 

New Nepal. I am very much sure that your initiatives will be the key to bring positive reforms and 

change the development trend of Nepal to fast growth. 

As you are aware, the Government of Nepal has taken the challenges of economic development as the 

mission where the technical human resource such as the architects, engineers and consultants have the 

lead role to play. No country can make progress unless the technical expertise is given opportunity for 

their role to play. I am very much please to observe that the world leaders of technical consultancy 

sector are coming together in Nepal to share their experience and identifying the key role they can play 

in the economic development in the present globalization context. 

I am fully confident that the international conference will bring immense benefits to the developing 

countries, and will be particularly beneficial to our endeavor for building New Nepal. 

On behalf of the Government of Nepal and particularly on my behalf, I personally extend best wishes 

for the grand success of the Conference and welcome the world leaders of Engineering Community from 

TCDPAP, FIDIC ASPAC and the other representatives of our friendly countries in Nepal. 

At the end, On behalf of the Government of Nepal and the people of Nepal once again I would like to 

welcome and wish you happy stay in Nepal. I am sure the people of Nepal and particularly your brilliant 

hosts leave no stones unturned to extend a very warm Nepalese hospitality during your stay in Nepal. 

I am sure with your visit to this country you have put another milestone for strengthening the friendly 

relationship between our people. 

Thank you 


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Key Note Address 

Dr. Baburam Bhattarail 

Finance Minister, 

The Government of Nepal 

Date: March 11, 2009 

Chair of the Conference and President of TCDPAP Mr. Karamath Ullah Chaudhary, 

Right Honorable Prime Minister Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachand”, 

Hon. Minister of Physical Planning & Works Mr. Bijaya Kimar Gachhadar, 

President of SCAEF, the host organizer Mr. Keshab Man Amatya, 

President of International Federation of Consulting Engineers Dr. John Boyd, 

President of FIDIC Asia Pacific Grouping Mr Akihiko Hirotani, 

Excellencies 



1. It is a pleasure and privilege to address such a distinguished and august gather of international 

and national leaders of professionals as consulting architects and engineers in Nepal. I thank the 

organizers for availing me this opportunity and I wish all success for this historic conference. 

2. My wife Hisila and I, being from the same fraternity as this august audience, I recognize the value 

of this conference in the development of the country and for the world community. Therefore, 

I solemnly congratulate and extend thanks to your highly esteemed organizations for organizing 

the TCDPAP and FIDIC ASPAC International Conference in Nepal with a very important and relevant 

theme "Making Globalisation Work: The Role of Consultants". I believe it is the high time to focus 

on the development issues and roles of development partners, since we are now embarking on 

building a NEW NEPAL after abolishing the feudal monarchy through heroic struggles of Nepalese 

people only recently. 

3. I am of the view that such international Conferences provide unique opportunity to review the 

progress of past commitments, share experiences and set the resolutions for the future. We the 

underdeveloped countries highly appreciate the international organisations as FIDIC for sharing 

their valuable experience accumulated in last 96 years, if I am not mistaken. I was appraised that 

FIDIC is the world leader in consulting engineering and our construction industry is very much 

guided by the principles and standards lead by FIDIC. 

4. Nepal, one of the poorest countries of the world and caught in the vicious circle of underdevelopment 

and dependency, has a huge task of poverty eradication & unemployment, promoting sustained 

economic growth and transforming into a industrialized economy with strong linkages with 

the world economic system. As you must be aware, the Government of Nepal has set goals for 



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double digit economic growth within next three years and set to start several mega projects in 

infrastructure and power sector. I understand this is a Herculean task in itself. But I believe this is 

very much possible if we can act coherently and consistently focused on the target we set. In this 

revolutionary campaign, we need dedicated cooperation from the consulting community as this 

august gathering. Engineers, Architects and Planners are the back bone and uncontested leaders 

of national economic development. 

5. At this point of history, I sincerely recognize that the commitments made to the people will 

take some time to fully translate into reality. As they say Rome was not built in a day, similarly 

it will take some time to clean the Augean’s stable of past regimes and lay a foundation of 

vibrant NEW NEPAL. It may be interesting to note that there are five ministers with engineering 

or architectural background in the present Cabinet. This is a clear manifestation that of how 

much the new republican government led by the unified CPN (Maoist) is committed to applying an 

Engineering Approach to the good governance and lead the path of economic development. 

6. You must have known that the Government of Nepal has taken an immediate task to make smooth 

transition of the country into a stable political system and faster economic development. For this, 

we have stressed on the accomplishment of following two main tasks within the next two years: 

- First, writing a new constitution of the country and lead the peace process to a logical 

conclusion including restructuring of the state. This is the political agenda, and 

- Second, achieving higher economic growth rate with social justice. This is the economic 

agenda. 

7. In consonance with these two important tasks, the government has set the following strategic and 

broader economic plans spanning over the short to long term plans in this year's budget, i.e: 

- Relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and reintegration, 

- Broad-based economic growth, 

- Social transformation, 

- Investing in infrastructure & power, 

- Restructuring the state, and 

- Public-private partnership in mega projects. 

8. For this we have advanced the slogan of "PEACE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FOR 

PEACE". 

9. Nepal is financially a poor country, but it is very rich in terms of human and natural resources, 

particularly in hydro-power, precious herbs and other forest based products, flora and fauna 

and magnificent landscape. We are also in between the two large and fast growing economies, 

China and India. All these provide immense opportunities for foreign investment in hydropower, 

tourism, infrastructure and agro-forestry based industries for the mutual benefit of both the 

foreign investors and the Nepalese people. For this purpose, we have recently set up a high 

powered Investment Board under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister in order to quickly 

decide on the large investment projects and provide the facilities from one spot. 

10. The agenda looks more technical than political and I see the role of engineers and planners to be 

dominant in resolving these targets. 

11. I was appraised that there will be a business session related to the infrastructure development 

agenda of Nepal. I hope all delegates will benefit from it and will help to develop strong partnership 

among us. 


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12. I am fully confident that this conference will be able to achieve its objectives to identify the role 

of consultants in the context of the Globalisation scenario induced by accession of Nepal into 

the World Trade Organisation. Your home work will be of much interest to us since the ability of 

consulting engineering force will lead the pace task will be of much interest to us since the ability 

of consulting engineering force will lead the pace of National Development and international 

partnership. Unless we have a strong and vibrant Engineering Community, the government’s plans 

and Programs will be redundant as in previous decades. 

13. In this endeavor, the Government of Nepal jointly with the Society of Consulting Architectural and 

Engineering Firms and Asian Development Bank is working towards development of a healthy policy 

for consultancy development in Nepal and very soon will be formulating a Consulting Industry Act 

of Nepal. I would like to ask all the distinguished international delegates to join hands with us in 

this endeavor and share your valuable experience and knowledge. I am sure your guidance will 

help to make it dynamic, pragmatic and help to develop the consulting industry to a vibrant and 

sustainable one. 

14. At the end, I expect that this International Conference will deliver objective solutions and bold 

decisions that would help to develop strong leadership for delivery of quality services required 

for achieving the development targets of the government and the aspirations of the people 

which would be fulfilled only when the engineering community becomes highly committed to its 

profession. 

15. With this, Mr. Chair and distinguished delegates, I thank you all and extend best wishes for the 

grand success of the Conference, wish the international delegates happy stay in Nepal. I am 

sure the host organizers must have made best arrangements for the convenience of our highly 

respected international delegates. 

Thank You.. 



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Mr. Akihito Hirotani, The President, FIDIC ASPAC Grouping 

Respected Chairman of the Session 


Thank you for your introduction. I am very much honored and privileged to extend my sincere 

congratulation on this occasion of the conference on Making Globalization Work – The Role of Consultants, 

which has attracted such a large attendance from all over the world. I would also like to express my 

deepest appreciate to the conference Secretariat and everyone in Board for their dedication in bringing 

this conference to reality. 

Today I am addressing as Chairman of ASPAC, ASPAC is, Ladies and Gentlemen, the acronym for Asia 

Pacific Regional Group of FIDIC Member Associations. FIDIC is worldwide organization of consultants 

with member associations coming from approximately 80 countries and economies. The activities of 

FIDIC region is primarily by volunteers, every member associations and individuals are in very strong 

belief that making FIDIC as our organization stronger can bring our own profession more recognized in 

the world. In this way, FIDIC can have clear message to all the clients in the world to be heard. 

Taking some instances, there are contract documents which have been created by FIDIC and have 

been in use from the past. Now these documents have become important documents in the world 

and international financial institutions over the world. They have decided to adopt these documents. 

However, in order to make the latest contract documents more popular, FIDIC has been publishing many 

guidelines, manuals, training kits and so on. Many member associations and us, consultants, are utilizing 

all these materials published by FIDIC to create more job opportunities. Just FIDIC helps us and we also 

help FIDIC to become stronger primarily by voluntary basis. We are also making strong effort to educate 

younger generation professionals. 

Today, we have many members of what we call young professional forum. May I ask those members 

attending here today to stand up and show to our attendance your presence, please. Thank you very 

much. ASPAC has today 19 member associations and soon to exceed very high level of 20 which number 

is almost a quarter of 80 member associations of FIDICitself. The number itself is still small but behind 

us we have all theother member associations to support us and assist whenever necessity arises. Talking, 

for example, about climate changes affecting people, plants and animals, scientists have observed 

that some changes are already occurring. To control this stretch, wider range of skills is demanded 

to consultants. Our roles are changing. Lately, beyond the consulting engineering, extending to the 

solution of environment and social progress, Ladies and gentlemen, before ending my address, I very 

much hope that this conference will be the opportunity for international community to become a global 

partnership to tackle these challenges with all relevant stakeholders including the private sector and 

the civic society. Thank you. 


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Dr. John Boyd, President FIDIC 

Chairman of Inagural Session and TCDPAP 

President Mr. Chaudhary, 

President of SCAEF 

President of FIDIC, ASPAC 


You know when you address a group like this with such a long list of distinguished guests you have two 

choices, you can work your way through one after the another and pay the appropriate attention here 

in Kathmandu particularly on a subject that is as important as making globalization work. 

You know our industry has syncrophonic view of globalization. To those from the developed world, it 

means the ability to work anywhere with minimum barriers, if you like a business opportunities to those 

from the developing world however it means having to compete not only with other firms from the area 

who face all of the challenges that you do but also with larger and perhaps more experienced firms from 

abroad. In short, a sort of unfair competition. In this environment, mutual apprehension FIDIC does its 

best to level of playing field by collecting the best practices from around the world, making them 

available through its documentations and increasingly providing training courses. 

Over the past 5 years, FIDIC has more than trebled the number of training courses it provides and 

current emphasis is to expand the list of recognized trainers not only to give coverage geographically 

but also linguistically. In addition, we have consolidated much of our collective knowledge, management 

practices in this industry into our guide to practice and we are assembling course modules to accompany 

these written materials. This activity is in the hands of our capacity development committee. But it is 

important to recognize that we see these resource targeted at in-house training to staff members both 

in the developed and the developing world. Of course, the problem with all this is that the training 

does not work without the opportunity to practice what we have learned. In a presentation, a few 

weeks ago in Uganda, at the time of our most recent executive committee member, I pointed out to 

the government representatives and the development bank representatives at the meeting that the 

capacity building begins at home. I suggested that more projects could be assigned to local consultants 

who if they feel stretched by some unfamiliarity with the nature of the project is more than capable of 

finding help from others experienced in this type of work through their contacts at FIDIC. 

The Federation, if you like as a networking tool, can help resolve these kinds of issues. In the course 

of this conference we will hear up-to-date status report on the condition of the consulting industry in 

a number of parts of Asia. In addition, we will learn about specific opportunities for consulting services 

here in Nepal. Finally, in theme papers we will hear about a range of challenges to globalization in our 

industry, everything from education through to capacity building, challenges of harmonizing engineering 

development with environmental concerns. There will be a lot of thought provoking materials and a lot 

of opportunities to discuss these issues with colleagues from around the Asia Pacific region. 



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In the remaining couple of minutes of this introduction however, I would like to touch on a subject that 

is affecting and will continue to affect our entire industry on a worldwide basis. The financial meltdown 

that started in late 2007 continued through 2008 and continues now to 2009. In one sense the speed with 

which the size of this tremor spread from its focal point in United States to the far reaches of the world 

condemns the globalization of the financial industry. And also makes us ask whether there are lessons 

that should be learned and reinforcements that should be applied to our own industry by these events. 

It seems that one of the main causes of the problem has been very poor regulation of the financial 

industry to provide protection for the average person from the consequences of poor judgment on the 

part of industry leaders. In much of our industry, the engineering and architectural industry, we take the 

protection of the community from bad practices as a matter of professional priority and we bar from 

practices those who seek to circumvent these ethical consideration. Perhaps we need to do more to 

strengthen these practices and strengthen consistency in our codes, in our standards around the world. 

It is interesting that the reaction of the most of the world government to the threaten stagnation of 

their economies has been to massively invest in infrastructures. These decisions have mostly been made 

with very little consultation between government and our industry and I think there are some aspects 

of this infrastructure emphasis we need to consider as we go forward. A few questions come to mind, 

why does infrastructure spending require a crisis to get started? And are we now in danger of spending 

on projects that are not needed? You know the first speaker, the Prime Minister, the second speaker 

and the third speaker all pressed great emphasis on our industry and on our ability as an industry to 

help these particular issues. In fact if I may quote from the presentation of the minister of finance 

‘engineers, architectures and planner are the backbones and uncontested leaders of national economic 

development’. 

This is a huge responsibility and I think, we need considering the issue of globalization to consider what 

we need to do as industry to respond to this challenge and give it the importance it deserves. A trust 

is something that has to be earned everyday. Why is our industry considered to be a strategic partner 

to the government in this area so that the consultation would be automatic. I think we are perhaps not 

holding up our end of the deal and we should pay attending to this. With infrastructure spending by 

countries that can afford it will listen for structure spending broaden the gap between the developed 

and the developing world. And what facilities are there to help continue infrastructure development in 

the developing world. 

Infrastructure spending only creates major number of jobs once the projects are under construction. So 

we can anticipated the considerable pressure will be brought to bear on the designers, on us, to rush 

work and shorten the design period. Professionally, we need to be particularly careful that the work 

we produce is been checked properly. We will also see efforts to short cut tender periods, to rush the 

contractors selection process, this will lead inevitable to additional claims during construction and in 

extreme cases may lead to inappropriate tendering methods. The safety net of careful, considered 

procedures, a open transparent practices is therefore a reason and we ignore it at our parole. I trust 

that I have given you something to think about and talk about as we commence this very interesting 

conference. If this whole global financial response by infrastructure spending interests you consider 

coming to London in September, 13-16 to participate in FIDIC’s annual conference where this subject 

will be fully discussed. 

Thank you very much for your attention. 


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Hon. Minister, Bijaya Kumar Gachchhedar 

to TCDPAP Conference Kathmandu March 11-13 2009 

Chairman of this Inaugural Session and President of TCDPAP, Er. Karamat Ullah Chaudry, 

Right Honorable Prime Minister Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, The Government of Nepal 

President of SCAEF, Er. Keshab Man Amatya 

FIDIC President, Dr John Boyd, ASPAC Chairman, Mr Aki Hirotani 

FIDIC EC Member, Mr Subhash Mehrotra, The President Elect of FIDIC, Mr Gregs Thomopulos 

Secretary General of TCDPAP, Mr. Sunil Abrol, Chairman, Consultancy Development Centre, India 

The High Officials of the Government of Nepal 



Good Morning. I join hands with the Chief Guest Right Honorable Prime Minister in welcoming all the 

international delegates and the high level officials and all participants to this International Conference 

of Consulting Engineers. As a minister of the line ministry of Consulting Industry in Nepal, I have privilege 

and pleasure to be here with you in this gathering this morning. We are aware that the Consulting Services 

play central role in the economic development. Starting from the Project Identification to feasibility 

study and project implementation, the consulting engineering’s role determines the sustainability of 

the projects which in turn help to enhance the image of the Government. I must admit the government 

and the Nepalese Society as not been able to recognize and give respect to Consulting Industry as it 

deserve. Currently, The Ministry together with SCAEF and ADB has completed the preparatory works for 

development of A consultancy Development Act which will pave way to institutionalise and strengthen 

the Industry to face the challenges of the twenty first century and particularly the challenges of the open 

competition across the Globe. I have learned that as a continued effort of TCDPAP and SCAEF, several of 

Nepalese experts have been now providing consulting services in India, China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, East 

Timor, Laos, Cambodia, Azerbaijan, Middle East, China, Australia, Canada, US, UK and other countries. 

This global phenomenon is both good and bad. At one hand we are loosing very precious manpower but 

in other hand we are gaining international experience. I understand the open competition across the 

globe will be beneficial to us provided we can develop the consulting industry in right perspective. 

As the Prime minister just said, the Government has set up high ambitious programs which require 

cooperation of this community in particular. These programs require to bring back the lost capacity of 

the country and help to fulfill the national development targets. Certainly, The Government is looking 

for support from all sectors and particularly from the engineering community of the country. 

I am very glad that this conference being organized in Nepal at the time when we need most. I must 

recognize that the International Conference in Nepal with the theme of "Making Globalisation Work: The 

Role of Consultants" is very relevant and important for us. I am fully confident that this conference will 

be immensely beneficial to all. 

On behalf of the Ministry and on my behalf, I personally extend best wishes for the grand success of the 

Conference and once more welcome the world leaders of Engineering Community from TCDPAP, FIDIC 

ASPAC and the other representatives of our friendly countries. Thank you 



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Mr. Karamat Ullah Chaudry, the President, TCDPAP 

Chief Guest, Right Honorable Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of Physical Planning & Works 

President of TCDPAP, FIDIC-ASPAC Chairperson, President of SCAEF, Ladies and Gentlemen, 

On behalf of TCDPAP and on my behalf as President, I am honored to address you eminent participants 

of the Conference. 

Gentlemen and Ladies! This prestigious event which has attracted professionals from 16 countries has 

been organized by SCAFE and I thank them for it. I think a very big hand is due to them. I have had an 

opportunity to attend several TCDPAP conferences and the way this has started I am sure it is going to be 

a fantastic conference. SCAEF Nepal being the nodal point of TCDPAP and representing the full spectrum 

of consulting architects and engineers in the country. TCDPAP and FIDIC ASPAC together have assembled 

a panel of international experts from countries in the Asia Pacific region and also from Central Asia this 

time and other areas to address key issues that affect professional consulting services in the context 

of globalization. At the conclusion of this conference surely we will be in a much better position to 

understand what globalization is all about. What its impacts are? What are its challenges and how do 

we go about surmounting those challenges. Globalization is a fact of life and no matter what we do we 

have to learn to swim with the tide and if we can’t learn to swim then we will be the eventual losers. 

Developing countries are the small players in world economies striving to compete with giants. There is 

therefore need to strategize through effective approaches to face the onslaught of globalization. 

Major changes of globalization are the changing environment, fast growing new technologies, new 

methods of communication, information dissemination and borderless training. Small nations will 

be vulnerable but TCDPAP under the FIDIC umbrella can work with member countries on meaningful 

programs of development. 

You may be aware that TCDPAP is a body whose program is promoted by UN ESCAP for developing 

engineering consultancy capabilities at national, sub regional and regional level in Asia and Pacific. 

It works towards promoting cooperation among the countries that are the members. One of the great 

benefits of such conferences is that we keep on bumping into each other and it is not just hellos and 

byes. It is actually networking. I can tell you from my own experiences, I am a Managing Director of 

NESPAC, which is the largest consultant in Pakistan. We have staff over three thousand and because of 

these conferences I have met with a gentleman from Bangladesh, a gentleman from Azerbaijan who is 

also here and we have done projects together because of these conferences. So I think, this is one of 

the greatest advantages of meeting each other. Sorry I also have to mention about the gentleman Mr. 

Pasit from Thailand. I think more clapping is needed. Because it is at these conferences that we get 

to know each other intimately and then when we go back there is an email which says ‘thank you very 

much, it was a lovely time’ and there is a reply email which says, ‘thank you very much, it was great 

meeting you’ and eventually there is an email, ‘hey, there is a project’ and that’s when the fun starts 

and then you start working together. So I think what we need to do in these three days is to get to know 

each other, get to know the projects which we can do together and this network is what globalization 

is all about. At the end, I am sure that this conference will provide ample opportunities to all of us to 

understand globalization and its challenges and what we as consultants have to do about it. And at the 

end of it, I am sure we will be the winners and at the end of this speech let me thank our excellent hosts 

Mr. Amatya and his team who has done a wonderful job. So far, I am sure there will be even better job 

in the next three days. Thank you very much. 


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Making Globalization Work: The Role of Consultants 

Vote of thanks 

Dr. Sunil Abrol, Secretary General, TCDPAP 

Chief Guest, Right Honorable Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of Physical Planning & Works 

President of TCDPAP, FIDIC-ASPAC Chairperson, President of SCAEF, Ladies and Gentlemen, 

It is an honor for me to speak on behalf of TCDPAP Secretariat in this inaugural function. TCDPAP is 

particularly honored for the opportunity which is given by SCAEF for organizing this function in Nepal. All 

of us have heard in the morning the success of this program in case of number of delegates, number of 

countries and the professionals that are represented. The best part of this program has been the inaugural 

program where we have the government of Nepal being fully represented. I think an event Mr. Boyd was 

asking me the difference between the West and the East. In the West, the people invite professionals to 

inaugurate conferences. In the East, in developing countries, we depend on governments, the ministers 

and the Prime Ministers to inaugurate conferences because that’s where the support comes from. We 

thank you sir and the government of Nepal for encouraging TCDPAP and this event and supporting. This 

conference is one among the series of TCDPAP activities that happens annually. The last conference we 

had was in Seoul, Korea. Next one is suppose to be happening in Vietnam in 2010 and we hope to have 

these events year after year. 

Our events are getting stronger and strengthening in terms of attendance, in terms of participation 

and in terms of number of papers and days we spend on that. TCDPAP for the benefit of some of you, 

is an organization which is primarily helping organization and consulting associations to promote the 

profession. We have taken initiatives particularly from the secretariat. In front, an action in terms 

of supporting this process, is education. We have started from the secretariat in India a number of 

education programs on consultancy profession. We have a two year program which is in a form of MSC 

consulting. We have started two other programs which are short courses, certificate courses in technical 

consulting and certificate consulting skills. The basic objectives of these programs are to build large 

human resource in the consulting profession. In addition to that we also undertaken capacity building 

and training programs which is aimed at both consultants and clients, depending on their requirements. 

Third, we work on, is in terms of selection of consultants. We are helping various governments, ministries 

and departments in selection of consultants through what we call as ‘cost and quality based selection 

process’ because we believe consulting is different from contracting. Therefore, consultants need to 

be selected on their expertise, knowledge, based on the quality they bring to the table rather than the 

cost. And the fourth area we help development of the profession, is in terms of providing data base of 

consultants across the countries. We trying to network between these data bases so that at one single 

forum we have data bases for all the 14 countries of the Asia Pacific Region.The idea is to help the 

governments, the clients and ministries picking up the best consultants from the region to develop their 

projects. 

Sir, you and The Prime Minister talked about new Nepal and you also talked about the number of 

initiatives you are going to take up in terms of sectors like transportation, infrastructure, hydro sector 

and others in terms of requirements. I am sure, TCDPAP country members will be able to support your 

and help you in addition to SCAEF in developing those activities and projects. It is hearting to learn 

that the government of Nepal has taken initiatives of developing an Act, the Consultancy Development 

Act. It is a great initiative. We secretariat in India, Sir, have gone through the process of developing (1) 

models for selection of consultants. There is a document which is a guideline, which is issued by Ministry 

of Finance, the Government of India that is the guideline which is initiated from the secretariat. In 

addition to that we have additional guideline which is in the form of Registration, Accreditation, and 

Grading of consultants. Again primarily is aimed at bringing quality in consulting. These are the kind of 

initiatives I am sure will add value to your Act which you are trying to bring in this country. 

I would like to close by thanking SCAEF, thanking the government of Nepal and thanking all the delegates 

and participants including the media for making this inaugural function a success and we hope we have 

wonderful three days coming ahead of us.

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Improving Quality of Life with globalization 

Dr. A.S. Rao 

Adviser 

Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 

Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India 


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Vietnamese Engineering Consultants And Globalization 

Mr. Nguyan Canh Chat 

Vietnam was admitted into the World Trade Organisation-WTO in 2006 and became the 150th member of 

WTO. This event has helped the Vietnam's economy in integrating itself into the world economy, having 

opportunities to broader apply world achievements and entering into a common, more larger market. 

Vietnamese engineering consultants have also got conditions to work together with more larger number 

of consulting firms coming from various regions and countries worldwide. It is great favorable conditions 

but at the same time brings great challenges to the Vietnam's consulting industry which is still too young 

compared with that of the world and the region. To be able to well integrate itself into the international 

WTO market, Vietnames engineering consultants have identified the following activities and measures 

to be implemented: 

1. First, to comprehensively understand international practices and standards, new working styles, 

some of which are still new and strange to Vietnam; 

2. To well understand and disseminate the international regulations, procedures, legislations, 

especially of major countries. Up to now, Vietnam has done this in cooperation projects with 

foreign consultants in the overseas as well as local projects but not so regularly; 

3. In the future, with WTO requirements, foreign consulting enterprises will have larger business 

conditions in Vietnam including establishment of their own companies in Veitnam. Competition 

among foreign and Vietnamese consultants will be harder. Vietnamese consultants should change 

their activities style to become more appropriate, to look for right partners to cooperate 

with avoiding unnecessary conflict. Foreign consultants have their advantages in experience, 

management and technology capacity, anyhow, when coming to Vietnam, like to other foreign 

countries, they can not fully understand local conditions, culture, customs and habits as well 

as legislation, state provisions and other practical issues relating to project investigation 

(environment, geology, topography, manpower, materials, etc); that is the reason for their 

cooperation with local consultants to be needed for making the project more successful. In the 

globalization conditions, it is great desire of Vietnamese engineering consultants to have foreign 

consultants coming to Vietnam as well as to other countries in the region to cooperate, to joint 

activities for best implementing the projects and helping each other to develop. 

4. To best realize the above-mentioned ideas, TCDPAP is expected to play the role of a bridge 

among consultant associations in the region, to set up a network in the region and worldwide 

so as TCDPAP members can have good cooperation and joint activities and coordination among 

themselves. It is proposed to realise this in the following ways: 

- provision of documents relating to business; 

- provision of information relating technological progress management improvement, 

especially procedures, regulations and legislation; 

- organization of training courses to enhance capacity of TCDPAP members, especially of 

developing countries; 

- regularly publish TCDPAP Reviews. 


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The role of consultants in every country is very important in its activities, including in the globalization 

issue. Consultants are those who assist the State and businesses to catch up with the development 

situation. To realise this role, as mentioned above, their tasks become much harder. It requires great 

support from the consulting enterprises, consultant associations of TCDPAP member-countries as well 

as from FIDIC. In additions, the financial institutions like WB, ADB JICA and others also have great 

significance in assisting consulting enterprises which have very restricted financial possibilities to strive 

to develop themselves in integration process, especially in enhancing their capability, training their 

staff, to well understand regulations and provisions of international financial institutions as well as in 

promptly meeting their proposals related to projects. 

As mentioned above, the Vietnam Engineering Consultants Association is still very young compared 

with other consultant associations in the region and the Vietnam consulting industry itself is also very 

young compared with that other countries. For that reason its international integration needs support 

and assistance from consultant associations in the region and worldwide. The subject of Conference of 

establishment the global networking is a very idea of TCDPAP and FIDIC and we do hope that this is best 

solution for consultants in various countries to develop together. 

We would like to express our best wishes to participants to the Conference an wish the Conference 

every success 

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QUESTION/ANSWER SESSION 

Country Paper 6: Mr. Karamath Ullah Chaudry, President, ACEP, Pakistan 

Q.2-1. How the fund is generated for conducting training by Association of Consulting Engineers of 

Pakistan (ACEP)? 

A.2-1 

Most of the training are conducted by ACEP's own resources, which are contributed by the 

members of ACEP. For the Programs which could not be supported by ACEP's fund, we seek 

for sponsors. We also generate fund from professional consultants. With regard to modality of 

membership fee of ACEP, the smaller firms have to pay less, and bigger firms pay more. 

Q.2-2 What is the consultancy/training fee charged by the NESPAK? 

A.2-2 

NESPAK charges differ from client to client. Usually, greater the company seeking the service, 

charge will also be in the higher side and smaller the company, charge will also be less. It is not 

a bid deal as the presence of the sponsor us usually there. 

Q.2-3. Please elaborate the Continuing Professional Development (CPD). How does it create fund 

for professional development? 

A.2-3 

Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has taken an initiative for continuing education and has 

implemented CPD bye-laws through a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO.) Besides, registration 

of consulting engineers and issuing licenses to practice, PEC is encouraging the development of 

various competencies through Continuing Professional Development (CPD). The fund for CPD is 

managed by PEC. 

Q.2-4. How NESPAK has been able to achieve QBS? 

A.2-4 

QBS is in infancy, not been implemented yet but recently approved for one of the large project. 

QCBS is widely practiced these days. 

Country Paper -7: Mr. Malith Mendis, ACESL, Sri Lanka 

Q.2-5. How the reconstruction of Tsunami projects was done in Sri Lanka within 4 years? 

A.2-5 

A Tsunami Taskforce was formed by the government of Sri Lanka to look after the Tsunami 

Project. Asian Development Bank bestowed several intensives in regard to financial and 

technical supports. Also, Board of Investment of Sri Lank took initiatives towards trade-fair, 

professional engineering services, etc. Overseas consultants, contractors and donor agencies 

were also involved in the project, which enabled the completion of the project within 4 year 

time period. 

Q.2-6 The presentation gave us message that there is an umbrella organization to cover all types 

of consulting companies in SL. Do you recommend such an organization in other countries 

also? 

A. 2-6 Export Development Board as an advisory body was formed some 3- 4 years back. It also 

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Country Paper-8: Mr. Pist Phuthipiroj: Consulting Engineering Services in Thailand 

Q.2-7 Please elaborate " Waste-to energy" & “Trans Basin"? 

A.2-7 

Waste-to energy is the policy formulated by the government of Thailand. The waste from 

agriculture, municipal solid and other wastes are used to generate power. 

The Trans Basin is a concept of moving water from higher level basin to lower level basin, i.e. 

moving water from North to Central Thailand. 

Q.2-8 Can you elaborate some more on the Waste to Energy Power Plant and Trans-basin transfer 

of water that you pointed out during your presentation? 

A.2-8 

The volume of agriculture residue, solid waste and municipal waste is much more in Thailand. 

Thus, the government encouraged the establishment of such Waste to Energy Power Plant 

through the policy. National Energy Policy Office is the focal Office for this. With the policy 

in place, many foreign companies brought the technologies. As a result, there are such plants 

established and power generated from such plants is being used. 

Thailand has 9 major water basins all originating from the countries bordering northern side. It 

constitutes altogether 25 sub-basins. Due to the heavy use of water some of the basins and subbasins 

are in water deficit situation. To balance the water need and the availability, inter-basin 

transfer of water is being initiated. 

Q.2-9 Please elaborate the stipulated year for licensed engineers? 

A.2-9 

There are 4 types of licensed engineers, namely Senior Professional Engineer> 8 years of 

practice, Professional Engineer > 3 year of practice, etc. whose years of practices are counted 

from the passing of their graduation. 


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Business Paper 6: Sher Singh Bhatt 

Q.4-1 Is license of hydropower developers being forfeited? 

A.4-1 

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) provides two types of licenses; one for Survey/feasibility study, 

another for project implementation/construction. A specific time period has been allocated for 

each. The developers have to produce a periodic progress report in regard to the status of 

survey /construction. If the developers could not perform any activity without any reason, yes 

licenses are forfeited. 

Q.4-2 What is a design criterion of Hydropower ? 

A.4-2 

Q40 to Q45 basis is the basis for present design criteria. 

Q.4-3 There is power crisis for 16 hours at present. On the contrary you have mentioned that 

there is 25% leakages. Can't NEA try to reduce leakages? 

A.4-3 Due to radial flow, 15 to 16% is the real loss. 10% is misuse of electricity by mass, and 2 to 3% 

by authority. Interactions and awareness programs are need to be conducted. 

Q.4-5 What about generation of power through earth magnetic field? 

A.4-5 

Not developed commercially. 

Business Paper 8: Deepak Bhattarai 

Q.4-6 In regard to quality aspect of engineering education, what is the proportion of placement ? 

A.4-6 

The general trend of placement of our engineering graduates - 25% go abroad for higher study; 

50% consumed in local market, and remaining by others/international market. 

Q.4-7 Can't you pressurize the government for more budget for engineering educations? 

A.4-7 

The government of Nepal has other priority areas like defense sector, but I definitely wish to 

have more budgets for engineering education. 

Q.4-8 How engineers can be utilized in our own country ? 

A.4-0 

Pump more money in Infrastructure Projects, which generates employment. 

Business Paper 1: Mr. Kishore Thapa, Secretary/Water Energy Commission (WECs), GoN 

Q.3-1 Why rate of individually owned house is decreasing? 


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A.3-1 

One third urban people (mostly migrated) live in rented houses . Termed as low income houses. 

Q.3-2 What’s about low cost housing? 

A.3-2 

No investor is interested in Thailand. Codi model in Thailand is going to replicate in Nepal 

Q.3-3 What is the Guarantee for PPP? 

A.3-3 

Yes, three is protection of investment of PPP in foreign investment plan. 

Q.3-4 How can PPP work in this adverse situation? 

A.3-4 

By making transparency of the whole process. Also, sharing risks by Govt and investor. 

Q.3-5 PPP? 

A.3-5 

Government has missed development and marketing the project. In this regard, the private 

sector can work effectively with cost effectiveness. 

Q.3-6 Please kindly elaborate on Bio-Fuel, growing herbs and cash crop in Simla, India. 

A.3-6 

Small implementing units (DDC, VDC, Municipalities) are large in number and scattered. So, it 

is very hard to liasioning and controlling as well. 

Business Paper 4: Bhim Paprad Upadhyaya 

Q.3-7 What is Rural Engineering ? 

A.3-7 

It is hybrid of Civil and Agricultural Engineering. Villages should be self sustainable at village 

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THEME PAPERS 

Toward the Harmonization of Urban Development and the 

Environment in Nihombashi, Tokyo 

Kazumasa ITO Dr. EngCTI Engineering Co.,LTD 

Foundation for Riverfront Improvement and Restoration 

MUSASHI Institute of Technology 


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Theme Paper 1: Mr. Terry Woods, ADB 

Q.5-1 What is the magnitude of sharing of consulting revenue between international and national 

consultants ? 

A.5-1 

Exact figures are difficult to provide, but the general rates for international consultants is in the 

range of $ 20-25 K compared to $ 6-8 K for national consultants. 

Q.5-2 ADB's opportunities for consulting services appear to be quite low or less. 

A.5-2 

ADB has one of the best designed web sites and information is available at the web site. 

However, for proper and effective marketing, one is advised to refer to individual country's 

Country Partnership Strategy document available on the web. 

Q.5-3 Why ADB is still persisting with QCBS compared to QBS and has ADB done an evaluation 

study of the effect of QCBS on assigned works. Financial weightage caused poor outputs of 

consultants ? 

A.5-3 

ADB's default system now is QCBS and in this regard ADB assessed contracts awarded under the 

QCBS system in 2004 and found that 80% of the contracts went to firms securing the highest 

score. It also brought – on the average – about 10% reduction in fees. It has now revised the 

system with option for the Executing Agency to adopt 90:10, 80:20 or 70:30 systems depending 

upon the need and complexity of the assignment. 

Q.5-4 The QCBS system in comparison to the QBS has introduced an element of gambling and the 

quality of the proposals has gone down as firms are more concerned about the financial 

weightage. Thus, it is suggested to have QBS system with a set of fixed price for individual 

assignments. 

A.5-4 

Whatever the case or situation, the major thing is to have the correct budget for the proposed 

assignment. Secondly, ADB's preference for QCBS to QBB is based on an analytical approach, 

whereby the size, complexity and the downstream potential impact of the assignment is carefully 

assessed. For example, if a hydropower project with large downstream potential impact is to be 

developed the QBS system is desirable. But, for a run-of the mill technical audit with standard 

technical procedures and formats, a QCBS system with 70:30 weightage can also suffice. 

Q.5-5 It is suggested that because of the QCBS system a lot of skilled manpower is going out of 

the country as good remuneration is not available. Therefore, if the national economic 

objectives are to be met and you need to pay better for skilled professional, it is better to 

have the QBS system 

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A.5-6 

ABD has an oversight in place which assesses the overall procurement process and procedure 

adopted by the Executing Agency including the issue of transparency and collusion. ADB 

has to walk a tight line such that it not only monitors the entire procurement process but 

overly be watch of the entire process. ADB is also assisting in the capacity building of EA's in 

procurement process and checks whether the EA procurement capacity and national regulations 

for procurement are adequate and sufficient for ADB funded projects. 

Theme Paper 5: Gyanendra Lal Pradhan, Managing Director/Hydro Solutions (P) Ltd. 

Q.5- 7 What basis for stating that 11 cents per unit revenue is available in India and how does 

thermal power compare with hydropower ? 

A.5-7 The unit charge for electricity in the Northern Grid in India is about IR.5.40, which is about 11 

cents. Although thermal power is still the dominant source of energy in India, the quality and 

quantity of coal and gas in India is not very good and limited. Therefore, India has to resort 

to hydropower as it is comparatively cheaper in the long run compared to thermal power. 

Hydropower gets cheaper in the long term, while it is the opposite for thermal power sources, 

which will always increase. The cost of pollution is always there with thermal power. 

Q.5-8 Don't you think that allocation of 5% as consultancy budget for hydropower development is 

a bit low and what is the basis for estimating it. 

A.5-8 

The general experience in doing small and big hydropower projects here in Nepal is that the 

consultancy expenses are between 3-7 %. However, the cost is increasing considering the demand 

for expertise in hydropower in Nepal. There is definite potential for growth for the sector. 


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PLENNARY SESSION


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Summary Of The Confereance 

Mr. Keshab Man Amatya 

President/SCAEF 

Dr. John Boyd, the President FIDIC, 

Mr. Akihito Hirotani, the Chairman, ASPAC, 

Mr. Gregs Thomopolus, President-Elect, FIDIC, 

The Representatives of funding agencies: the Word Bank, the Asian Development Bank, JICA, DFID, GTZ, 

NORDIC, FINNIDA, KOICA, 

High Officials of the Government of Nepal, 

Presidents and Chairmen of various Organisations, 

Distinguished foreign and national delegates from the TCDPAP member countries and the FIDIC ASPAC 

regions, 

Distinguished guests and dignitaries, 

SCAEF member firms, 

Fellow colleagues and friends, ladies and gentlemen, 

At the outset I would like to summaries the achievements of the two and half days we have spent 

together and the in-depth deliberations made during the Conference. The formal inaugural session 

addressed by three top cabinate ministers of the Government of Nepal, namely the Right Honorable 

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachand”, Honorable Finance Minister Mr. Baburam Bhattarai and 

Honorable Minister of Physical Planning and Works Mr. Bijaya Kumar Gachadar was a remarkable event 

in the history of TCDPAP and SCAEF. The vision kept forward by the highly respected dignitaries will 

serve as directives for us and will be highly valuable for further strengthening of TCDPAP objectives. The 

second session was characteristically represented with the achievements and challenges of consultancy 

sector in respective countries. It was another brilliant land mark in itself. The third session was another 

important that focused on opportunities of the consultancy business in Nepal and was an open invitation 

to the world community to join hands in the development of Nepal. The fourth session comprised of 

representation of the theme papers and raised various issues of globalization and capacity building of 

the consulting business. The role of various stakeholders were highlighted that will pave way for more 

meaningful enthusiasm and developing partnership for the business promotion. 

Ladies and Gentlemen! The deliberation in next one hour will present the summary of each session and 

will be presented by the respective session chairs. I am very much impressed by the hard work done by 

all paper presenters, session chairs and co-chairs, rapportuers, session coordinators and the volunteers. 

I am very much thankful to all of them. With these words, I would like to hand over the floor to the Chair 

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session 1: Presentation 

Session 1 Chair: Mr. Gregs Thomopulos, President Elect; FIDIC 

Thank you, John. I had written a paper that was going to last 7 minutes according to the schedule. 

Now you have just cut it short by two minutes. But I will do my best. Working session number one 

was country presentations by five countries: Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia and Nepal. The papers 

generally focused on the conference theme ‘Making Globalization Work – the role of consultants’ with 

different perspective on the status of consulting engineering industry in their respective countries. 

The Bangladesh paper was presented by Dr. Abdul Shaboo who outlined the need for labour playing 

field for consultants in the least developed countries, the LDCs. Bangladesh is one of the mostly dense 

populated countries in the world with over 150 millions, inhabitants half of whom live below the poverty 

line. He expressed the concerns of LDCs over globalization on the unfulfilled commitments of the 

developed countries and indicated that the interests of the LDCs have been ignored. Before, I said that 

LDCs support for capacity building to enable them take full advantage of globalization with technical 

assistance, technology transfer there to relief human resource development. He concluded by saying 

that Bangladesh has surplus of knowledge based professional in engineering and other professional fields 

and why globalization has opened the opportunities in many areas but its huge expertise and manpower 

remain under utilized and unemployed. According to him, the globalization trend has left the station 

and cannot be stopped and the challenge is to make globalization an instrument of opportunity and 

inclusion instead of fear and insecurity. 

The paper from China was written by Mrs Tang Peng and presented by Mr. Sun Yo Jing, Assistant Division 

Chief of CNAEC. Mrs Peng gave an overview of this tremulous measures by the Chinese government 

to mitigate the effects of the current global financial crisis. Well, let me cut that short. In Chinese 

language it is said that Crisis consist of two cartage, meaning danger and opportunities and that we all 

have a lot of opportunities. 

The Indian paper was presented by Dr. AS Rao of the Ministry of Science and Technology on improving 

quality of life with globalization. He highlighted the Indian experiences as well as the capacity of 

the Indian consulting industry with special emphasis on education, vocational training, sustainable 

technology and low cost housing. 

The Malaysian paper was presented by Engineer Mr. IR Ahmad Asri B. Abdul Hamd, and discussed the 

establishment of PSDC (Professional Services Development Corporation) by the Malaysian government 

primarily trying to enhance the status of consulting industries and to help in exporting the expertise 

from Malaysia. 

Finally, the paper from Nepal, the consulting industry in Nepal working in globalized world was presented 

by Mr. Amatya, President of SCAEF and draws on the historic development of the consulting industry 

in Nepal particularly with establishment of SCAEF in 1990. The paper concluded by stating that the 

development of consulting sector in Nepal is the indicator of the level of overall development in 

the country, positive and legislative support needs to be identified, formulated and implemented and 

learning from this example the domestic consulting industry on the leadership of SCAEF needs to be 

supported from all quarter in its endeavors to sculpture a profession that all may look up to in appreciate 

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Session 2 Chair: Mr. Kishor Kumar Shakya, 

President/Nepal Engineers’ Association 

Good afternoon, everybody. Actually, we are all pressurized by time so I should hurry up in giving my 

views here in the session. There were four country papers presented one was from Sri Lanka by Mr. Mulit 

Mandis are from Pakistan, Karamath Ullah Chaudry from Thailand by Pusit Puthipiros and from Vietnam 

Mr. Nguyen Chan Chat. Actually, the paper from Sri Lanka has emphasized more on the competency of 

the consulting firms in this region to go and work and more competently abroad. Many of Sri Lankan 

technical professionals are working in mostly in Gulf Countries as full time employees in international 

organizations and there are many consulting firms in Sri Lanka who are working, stationed in Sri Lanka 

but working in countries from Albania to South Korea. So, this is the indication that the consulting firms 

in this region are quite competent to provide these services abroad also. That is very encouraging for 

the consulting firms in Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and other countries. It was very appreciating that 

the Tsunami reconstruction job was completed within 4 years by the Sri Lankan engineers with the help 

of international contractors and consultants. Because of that, their competency has gone up. And there 

are many possibilities of consulting jobs in Sri Lanka as they have many infrastructure projects going on 

like ports, hydro dams, highways, water supply and drainage, in-land connectivity etc. 

In Sri Lanka, the government has provided a very efficient internet and broad based connectivity so 

that the consultants can work throughout the whole world using that facility. I think the country like 

ours, Nepal has to follow. And the Exports Development Board in Sri Lanka is promoting the engineering 

services to other countries as well. They have proposed 4Ps of marketing, product, price, place and 

promotion and in the marketing services product, price, place, promotion, people, process, physical 

evidence (?) these are the Ps which we have to take care in promoting our technical services. 

In the paper for Thailand mentioned that they have 160,000 professionals registered by the NNA Council 

and they have provided more than 90% of the services to development projects in Thailand and they 

are not inviting any foreign consultants. The problem they are facing is the lower remuneration of the 

consultants, minimum research and development, low attraction to young engineers and the global 

economic recession which is being faced by all the countries at present. The paper from Pakistan 

mentioned about some of the future challenges in the consulting business like liberalized global market 

place, movement of natural persons lack of accredited of our engineering degrees in the developed 

countries. If we go there we have to have their own degree to be recognized, that is the problem for 

our engineers. And have recommended eight measures to counter the challenges posed by globalization 

which you can read in that processing paper. The paper from also they have mentioned about how the 

consulting business is going slowly in Vietnam. 

With this I would like to conclude and thank the organization for giving me this opportunity but I would 

like to take one minute as an announcement, if you permit, Nepal Engineering Association is holding its 

national convention on 13-15 May 2009 and the theme of is ‘Converging Development Vision with Reality: 

Engineers Leadership’. This is the main theme of the convention so we are trying to give the message 

that engineers are the real leaders in bringing the development vision to the reality. We have invited 

papers from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal and many other countries to participate in 

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Session 3: Presentation 

Session 3: Chair Dr. Shankar Sharma 

Former Vice Chairman/NPC 

The presentation was skipped since both the Chair and Co-Chair were not available for the presentation. 

Following summary of the papers presented were compiled by the Rapportuers. 

The first Speaker of this session was Mr. Kishore Thapa, Secretary/Water Energy Commission (WECs) 

, GoN . The delivered the lecture on Housing Development: New Opportunity for Consulting Firms in 

Nepal. Mr. Thapa emphasized that, given the commitment of the government targeting for the double 

digit economic growth is materialized, the housing sector will face enormous boom in the urban areas 

of the country and should be further expanded to other major cities of the country and at the same 

time target the lower income group of the society. On the other hand , he stressed that the government 

should create environment for providing fiscal incentives for enhancing the growth of the sector since it 

will lead to increased revenue for the government, good profit for developers and investors, employment 

for workers and professionals, and decent and affordable dwelling to buyers. 

The second Speaker was Mr. Suraj Pradhan who represented Mr. Tulasi Sitaula, Director General/Dept. 

of Roads (DoR), GoN. The paper was titled “Infrastructure Development in Nepal: Opportunities and 

Challenges for Engineers”. In his paper, Mr. Sitaula highlighted the progress made by the country in 

road transport sector in the last two decades which made it possible to link all district headquarters. In 

recent years, The road construction is extensively used as opportunity for creating employment in the 

rural areas and thus contributing towards poverty. He also stressed the facts that have constrained the 

development of basic infrastructure including the funds, haphazard and non engineered construction 

and low quality control. He is of the opinion that enhancing the sustainability of the road network 

development would be the responsibility of the consulting and construction industry. The enormous scope 

envisaged by the government requires immediate capacity building of Nepalese Consulting Industry. 

The third paper was presented by Mr. Kamal Pande, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and 

Works, GON and dealt on “ Challenges and Opportunities in Upscalling Infrastructure in Nepal”. Mr 

Pande indicated in his paper that there is a gradual shift of the process of encouraging private sector in 

upscaling the provision of infrastructure which in itself is a big challenge. He said that the strength of 

the private sector to cope with the current challenges in infrastructure development and management 

requires to be recognized as a major contributor to development impetus. He highlighted on the Strategic 

Plan of the construction industry and the priority for drafting of “Consulting Industry Act” with the role 

of the Goverment as a patron. He further said, “The joint work of the Government and Private Sector 

for the common cause of the building nation will bring remarkable changes in quality of the Industry and 

in delivery of effective and efficient infrastructure services”. 

The last Speaker of the session was Mr. Bhim Upadhyaya, Deputy Director General/Dept. of Local 

Infrastructure Development & Agricultural Roads (DoLIDAR), GoN. The paper highlighted on the subject 

“Rural Infrastructure Development - Prospect and Status of Consultancy Business in Nepal”. In the 

paper Mr. Upadyaya emphasized the commitment of the country to take into fast development path. 

This demand for fast growth is also the indicator for demand for enhancing capability of domestic 

experts and opportunity for multinational companies for direct investment in Nepal. He highlighted 

the prospective investment will create environment for boom in the domestic as well as international 

engineering consultancy business in Nepal. The business will expand to new fields as railroad, highways, 

hydro & renewable energy, cable car, industrial engineering and so on. 

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Session 4: Chair Dr. Jagadish C Pokharel 

Former Vice Chairman; National Planning Commission, Nepal 

Actually, I have summarized the papers presented in the session in a very different manner I will just 

put the salient the points and which can be further recommended out of these four papers. The four 

papers presented in session are: 

1. Competition affects consultancy services efficiency in the absence of market institutions, cls, 

presented by Dr. Ibrahim from Azerbaijan 

2. Consulting service opportunities in the hydropower sector in Nepal, presented by Mr. Sher Singh 

Bhat 

3. Development of the consulting industry in Uzbikastan and cross border countries: challenges and 

opportunities, presented by Mr. Mirodil 

4. Engineering education in Nepal: Prospects and Challenges in the New Environment presented by 

Professor Deepak Bhattarai. 

Salient points of all the four presentations which in my view, can form the recommendations are as 

follows: 

(1) consultants are to adjust their working in the global environment of regulated market economy, 

a transition from communistic and capitalistic era 

(2) in the South Asian countries, the existing potential in hydropower projects to be exploited for 

economical and environmental friendly power generation, 

(3) regulation of engineering profession particularly for construction consultancy and engineering 

education exists in Asia and the Pacific region to some extent. However, it is needed that these 

regulations to be harmonized to comply with international trade rules, 

(4) developed countries and more particularly the least developed countries are lacking behind in 

higher engineering education, respective countries to focus, rationalizing and updating course 

contents and teaching methodology to the international standards to enable their architects and 

engineers to move freely abroad to provide services with matching qualification equivalence. 

Thank you very much. 


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Session 5: Chair KK Kapila, President,CEAI/CDC India 

In session five, we had five papers from very distinguish and accomplished professionals. 

The first paper was capacity building of national consultancy in Asia and the pacific region experiences 

of ADB was presented by Mr. Terry Woods, ADB, Manila. He lucidly presented first ADB’s capacity building 

program. The Bank’s initiative particularly their assistance in formulating the consulting industry 

for Nepal is very commendable. ADB conducts two days in country which happens in disseminating 

knowledge amongst various stakeholders. He made a very significant observation that as a project 

should be tracked very early by referring country partnership strategic document. 

The Second paper was presented by Mr. Akihiko Hirotani, President of Japanese Association of Consulting 

Engineers. His research was engineering Japan. He lucidly brought out the problem of aging society in 

Japan. Because with expectancy going up and decreasing in the number of children, the present number 

of young engineers is decreasing and that of elderly engineers increasing. Beside the long working 

hours and the low wages are not attractive for young people who have better opportunities in other 

intellectual industry. To address this issue a number of steps have been taken in the education system to 

develop young professional engineers Japan one Universities, junior colleges and colleges of technology 

also promote accreditation system for engineering education. So, the government also aims to increase 

the number of engineers and scientists by bringing in changes in education pattern. Engineers are 

also assisting by continue professional development and it is taken an obligation on the part of the 

professional engineering. This action will be necessary to measure challenges. 

The Next paper on “Partnership for consultancy development was presented by engineer Badan 

Nyachhyon. He explained that engineers have to be on constant vigilance as they are responsible for 

these work more than any other professionals who can cite their failure on others. He actually discussed 

the role of FIDIC in consulting industry. He highlighted the role of FIDIC as the industry voice of member 

associations and the member firms. He also discussed about the role of TCDPAP, a forum of collaboration 

companies and regional consultancy associations. In conclusion, he highlighted, the only way to move 

towards excellence providing consultancy service is to understand the demand and the expectation 

of the clients. Such deliberation can save the environment of the clients and the consultants to meet 

together and contribute towards stringent used of the industry for enhancing sustainability of economic 

development. 

Next paper was Presented by Engineer Mazar Islam. His paper was on capacity building of consultancy 

in WTO context. He actually described the various aspects of WTO and its impact on the service sector, 

GATS. He lucidly brought out the distinction between GATT and GATS. He discussed the WTO service 

sector and classify it in 12 major categories. He also covered the aspect of the mode of trading of 

Services. 

The last paper was presented by the Gyanendra Pradhan on promoting hydro power for national 

development. He brought out that Nepal is rich in natural resources, clean water and competent 

electricity generated from the adequate water resources. He highlighted the immense potential of 

generation of hydropower in Nepal and ready made for sale to India. He also highlighted that hydropower 

is not only powerful for production sector but is also a powerful means of bringing social, economic 

transformation and development of villages. In the past all big projects have employed the foreign 

firms and the contractors for its technical and engineering tasks. So the local talent didn’t grow in 

this field which has immense potential. He emphasized on the need to develop local talent, there vast 

scope of consultants in this sector and should take this opportunity. He sees hydropower as a potential 

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session 6 : Presentation 

Session 6: Chair Mr. Badan Lal Nyachyon, Past President /SCAEF 

Thank you, John. Session 6 is a very interesting session. It was a privilege to chair for me for very 

scholarly presentations by four Japanese and one Nepali. 

Dr. Kazumasa ITO, Ph.D, Head of Planning office Research Center for Sustainable Communities, CTI 

Engineering Company Ltd., delivered the paper on Harmonization of Urban development and environment 

in Nihombashi, Tokyo. Their study focused on improving environment of highly contaminated river, 

the river system which lost its function because of a lot of pollution and was covered by an express 

way. This was a case study of the urban development in which the construction consultants and local 

communities collaborated and proposed a brand new style of urban city harmonizing with environment 

and how their initiatives have contributed to restore the natural environment of the system. Hats off 

for the presentation of this brilliant case study. It should be an example which could be replicated for 

improving the environment of Bagmati and Bisnumati rivers of Kathmandu valley and harmonizing with 

urban development. 

Another paper was presented by Dr. Yoshihiko Yamashita, Secretary General, Association of Japanese 

Consulting Engineers (AJCE) representing Professor Toshihiko Omoto, Graduate School of Management, 

Kyoto University and Yukinobu Hayashi, General Manager of PPPPFI Project Promotion division of Nippon 

Koi Ltd. The authors of the paper have shared their experience on how Japan has taken initiatives for 

establishment of construction law and economy in Asia and the Pacific under Kyoto University as a 

first step to establish a permanent center which provides among other things education training and 

accreditation of dispute educator board members, application of DAB in FIDIC concept contract is 

increasing and availability of qualified educators in Asian countries is very low. Hence there is a dire 

need for training of DAB educators in Asian region. The contribution of Tokyo University will be very 

essential for development. 

Next presenter was Mr. Hare Ram Shrestha, Director of SiDEF/ Nepal and Vice President of SCAEF/Nepal. 

The paper titled ‘Harmonizing rural road development with mountain environment: green roads in 

Nepal. The Conventional Approach for Road Building with cut and throw practices has caused significant 

mass wasting and has created landslides of hill slopes and contributing to large scale environmental 

damage. With growing need for exponential expansion of rural roads across the country, the concept of 

Green Roads considered the balance of cut and fully controlled prevention of soil loss. This paper has 

focused on practices of green roads design and construction in Nepal for minimizing the environmental 

damages supplemented with application of bio-engineering. The practice could be replicated in other 

countries as well. 

Professor Dr. Isaho Tanabe represented by Mr. Ashoka Moorey of Nippon Koi focused on the practice they 

had established for resettlement of low income community, Anandig grade, Columbo for control and 

environmental improvement project. This is a brilliant case study where the social participation could 

bring value added things to the project. 

Another speaker was Pichaya Chantranuwat, Board of Director, CEAT and Vice Chair, Disaster Study, 

Research, and Development Committee, National Safety Council/Thailand and Fusion Fire Safety Co. 

Ltd. from Thailand. He brought a case study where a restaurant was cut fire. A lot of damages occurred. 

He emphasized that the fire was a cause of negligence of whoever planned or designed, or whoever are 

operating lot of inflammable materials are there. The access was low and so the fire safety has to be 

one of the major subject for the engineers have taken into account. 


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Session 7: Chair Mr. Subash Mehrotra, Former FIDIC Executive Member 

Well, friends in the technical working session 7 there were five presentations. 

The first presentation was on Housing Development in Nepal by Mr. Om Rajbhandari. He highlighted the 

recent housing trends with horizontal and vertical community living, the land for Housing Development, 

the role of consultants and the development of real estate sector. He also gave the weakness and threat 

to the industry. 

The second presentation was by Mr. K.P. Wagle, on Challenges to Consultants and Contractors in Bridging 

Nepal Rivers, highlighting the different engineering problems that arise in bridging the rivers in high 

mountains in Nepal which need to be tackled with due consideration on environment and cost. He also 

highlighted that the terrain has along with the rain water causes rock slides, and rock falls and river 

flooding causes lot of foundation failures. The frequent earthquakes cause a lot of damages to the 

bridges. All these factors have to be taken seriously by the bridge engineers for the safety of the society. 

The third presentation was by Mr. Hou Shiyan, from China, Mobile Group Design and Shoot with 

innovative concepts to enhance the communication engineering design. He pointed out that to change 

the way of operation from tradition weak matrix project management and to centralized and standard 

mode innovative approach. He insisted to have instant response service, email, phone calls, Short 

and differences between the specialists and the project teams. Innovative schemes ensured reliability 

of communication in Beijing Olympic Games. He mentioned that during opening ceremony they had 

hundreds and ten thousand calls per hour in national stadium and hundred percent connectivity was 

attended. He mentioned that they are sticking to the sustainable development and forecasting the 

concept of energy saving and reducing emission. 

The fourth paper was by Dr. Bharat Raj Phahadi on Meeting Challenges of Engineering Education in 21st 

century. He described the current government policy paper of Nepal which is now focusing on the socio 

economic transformation of the society and the target to attend the economic growth rate of 2.5% to 

5 percent. The policy paper also aims to eliminate poverty and service sector is recognized as the key 

sector socio-economic growth. 

The last paper was by Mr. Devendra Nath Gongal on “The Way Ahead”. He strongly advised to focus on 

every individual consultant in the fraternity. The individual consultant contribution can then be taken 

care of globalization process. He advocated to promote creative approach and research as growth tool, 

and to uphold social responsibility. 



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Comments 


Thank you, Chairman. I have a role in the next session where I am expected to summarize the proceeding 

of the last three days. I will just make few comments. Try not to repeat what other eminent chairpersons 

and co-chairpersons have already done in the last 45 minutes. I think last 2 and half days have been 

wonderful in terms of putting together this event in terms of like Mr. Samat has said 32 paper during 2 

½ days beside the inaugural and the closing session. 32 papers had almost 28% contribution coming from 

9 country papers as you mentioned and we had almost 22% contribution coming from Nepal in terms of 

opportunities that are available to consultants in this part of the world and then we had almost about 

50% papers coming from the theme. 

The best part was that we had diverse views coming in during the last 2 ½ days on ‘How Consultants can 

play their role’ in terms of opportunities that are coming in this part of the world of Asia Pacific not only 

in Nepal but also other countries are seeing opportunities at different levels. One in terms of projects 

and other in terms of opportunities for bringing in more and more legislation to have a better role for 

consultants and finally how FIDIC its work in terms of documentation, in terms of policies and regulation 

can be promoted to this part of the world. So I am thankful to all the chairpersons, co-chairpersons in 

terms of summarizing the proceedings. 


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CLOSING SESSION


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CLOSING CEREMONY SPEECH 

Welcome Address and Conference Summary 


Distinguished Delegates and invitees, 

It is an honor for me to propose welcome to all of you for this closing ceremony. Many of us have been 

here for the last two and a half days to be precise. This event of TCDPAP, which is an annual event, 

brings together consulting community and the clients of this part of the world, the Asia Pacific region, 

together in terms of networking, learning from each other and trying to understand the requirements 

of the region. This conference, with the theme: Making Globalization Work – the Role of Consultants, 

began in the morning of 11th March, with an inaugural ceremony which was high powered in terms of 

the presence of the Prime Minister of the country, the Finance Minister and the Minister of Physical 

Planning and Works. The representation of the government with the presence of three top political 

bosses in the inaugural ceremony gave us the impression of support the government of Nepal is giving 

to the event and the consulting community in Nepal as well. We heard from the high authorities the 

trust, the priority, and the opportunities that exist in Nepal and the kind of initiatives the government 

of Nepal is taking towards promoting the consulting profession. The very fact that the government 

of Nepal has initiated a dialogue and set up a group for formulating an act towards promotion and 

development of Consulting Industry is very remarkable. We, SCAEF and other consulting community in 

this part of the world, are looking forward to this document as a benchmark which can really be useful 

for all of the countries in Asia and the Pacific region. 

As I mentioned in the inaugural ceremony, we will be happy to support for the formulation of this 

document. Some of the member countries including India came out with various forms of such legislations 

including the procedures of selection of consultants, accreditation, grading, and ranking of consultants. 

Other important guidelines were related to dispute resolutions, and contractual arrangements between 

consultants and clients, which I am sure will be a part of this Act as well, So, we will be very happy to 

contribute to this effort and make it a very comprehensive document so that it really becomes a model 

document for all countries in Asia and the Pacific region. 

Starting with the inaugural ceremony on March 11th, we moved on to the technical sessions, as Mr. Boyd 

mentioned earlier, were divided into three segments. In the first segment country papers were presented 

by the delegates from 9 countries, namely Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri 

Lanka, Thailand and Uzakbstan. These countries made presentations about their initiatives, progress 

made by these countries towards promotion and development of the consultancy profession, the sectors 

where the consultants were engaged, and about the support the governments were extending to the 

consultancy profession. I would not like to get into specifications here because we did spend one full 

session on talking about each country support in terms of what they are looking at. But what really 

come out as a common recommendation was that there is a felt need for consultancy profession to 

grow. There are a large number of opportunities for the consultants in the Asia Pacific Region because 

of the kind of growth that is happening here. 

In most of the countries, we found that the initiatives have been taken by the governments for supporting 

the growth of the consultancy profession in this part of the world. Just the day before yesterday, we 

were the evidence when the government of Nepal indicated its aggressive support to us with the 

presence of very high level authorities. 


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Most of the projects in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and other countries are primarily invested 

by the governments Therefore, there is greater roles for consultants to play in the projects. What also 

came out of the country papers is the issue of need for collaboration between major entities engaged 

in the promotion of consultancy profession for developing greater synergy. 

The second session dealt with another set of papers which is basically focused on the opportunities 

for consultants in Nepal. There were 7 papers presented by senior officials from various ministries 

and experts from the Private Sector. The papers primarily focused on infrastructure development as 

hydropower, roads and highways, expressways. Rural transportation is yet another area of concern of 

the government for improving the transport infrastructure that will serve almost 30% of the country side. 

Therefore, there is a need for greater transportation systems that will minimize accidents. Other areas 

like agriculture, low cost housing with consideration of disaster resistance. Employment generation 

is yet another concern where consultants can play roles in terms of developing schemes, plans and 

projects. The need for use of local materials and local manpower in implementation of projects was 

very precisely emphasized including the need for creating public private partnership models which will 

not only have greater accountability, faster delivery but also some financial contribution coming in from 

private sector and reduce burden on the government. 

The last segment of the conference was focused on theme papers. There were altogether 16 theme 

papers, 10 came from foreign speakers, and 6 from local speakers. The papers focused on following 

points: 

1) There are greater opportunities for consultants, whether it is in terms of Sri Lankan experience 

talking about removing shanties, or clearing the canals or whether it is an opportunity in Japan 

where there is a large contingent of older generation of consultants and very few young people 

available to them. There are large numbers of opportunities for consultants across sectors, across 

disciplines, and across several applications. 

2) WTO has brought yet another set of challenges for consultants and we need to tune ourselves in 

respect to requirements of WTO. The question is how best the consultants can provide services 

within the WTO regime and be more productive. It was recommended that consultants need 

to be innovative, creative and come out with ideas and solutions which will really meet the 

requirements of clients for faster, cost effective and state-of-the-art solutions appropriate to 

the local requirements and relevant to Asia and the Pacific context. Our conditions are different 

from that of western countries since we have extreme temperatures, -20 to +55 degrees, a lot 

of dust, high humidity, and many conditions which are not there in Western countries. Therefore 

technologies and solutions that work in Western countries are not appropriate for Asia and the 

Pacific countries. Therefore consultants in Asia Pacific Region need to be more specific in terms 

of solutions that are appropriate to the local requirements. Finally, three recommendations came 

from the group through the theme papers: 

a. Consultants need to be more professional in their approach. 

b. We need to have recognition and support from government, 

c. Finally, consultants need to have greater social responsibilities. 

With these remarks, on behalf of TCDPAP, SCAEF and the organizers, I would like to close the session 

and thank all chairpersons, speakers, co-chairpersons and all participants for making this event a grand 

success. 



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address 

Dr. John Boyd 

President FIDIC 

Thank you Mr. Chairman. 

Honorable Minister of Science and Technology, Mr. Secretary, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen 

At this time in a conference, it is always wise to ask ourselves what was our expectations when we 

came here and was that expectations met by the substance of the conference? FIDIC as the international 

representative of the business of consulting is always very interested in the role the consultants should 

play in the society. During our opening session, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Physical Planning 

and Works, and the Finance Minister all said the same thing. They all said that the requirement from 

consulting industry was to produce leadership in helping to develop economy and that was put in a way 

that is really a challenge to us. I think, to come up with that leadership, we should try to evaluate this 

conference that we had as to whether it actually a contribution to that leadership. Now the engineering 

approach of course is to take a difficult subject and break it into series of component pieces, deal with 

each of the pieces and hope that at the end of the day you have actually solved the problem. So what 

would you need to do in order to deliver this leadership that was called for. Well, you need to assemble 

knowledge on what the situation was, you need to develop an understanding of what that knowledge 

meant, you need to identify resources you need for alliances and finally you need to carry out the work. 

So let us take those topics as part of our evaluation of this conference: 

1) First assemble the knowledge. Well we had excellent country reports that sort of provided a 

great deal of information. We have had a good deal of specific information about Nepal and the 

situation in this country. I can’t speak for you but I know a lot more now than I did when I came 

to this conference. So I would suggest that in terms of item number one, assembling knowledge, 

we can put a big check mark against that objective. 2) Second is to develop understanding, and 

knowledge without understanding is useless and again if you look at the country reports and Nepal 

opportunities reports that we provided, that was a good deal of discussion is to why things were 

happening as well as what were happening. So the information necessary determines some of that 

data into understanding was there and certainly the theme reports gave example of how specific 

problems had been addressed in various parts of the world. So again, I feel, that I have a much 

better understanding than I had when I arrived couple of days ago. So let’s put another check 

mark there. 

3) Third is to identify resources, and certainly Nepal opportunities presentations provided information 

on the physical, the social, the technical resources and even on the occasions verged on the 

political realities of Nepal which I thought was very interesting. The theme papers identified 

resources that have been used to solve specific problems elsewhere. That perhaps could be 

copied when it comes to dealing with Nepal’s situation. And certainly there were multinational 

and regional resources that were also identified and finally the country reports talked about 

specific area of expertise that have been developed in particular countries and might be called 

upon in this solution for leadership. So, third point gets a check mark as well. 


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4) The Fourth is forming alliances. We had lots of opportunities to meet and greet and there has 

probably been several thousand business cards exchanged over the course of last couple of days. 

Not only did we find out who we talked to but we also learned something about what to talk 

about and if you as an individual have not benefited from this opportunity to meet and greet and 

find out more and form some alliances and develop some business then shame on you. I think the 

conference deserves a check mark on that one as well. 

5) The last and the hardest bit. We got all the pieces.To Assemble now we have to execute the 

project. I think we are really looking at a way to respond to the spirit of the Prime Minister’s 

challenge and I think to do that we have to step out of our comfort zone as engineers. Leadership 

does not just mean the technical knowledge to execute projects, it also implies financial assembly 

of resources, and it implies a social understanding of what will work and what will not. It implies 

a political understanding of what is required to make the project happen. A couple of years 

ago, I got very interested in the lives of some of the earlier and very influential engineers that 

developed the canal systems in the pre-industrial revolution age, that developed the railways, 

that developed the first mobile sources for factories and so on and so forth. So when I read through 

the various biographies there was a pattern that emerged. Those giant engineers identified the 

society’s needs, devised solutions to those needs, raised the necessary money to execute the 

projects, arranged for parliamentary passage of the necessary laws, constructed the facilities and 

then ran them. And I would suggest you that for us to respond to the Prime Minister’s challenge 

we need to step out of our comfort zone and become like some of those great engineers in the 

past. So this conference that provided checks in four, out of five of the boxes, that I identified at 

the beginning of the presentation. Checking off the last one is up to you. 

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Mr. Akihiko Hirotani 

The President, FIDIC ASPAC Grouping 

President of SCAEF, President of FIDIC, President of TCDPAP, distinguished ministers, distinguished 

guests, FIDIC family members, friends, ladies and gentlemen. 

I appreciate all of your kind support that has ensured the success of this conference. In this conference 

we have been discussing making globalization of role of consultants? Yes, indeed I have seen and heard 

so many roles of consultants being discussed which brings the safety and comfort to the people and 

community. I believe also the most important object of getting together to know each other have been 

fulfilled successfully. Yes, I have seen so many people talk to and exchange business cards. You got to 

excuse me if I see again in next occasion and say ‘how do you do?’ I might not remember all of you. 

We have shared much valuable knowledge and experience over the past three days including today 

and I trust that the last thing outcome of this conference is a stimulus to international consultant 

community to take great stride for in achieving a sustainable development to the firm commitment of 

each consulting engineers and member associations. One more thing I have come to realize during this 

conference, let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen, is the independence and integrity of our organization 

FIDIC. FIDIC activities are not supported by any specific and particular individuals. Not by any particular 

or specific organization, not by any particular or specific government of economy. In this way, FIDIC 

stays as independent and integrity, free to express clear message to all the clients in the world and to 

be heard and by then bring benefit to our industry and being trust. On its behalf, ladies and gentlemen, 

I sincerely hope for your continuous contribution to FIDIC and ASPAC activities. 


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Mr. Karamat Ullah Chaudry 

President, TCDPAP 

Distinguished Delegates and invitees, 

It is my honor to be here to present the concluding address as the president of TCDPAP after the 

conference for which even an external examiner like Dr.John Boyd has given marks in excess of eighty 

percent and if we put 10 percent in the last question, it is 90 percent. Thank you Mr. Boyd. Globalization 

according to a very learned speaker in the conference is collaboration as well as competition. Sorry 

for borrowing these words from Mr. Terry Wood. But these are very apt because whereas collaboration 

is a positive thing competition usually isn’t. But there is always black and white, and we have to make 

it grey. But most importantly to overcome the challenge we have to upgrade our skills. And it is the 

associations, the member associations, country associations, TCDPAP, FIDIC, and ASPAC who have to 

play very vital role in upgrading the skills of our technical people. And it is very important that the 

countries and the member associations synergize with each other to improve the skills. And this is really 

a capacity building. Over the past three days, all of us have seen very exciting papers, 32 in all. And 

we have seen the participation of 16 countries. And I have personally have learned that Nepal has a lot 

of water but insufficient hydropower. It is like having a lot of food in the fridge and not being able to 

eat it. And this is the problem we have in my country Pakistan also that we have a lot of water but we 

allow it flow into the sea and for some reason we just can’t make use of it. So, I think it is the biggest 

challenge for you in Nepal and for us in Pakistan to utilize this water, for god’s sake, utilize it and make 

something to give you cheap energy in the form of hydropower. During this conference as I said day 

before yesterday, I have seen lots of group discussions going on and consultants talking to each other. 

There are no borders. We are talking of making joint ventures. We are talking of collaboration and this I 

think is greatest thing. And even if we are not talking of collaboration and joint venture, the mere fact 

that we are just sitting and talking as friends is a great thing. Because these days there are not many 

friends, there are lots of enemies. TCDPAP together with active support of FIDIC and what more support 

can we expect from FIDIC. We have two presidents sitting in the first row. The president and the future 

president and we have the president of ASPAC sitting here and what better support can we get. Thank 

you very much all three of you for being here and making this conference a success. In fact such great 

enthusiasm in this conference that the next conference will be in Vietnam followed by Malaysia and 

there was a very interesting proposal from another country for 2012 conference. But I said let’s wait till 

next year and we’ll fix it. I am very grateful to the organizers, SCAEF, they have done a wonderful job. 

They have such a galaxy of professionals. I think they have set precedence. Vietnam must be shivering 

How are they going to make it better next time? They have set very high standards and I think we all 

owe them a lot. Mr. Amatya and his team, I know they have put in days and nights and months of very 

hard labor to make this conference a success, 90% success at least and today or tomorrow when we all 

leave I am sure Mrs. Amatya and other ladies will be very very happy that we are gone away. I am very 

grateful to the government of Nepal. They have participated in this conference like consultants. The 

Prime Minister was here with two ministers, Physical Planning and Works, and Finance and today we 

have the minister of Science and Technology. This shows a great support which this organisation and 

even this conference had from the government of Nepal. And I thank the government of Nepal for this. 

As we go away tomorrow, we are going away with fondest memories of Nepal ever since 1953 when I was 

a kid I have been hearing of Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing and Mount Everest and looking at 

the picture of it Yesterday I saw it and thank you very much you made it possible for me and my better 

half to actually see Mount Everest. It is great feeling and we take with us the memories of this stay here 

and I thank you all once again for your presence, for your participation and let me assure Nepal, the 

government, SCAEF, the people that at least I will be back here next time for holiday. 



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Mr. Ganesh Shah, 

The Minister of Science and Technology anfd Environment 

Chairman of the session Prisident of SCAEF, Mr. Keshab Amatya 

President of FIDIC Dr. John Boyd; 

President-Elect FIDIC Mr. Greg Thomopolus; 

President TCDPAP Mr. Karamat Ullah Chaudry; 

President ASPAC Mr. Akihiko Hirotani; 

Ladies and gentlemen; 

First of all, I think, it was a great pleasure and honor for me not as a minister but as an engineer 

to be with the international engineering committee. So I came to you on the last moment when you 

had discussed everything very professionally, I think. I have heard how sincerely, how actively, how 

constructively you have discussed the issues and the challenges how globalization is putting in front of 

consultant engineers. I personally, I am engineer, worked in the engineering field but I am basically trade 

union activist also. So we have been talking about the opportunities and challenges of globalization not 

today, but I think some more than twenty five years ago. What are the impact of globalization on the 

employment issues, on the economic issues and I think now when the world is facing the economic 

crisis, when the world is facing the issue of climate change, what we call the green house effect. I think 

in this scenario of global economic crisis and the environmental issues, there are challenges in front of 

every part of the world. Our friends were talking they have not touched the Himalayas. 

when I as a Minister of Environment, Science and Technology sit in my office, and I am very much afraid 

that our new generation might not see the ice on the Himalayas. May be the ice would have melted. 

Our glaciers would be burst. So when we are designing, our consultant engineers are doing the job 

globally. I think every time everything has to be considered from the environmental point of view. Now 

, everything we are talking about, the food crisis, we are talking about hunger, about poverty then the 

country Nepal which is rich in water resources, but as you say, we have 16 hours load shedding. So that is 

the parody situation that we are rich in hydropower but we don’t have electricity. So it is the challenge 

for the international community especially for our Nepali engineers who are building and designing the 

hydropower stations, and transmission lines. So this is one of the major issues the Nepali government is 

facing today. That’s why the government of Nepal is taking a big concern in the consulting community. 

As you had told, the Prime Minister was here in the opening ceremony. Our Finance minister who is 

also an engineer had been here in the opening ceremony. Our minister for Physical Planning and Works 

had been here in the opening ceremony and I came to you as minister plus friend of the engineering 

community because in my visiting card I put Engineer Ganesh Shah then I put minister. And in front of 

us, we have engineer secretary in this closing ceremony. 

When I talk of the economic crisis, then we see that water is going to be one of the major issues and 

how you are going to manage the water resources that is one of the challenges. Another challenge in 

our country is regarding infrastructure. As you know, the country has been facing a lot of problems 

in the infrastructure whether we are talking about building new international airports, or talking 

about fast tracks needs. So these infrastructures are the tremendous challenges. But I think there is 

a tremendous opportunities when we talk about globalization. I see our friends, engineering friends 


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who started the consulting businesses about 30 years before. At that time It was difficult even to get 

registration. I remember CEMAT, MULTI, EAST, and few other old consultancy companies of Nepal. 

During those days, people didn’t know what the engineering consultancy was for. And after restoration 

of democracy in 1990, the engineers started raising their voices in organized way and started persuasion 

with the government in an organized way. That way today they have made big achievements. I feel 

proud and happy that this community is not alone. This is working with the international community 

of the consulting engineers. So, this is a good opportunity to share the experience you the consulting 

engineers have in other countries. 

With all the issues .I think next year SCAEF will be 20 years of existance and that will be another 

step going for another check mark. So you see, we will have very good check marks in our consulting 

community. 

As our brother from Pakistan said that we have been able to manage this conference successfully. That 

already shows the competence of Nepali engineers. In Nepal, our generation may be the first generation 

of engineers. When this organization will be 50 years, there will be another generation. 

There are about 22 engineering institutes which are producing hundreds of new dynamic and talented 

engineers whom they have to guide because these new guys have new knowledge, they are dynamic, 

energetic and seek employment in this sector too. In politics, in our country, sometimes we say that the 

ministers do less, advisers do more. In the same way, here the government is investing and the main 

task is performed by the engineering community. When I talk to my friends, we are talking about the 

international funds, making of tenders in the international level, designing at international level. I put 

all these challenges in front of Nepali community. 

I mostly say, in Trade Unions, we feel strong when we pronance the word solidarity. In this big hall, the 

representation of 16 countries, with 9 country papers, is a symbol of big solidarity of the consulting 

engineers for which you all must feel very proud and must feel strong. Another thing which must be 

recognized is that ‘it is not only the meeting of engineers, but also the meetings of friends also. So, I 

sometimes say, “The things which can’t be done with money and bullets can be done with friendship”. 

So, the friendship in front of all, I think, is a friendship of strength which will help us in the coming 

days. I hope you have a very good stay in Nepal because Nepal is a country of hospitality. To be frank 

,the engineering community you are seeing here is the most talented guys of their generation in the 

Nepali community. They are the toppers of their times. Lastly, I thank everyone, especially TCDPAP, and 

FIDIC for giving such a big moral support to our consulting engineering community. I can’t say welcome 

but will say, “Have a happy return, till you all see each other in Vietnam”. I thank all the national and 

international delegates. All the best, and wish you grand success. 



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Closing Address 

Mr. Keshab Man Amatya, President/SCAEF 

The Chief Guest of the Closing Session Honorable Minister Mr. Ganesh Shah, Ministry of Environment, 

Science and Technology; 

President FIDIC Dr. John Boyd; 

Elect FIDIC Mr. Greg Thomopolus; 

President TCDPAP Mr. Karamat Ullah Chaudry; 

President ASPAC Mr. Akihiko Hirotani; 

Secretary General TCDPAP Dr. Sunil Abrol; 

Bureaucratic Chiefs and High Officials of the Govt. of Nepal; 

Invited Guests; 

Representatives of the Media and Press; 


It gives me a great pleasure in presiding over this closing session of the 3 days long International 

Conference of TCDPAP and FIDIC ASPAC. It was a privilege and pleasure for all SCAEF members to host 

this very important conference. During three days, I have witnessed the member countries of TCDPAP 

and FIDIC strengthening the process of globalization and accelerating its pace through development 

of partnership among the participants of the conference. I take pleasure in informing you that to-day 

SCAEF has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with National Engineering Consultancy Society 

of Azerbaijan (NECSA), and Uzbek Association of Consulting Engineers (UZACE) for mutual cooperation 

in the consultancy development. Perhaps this is one of the achievements of the conference. 

The need for consolidation and sharing of experiences among the member countries was brilliantly 

visible during the conference. The presence of FIDIC high officials has given immense moral boost 

and encouragement to the conference and to SCAEF fraternity. During the conference we received 

various suggestions and particularly about the need for involvement of FIDIC on capacity building of 

Government authorities and consultants and contribute for professional development in procurement 

issues including maintenance and updating of FIDIC documents, training on various aspects of contract 

management including variation orders, dispute resume etc. 

We all know that TCDPAP has been working towards strengthening and collaborating among the member 

firms. This conference in line with the theme has focused on three aspects: 

1. Policy reforms requirement for strengthening the consulting industry 

2. Business opportunities in Nepal 

3. Sharing experiences of Consultants working in different fields 

I would like to reiterate the aspiration of the Prime Minister who recognized the Consulting Industry as 

the backbone of the Economy and has highlighted the role of the consultants in economic development. 

We need to be able to stand at that level for which we need the cooperation of all the partners across 

the globe. 

We are overwhelmed to note that the Executive Committee Meeting of TCDPAP has adopted the 

proposal from Vietnam to host the annual conference in 2010 and also Malaysia’s acceptance to host 

the Conference in 2011. 


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We have come to the end of the conference and I would like to express my confidence that the outcome 

of the conference is being carried by the member countries and the participants. The knowledge and 

the information disseminated in the conference will certainly be useful for strengthening the consulting 

industry across the region. 

Lastly but not the least, I am especially pleased with the press and the media this time that they gave 

so much coverage to this event. The Prime Minister, Ministers and all other have said and expressed that 

consultants are the pillars of development and in line with these views, the press and media responded 

with maximum coverage, Thank you Media and Press, you have adapted the right track. 

With these notes, I would like to conclude and give sincere thanks to all participants, high officials of 

FIDIC, ASPAC, TCDPAP, the high officials of the Government of Nepal and all other contributors for the 

successful completion of this conference. THANK YOU. 

We have come to the end of the conference and I would like to express my confidence that the outcome 

of the conference is being carried by the member countries and the participants. The knowledge and 

the information disseminated in the conference will certainly be useful for strengthening the consulting 

industry across the region. 

Lastly but not the least, I am especially pleased with the press and the media this time that they gave 

so much coverage to this event. The Prime Minister, Ministers and all other have said and expressed that 

consultants are the pillars of development and in line with these views, the press and media responded 

with maximum coverage, Thank you Media and Press, you have adapted the right track. 

With these notes, I would like to conclude and give sincere thanks to all participants, high officials of 

FIDIC, ASPAC, TCDPAP, the high officials of the Government of Nepal and all other contributors for the 

successful completion of this conference. 

THANK YOU. 



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Vote of Thanks 

Mr. Hare Ram Shrestha, Vice President /SCAEF 

Chairperson of this session and President of SCAEF Mr. Keshab Man Amatya 

The Chief Guest Honorable Minister Mr. Ganesh Shah, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology; 

President FIDIC Dr. John Boyd; 

President-elect Mr. Greg Thomopollous 

High Officials of the Govt. of Nepal; 

Distinguished Guests; 

Representatives of the Media and Press; 


Our efforts which we started since last year when we committed to host TCDPAP conference 2009 have 

come to an end. Now it is our duty to express vote of thanks to all these who had rendered their support 

to us. I on behalf of the organisers . Let me thank our Chief Guest of this closing ceremony Hon. Ganesh 

Shah who is our colleague in engineering community, who has supported us with his time and given very 

encouraging speech to the consulting community and the engineers. 

FIDIC President and President-elect, who stayed with us from the beginning to the end, this is a great 

support for us. Thank you Dr. John Boyd and Mr. Thomopulos. We thank TCDPAP President Mr. Karamath 

Ullah Chaudry, who had working closely with us and suggested us to organize this conference.Similarly 

we thank Mr. A. Hirotani for your support and coming here to be a part of conference. Similarly, TCDPAP 

General Secretary Dr. Abrol for giving us support. Our line ministry, Ministry of Physical Planning and 

Works and we have here our secretary Mr. Purna Prasad Kadaria and all the team of the ministry. We 

would like to record our thanks to the Ministry. 

Likewise during the inaugural ceremony, the Prime Ministry Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who despite of his 

very busy schedule, encouraged us with his graceful speech. We thank Mr. Babu Ram Bhattarai, Finance 

Minister gave a key note address taking the spirit of the conference theme. He and Minister Hisila 

are the members of this fraternity, the consultants and engineers. Similarly, we thank the Minister of 

Physical Planning and Works, Mr. Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar, who also had a very very pressing time and 

had to fly within few minutes to his hometown for very important family works, was with us till the last 

minute, supported us and gave a very encouraging speech, We thank all - the Prime Minister and other 

ministers for their valuable time and support to us. We also thank the government of Nepal. 

Just now our master of ceremony Mr. Rajesh Thapa has read out, the message from the President of 

Nepal Mr. Ram Baran Yadav who was so enthusiastic to extend encouragement at personal level to this 

seminar. We are very thankful to the President. 

We are thankful to the high officials of the Government of Nepal, director generals and chairpersons of 

various boards and commissions who have supported by sending the institutional participants. 

Similarly, we would like to thank the Asian Development Bank and specially Mr. Terry Woods who have 

supported us in various occasions including this time. 

Now, I come to the session of technical part, session chairpersons, of course, who have given their 

time to chair the sessions and preparing reports. Session chair of Plenary Dr. John Boyd, chairpersons 

of technical sessions Mr. Greg Thomopulos, Kishor K. Shakya, Dr. Shankar Sharma, Dr. Jagadish K. 

Pokharel, Mr. Badal Lal Nyachhyon, Mr. Kiran Kumar Kapila, and Mr. Subash Malhotra, we thank them all, 


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who chaired our technical sessions. Equally I thank co-chairs who supported chairs for conducting the 

sessions and rapporteurs. We thank presenters of nine country paper presenters, 7 business papers from 

Nepal and all the theme paper presenters. Conference manager Mr. Rajesh Thapa, we thank you for 

your good effort, coordinators of the sessions Shyam Sundar Sharma and Saroj Basnet, We express our 

special thanks to the participants who are the main part of the conference. The international delegates 

from 16 countries, including Nepal. I would like take the names of the country only, not the names of 

participants, because when I take the names, it will take long time and all of you ’ll run away, I think. 

Rajesh Thapa has already acknowledged the participation from China, 21 delegates from China, similarly 

Korea, Iran, India, Japan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Pakistan, Thailand, Uzarbaizan, Uzbakistan, Malaysia, 

Australia, USA, Canada, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Thank you all the international delegates for your support, 

that is a big achievement for us and of course we are really delighted with your presence here and we 

hope you enjoyed your stay here in Nepal. Similarly our national delegates from various government, 

non governmental, private organizations, individuals and of course the member firm of SCAEF who 

have send their delegates for participations and to name few, Rural Water Supply Fund Board, PPMO, 

FCAN, Department of Water Supply, Melamchi Project and many others. I apologize for not taking the 

names of all. Now I would like to thank our past Presidents who have worked very hard to make this 

conference a grand success. Immediate past President Mr. Keshav Kunwar, Ram Bahadur Shrestha, Badan 

Lal Nyachhyon, Mr. Bal Sundar Malla, thank you past Presidents and I thank the spouses of international 

delegates and family members of the delegates who encouraged to come to Nepal, I think. Their company 

might have really encouraged them to come here in Nepal, thank you spouses and family members of 

international delegates. Similarly spouses of EC members of SCAEF who helped them to look around 

our cities and surrounding of nearby cities of Kathmandu. Thank spouses of EC members who helped 

spouses of international delegates. Now I would like to name few sponsors who helped us to make this 

conference a success, CBDIC, Construction Business Development Implementation Committee, which 

is under Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, government of Nepal for giving generous support to 

SCAEF at this conference likewise Panchakanya Group, ICTC Private Ltd and bag sponsors, our members 

EREMC, Multi Nepal Consult, Silt TAEC for sponsoring the bags. Likewise ITECO in association with 

ITECO Engineer Switzerland and of course the contributors who gave their advertisements in our pre 

conference proceeding, that helped us raise some amount of money to support the conference and that 

we have listed in our pre conference book so I acknowledge their support and the media. Our President 

have also acknowledged the support of media, they have really covered our program very nicely, 

Avenues television, Nepal television, ABC television, they have given lot of programs, they covered our 

inaugural ceremony, other programs, lot of interviews with our organizer and print medias and at the 

same time I would like to thank Mr. Manhari Thapa for coordinating the press and media and helping the 

conference. Similarly Vista Travels who helped us moving our international delegates here and there 

and the spouses. Vista Travels, Handicraft Association of Nepal, Hotel Yak and Yeti of course, this venue, 

they have also helped us from the beginning to organize various types of our programs. Nepal Tourism 

Board and the organizations who sent us the beautiful volunteers, Kathmandu Engineering College, Silt 

Consult, Nepal Consult Multi, ACN, WeLink,PRECAR, MEH And of course our SCAEF Secretariat staff, they 

have worked very hard day and night from many months ago. And likewise TCDPAP Secretariat including 

General Secretary Mr. Abrol who helped us from the beginning to organize this conference. We thank 

Colour Graphics who worked in very sort period of time because we had few days, 3 – 4 days left and 

he had to print this book, therefore I appreciate his cooperation, hard work,.. We thank Deluxe Radio 

Service and Om Photographs. There are many to name but I think all are now in different moods since 

we are at the end of our conference and we are heading for our gala dinner and enjoyable and beautiful 

night ahead. At the end I beg sincere apology to those who directly or indirectly helped us but I forgot 

unwillingly to name them and due to the time constraints, I wish to name them but sorry for not being 

able to name all of them. So at the end I would like to thank all of you for patiently listening my vote 

of thanks and hope we all meet in Vietnam next year. 

Thank you, thank you all !!! 


MEMORANDUM


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MEMORANDUM 

Increasing Fraternity with TCDPAP Member Associations 

With a view to further the fraternity between the member associations, SCAEF has had cordial talks with 

the representatives of the National Engineering Consultancy Society of Azerbaijan (NESCA), Azerbaijan 

and Uzbek Association of Consulting Engineers (UZACE), Uzbekistan. Both the associations agreed to 

cooperate with SCAEF for mutual cooperation, sharing of experiences gained in the field of technical 

consultancy and also to organize workshop seminars for the mutual benefit. Accordingly SCAEF has signed 

the Memorandum of Understanding with the two member associations of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. 

The copy of the signed MOU is presented hereafter. 


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MEMORANDUM 



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MEMORANDUM 


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MEMORANDUM 


ADB/SCAEF SEMINAR ON 

DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL CONSULTANTS


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ADB/SCAEF SEMINAR ON DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL CONSULTANTS 

ADB/SCAEF SEMINAR ON 

DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL CONSULTANTS 

March 14, 2009, Kathmandu, Nepal 

Generally, the DNC Seminars are conducted for 2 days. However, because of TCDPAP/ FIDIC-ASPAC 

Annual International Conference planned on 11-13 March 2009, ADB and SCAEF agreed to conduct this 

seminar immediately after the conference. As ADB resource person Mr. Terence Woods was going to be 

present during the international conference, a good deal of interaction was expected during the seminar. 

As the theme of the conference was “Making globalization work: The role of Consultants’ it was also 

felt appropriate to hold the DNC seminar soon after the conclusion of the International conference. 

Considering these facts the seminar was organized from 9-13 hrs in Hotel Yak and Yeti on March 14, 2009. 

The seminar was attended by representatives of SCAEF members firms, officials of PPMO and MPPW, ADB 

resource person Mr. Terence Woods, Secretary General CDC/India Dr. Sunil Abrol, and Consultant’s team 

involved in the development of Standard Bidding Documents for the works, goods and services under 

ADB/TA. Altogether 30 participants had taken part in the seminar. 

At the beginning of the seminar SCAEF General Secretary Shyam Sharma welcomed all participants and 

opined that the seminar will provide some insight on the development of related documents in the field 

of consultancy which will enable SCAEF to chart its future course of action towards the development of 

an acceptable Consulting Industry Development Act. 

A brief status report on the Nepalese consulting industry was also presented by SCAEF past President Mr. 

Kunwar. The complete text of the paper is annexed to this paper. 

The international TL of the Consulting team for the preparation of Consulting Services Development 

Act Mr. Pedersen presented the highlights of the scope of the work under the present assignment and 

also indicated the main features of the Consultancy Industry Development Act. Most of the participants 

present in the meeting took part in the discussions on the presentation. 

Secretary General CDC/India Dr. Sunil Abrol congratulated SCAEF for its efforts in achieving a remarkable 

progress towards the formulation of a National Consulting Industry Development Act and hoped that 

Government of Nepal and ABD will provide necessary financial and technical support in the realization of 

a much needed Act. He also promised with needed support from TCDPAP Secretariat. 

Mr. Woods of ADB opined that since the MOPPW commitment for such an Act was positively expressed during 

the DNC seminar of 1-2 may 2008, held at Hotel Himalaya, Lalitpur, which was further strengthened with 

the encouraging remarks made by the Right Honb’le Prime Minister Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal and other 

ministers present during the inaugural session of the conference. He also said that since, understanding 

of the problems faced by SCAEF, its strength and weakness and other related issues have already been 

identified, what is needed is a government go-ahead and allocation of resources. He also opined that if 

the Government made a request ADB would assign a reasonable budget for the development of such an 

Act. 

Other participants also opined that ADB has always been one of the major partners in the overall 

development of Nepal. The consulting industry as a whole has immensely benefited by getting involved 

in ADB funded projects in terms of learning lessons, developing capability and vision for future. 


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Finally, on behalf of SCAEF General Secretary Mr. Shyam Sharma expressed sincere appreciation to ADB 

for providing supports and kindly joining hands with SCAEF to organize regular seminars on National 

Consultancy Development aimed for institutionalization and capability development of the Nepalese 

Consulting Industry. He also thanked other participants for their presence and contribution in the Seminar. 

The meeting was followed by a buffet lunch. 



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BRIEF STATUS REPORT ON SCAEF 

Er. Keshav Kunwar 

Immediate Past President, SCAEF 

1. General 

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has always been one of the major partners in the overall development of 

Nepal. We the professionals and the consulting industry as a whole also have immensely benefited by 

getting involved in ADB funded projects in terms of learning lessons, developing capability and vision for 

future synchronizations with developing technology in both hardware and software sectors. 

Besides, SCAEF is very much grateful to ADB and express its sincere appreciation for providing supports 

and kindly joining hands with SCAEF to organize regular seminars on National Consultancy Development 

aimed for institutionalization and capability development of the Nepalese Consulting Industry. 

During recent years, Government of Nepal (GoN) has also taken some important measures for the 

institutional development of engineering profession including the construction industry as a whole. 

2. The SCAEF 

With an aim to protect the interests of consulting industry and for its holistic development, Society of 

Consulting Architectural and Engineering Firms (SCAEF), Nepal was established on November 20, 1990. 

Since its establishment, SCAEF has been particular and has been seriously and continuously working 

for the development and strengthening of Nepalese consulting industry. It’s effort has brought positive 

results as intended. SCAEF got its recognition as a National Body from the Government of Nepal on 

August, 1997 and Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MPPW) has been designated as the Line Ministry 

on Feb. 22, 2005. 

SCAEF has been particular concerning requirement of a Consultancy Development Act to be promulgated 

by the Government such that the further developments in this sector will bear a legal stamp. In this 

context, SCAEF has submitted a proposal to the National Planning Commission in the year 1998, more 

than a decade back. During this period and specially during the last few years, SCAEF has been working 

very seriously for bringing the Consultancy Development Act and has submitted various proposals to the 

concerned government and donor agencies. 


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2. Support by ADB 

As stated above, ADB, under its regular programme, has been conducting seminars for Development of 

Domestic Consultancy in Nepal. These programmes were mostly focused on disseminating information on 

the guidelines of ADB for selection of consultants, and to guide them on preparing responsive technical 

and financial proposals. The Nepalese consulting firms under SCAEF are well aware on the provisions of 

ADB for selection of consultants, and the requirements for preparing responsive technical and financial 

proposals. Thus, on request of SCAEF, ADB since its last two seminars has kindly shifted the focus and 

content of seminars from the above-said towards more pertinent issues related with the development of 

consulting industry in Nepal. Accordingly, in these seminars, SCAEF could receive opportunity to present 

working papers on various aspects related to the development of Nepalese consulting industry. The 

papers were based on the analysis of current strength and weaknesses of the industry identified through 

SWOT Analysis. Gaps observed in the approach of the industry, government, donor agencies, as well 

as individual consultants hindering for development of the industry were also presented, along with 

suggestions to rectify them. The seminars have been one of the most encouraging and successful for 

achieving the goals of SCAEF. The impacts of these were immediately translated into further action, as 

the issues were again presented exclusively to the staff of ADB at the NRM Office. 

Since then, a mechanism has been established with kind support of ADB where, regular review meetings 

were held between SCAEF and ADB in quarterly basis to discuss issues of concerns. Positive results of 

such interactions were visible when ADB changed its decision to involve institutions against individual 

experts in the ADB funded Rural Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Sector Project (RRRSDP), which was 

an encouraging support by the Bank towards the industry. Nevertheless, SCAEF is again concerned as 

the Government and ADB, in recent times, have again started to hire individual consultants, which is 

a dangerous sign as it is directly related to the survival of consulting firms and the industry. SCAEF is 

convinced that through hiring of individual consultants might expedite the selection process by few 

months, their level of output, commitments and accountability are not as that of an established and 

responsible consulting firm and this fact has already been realized. Thus, we hope that the government 

and ADB will address this matter with due seriousness and concern. 

In short, these seminars organized by ADB, and the opportunities that it is making available for SCAEF to 

put forward its concerns and suggestions have brought large benefit for the industry. In fact the Consulting 

Industry Development Act now under preparation through ADB TA is one of the major outcomes of the last 

two seminars. SCAEF is also equally grateful to Government of Nepal, Ministry of Physical Planning and 

Works for their full support in the implementation of TA for formulation of the Act. 

3. Some Suggestions on Consultancy Development Act 

There are ample material, issues and problems identified and appropriate solutions suggested in the past 

by SCAEF and other concerned agencies, which remain vital. There is a large pool of similar materials 

documented while interacting with ADB in the regular meetings. We have the results of SWOT Analysis, 

identification of issues, responsible agencies (the Client, donor agencies, consultants, contractors, NGO/ 

INGOs etc.) identified to address these issues. We have been informed by the General Secretary of CDC, 



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India in our just concluded international conference of TCDPAP that some guidelines for development 

of Consulting Industry are prepared in India. This together with other international experiences could 

be another important and vital reference material for us. All these could be of great assistance for 

preparation of the Act, and can be referred and reflected therein. 

We have many examples in Nepal in the past where such Acts have been prepared without much 

consultation and discussion with concerned stakeholders, facing immediate protests and leading to 

immediate amendments. We do not want this, and thus are of strong belief that a wide discussion and 

consultation should be done involving all stakeholders including Government, Donor Agency, TA Team of 

ADB, and the SCAEF. 

4. This Seminar 

Generally, the DNC Seminars are conducted for 2 days. This time, ADB and SCAEF have agreed to conduct 

this seminar immediately after the TCDPAP/ FIDIC-ASPAC Annual Conference and make it short. It has also 

been agreed to focus this seminar on the various issues/resolutions made by the TCDPAP Conference and 

also on the proposed Consulting Industry Development Act under preparation. 

SCAEF once again express its sincere thanks to ADB for supporting this seminar with their noble intention 

for the development of this young and struggling industry, which will be in a state of threat due to 

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 

List of participants (nATIONAL) 

S.No. Name of Participants Company Name Telephone No. Email 

1 Ram Bhandari Chhetir Alka Hospital 5535146/147 

2 Krishna Karma Apurva International 4262978 apuravaroofing@yahoo.com 

Pvt. Ltd. 4248537 

3 Namgol Tamang ““ ““ ““ 

4 Niroj Kharel ““ ““ ““ 

5 Shambhu Upreti ““ ““ ““ 

6 Rajesh Thapa Architects Collaborate 4421078 acnepal@wlink.com.np 

(Nepal) Pvt. Ltd 

7 Bhuvanesh Kumar Pradhan Association for Research 4243431 aarms@wlink.com.np 

& Management Services 

Pvt. Ltd. (ARMS) 

8 Awad Kishor Bagalamukhi consultancy 

Service 

9 Ram Bahadur Shrestha BDA Nepal 4440364 bdanep@wlink.com.np 

4436842 

10 Ram Natha Kayastha BDA Nepal 4440364 bdanep@wlink.com.np 

4436842 

11 Manoj sharma Building Design Authority 4248200 bda@mos.com.np 

12 Khem Dallakoti Building Design Authority 4248200 bda@mos.com.np 

13 Sudeep Poudel Building Design Authority 4248200 bda@mos.com.np 

14 Bharat Raj Pandey Butwal Power Company 4871776 service@bpc.com.np 

4784026 

15 Manohar Shrestha Butwal Power Company 4871776 service@bpc.com.np 

4784026 

22 Suresh Prasad Shrestha CEAD Consultants (P) Ltd. 

23 Bal Sundar Malla CEMAT Consultants 5540188 cemat@wlink.com.np 

(P) Ltd. 5539891 

24 Krishna Prasad Shrestha ““ ““ ““ 

25 Rabi Prasad Rajbhandari ““ ““ ““ 

26 Sarad Raj Shrestha ““ ““ ““ 

27 Yajan Man Tamarkar ““ ““ ““ 

139 Sohan Sundr Shrestha CEMAT Power Development 5540188 cemat@wlink.com.np 

Company 5539891 

28 Ishwori Prasad Paudyal CIAA 4429688 akhtiyar@ntc.net.np 

4432708 

29 Tarka Bahadur Budhathoki ““ ““ ““ 

30 I.R. Tamang Civil Homes Pvt. Ltd 4672523 civilhomes@wlink.com.np 

4672525 

31 Suman Nanda Baidya ““ ““ ““ 

32 Amod Kumar Thapa Community Managed Irrgated 

Agriculture Sector Project 6225123 gitec@wlink.com.np 

33 Ajay Lall Shrestha Consolidated Management 4484839 cmsnepal@cms.wlink.com. np 

Services 

34 Krishna K. Paudel ““ ““ ““ 


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16 Binod Kumar Gautam Constructin Business 

Development Implemlentatin 

Committee 

17 Mahendra Bilas Bajracharya ““ 

18 Mukunda Niraula ““ 

19 Amar Bahadru Shrestha ““ 

20 Shiva Hari Sapkota ““ 

21 Nugal Ananda Vaidya ““ 

39 Ananda Kumar Bataju Department of Road 4262663 

40 Umehananda Mishra Department of Road 4262693 

41 Tulsi Sitaula Department of Road 4262693 

42 Surya Kadel Department of Water 4413670 

Supply & Sanitation 4413744 

43 Dan Ratna Shakya ““ 4413670 

4413744 

44 Manoj Ghimire ““ 4413670 

4413744 

45 Narayan Khanal ““ 4413670 

4413744 

46 Ram Lakhan Mandal ““ 4413670 

4413744 

47 Bhim Prasad Upadhyay DOLIDAR 5546355 

5524320 

48 A. B. Gurung East Consult (P) Ltd. 4383785 abg@info.com.np 

49 B.P. Shah East Consult (P) Ltd. 4383785 eastco@wlink.com.np 

50 Hari Bhakta Gurung East West Engineeing Services 4373316 hbg@ewe.wlink.com.np 

51 Hem Nidhi Sharma Environement and resource 4483064 safe@ermc.wlink.com.np 

Management Consultants 

(P) Ltd. (ERMC) 

52 Uddhav Raj Chaulagai ““ 4483064 safe@ermc.wlink.com.np 

53 Krishna Dev Yadav Everest Engineering 4493785 everest_consutants@yahoo.com 

Consultants 

54 Ram Saran Deuja Federation of Contractors' 4218159 fcan@wlink.com.np 

Associations of Nepal (FCAN) 4218187 

55 Basudev Upreti ““ ““ ““ 

56 Thakur Sharma Full Bright Consultancy 4433149 fbc@mos.com.np 

(P) Ltd 4411780 ““ 

57 Lal KC ““ ““ 

58 Anish Joshi GENESIS consultancy Pvt. Ltd. 4115523 admin@genesis.wlink.com.np 

59 Subarna Bdr. Joshi GEOCE Consultants (P) Ltd. 5545542 geoce@info.com.np 

60 Kiran Shankar Yogacharya Hydro Engineeing Services 4249527 hes@vianet.com.np 

(P) Ltd 4249299 

61 Gajendra Lal Pradhan Hydro Solusations 4672598 info@hydro-solutions.org 

64 Pratyoush Joshi Individul 

65 Bharat Pahari Institute of Engineering 5521260 

62 Binay Shah Intergrated Consultants 4470933 info@icon.com.np 

Nepal (P.) Ltd. 21003334 

63 Dorak Bahadur Thapa Intergrated Development and 4109185 idrs@wlink.com.np 

Research Services (P) Ltd (IDRS) 4109165 



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66 Arun Dhungana ITECO Nepal (P) Ltd. 4493764 iteco@mos.com.np 

67 Tuk Lal Adhikari ““ ““ ““ 

68 Achyut Bhatta ““ ““ ““ 

69 Achutananda Bhandari ITECO-CEMAT-GEOTECH 4482310 icgs@htp.com.np 

Services (P) Ltd 4493764 

70 Bisnhu Dangol ““ ““ icgs@htp.com.np 

71 Tirtha Bahadur Joshi Joshi Associates 4263943 tirth@wlink.com.np 

72 Surendra P. rajkarnikar Kathmandu Metropolitant 4229703 

City Office 

73 Rajan Suwal Khwopa Polytechnic Institute 

74 Netra Timilinina Likhu Khola 

Hydropower Project 

75 Om Bahadur Raut ““ 

76 Rajendra Narshima Pradhan ““ 

77 Shakti Dangol Masina Continental Associates 4473896 masinacon@hotmail.com 

78 Gobinda Man Tamrakar MEH Consultants (P.) Ltd. 4477634 meh@consultants.com 

4477349 

79 Kedar Man Shrestha ““ ““ ““ 

““ ““ 

80 Manik Ratna Tuladhar ““ ““ ““ 

81 Narayan Gobind Halawai ““ ““ ““ 

82 Shyam Sundar Sharma ““ ““ ““ 

83 Bhagiratha Pandey Melamchi Water 4468963/65 mwsdb@ntc.net.np 

Development Board 

84 Sudarsan Bhandari ““ ““ ““ 

85 Sunita Sunder Chaudhar ““ ““ ““ 

86 Yaga Bdr. Khatri ““ ““ ““ 

87 Gajendra Kumar Thakur ““ ““ ““ 

88 Madhav P Nepal ““ ““ ““ 

89 Shagun Shah ““ ““ ““ 

90 Achyut Man Singh ““ ““ ““ 

91 Badan Lal Nyachhyon ““ ““ ““ 

92 Devendra Nath Gangol ““ ““ ““ 

93 Kishor Kumar Jha ““ ““ ““ 

94 KP Wagle ““ ““ ““ 

95 R.K. Paudel Multi Lab (P) Ltd. 5548900 multilab@wlink.com.np 

96 Raju Phuyal Nagarjun Construction 4351379 

Company Pvt Ltd. 4351064 

97 Shambhu KC Nepal Electriciyt Authrity 4266670-72 

98 Sher Singh Bhat Nepal Electriciyt Authrity 4266670-72 

99 Mohan Shakya Nepal Electriciyt Authrity 4266670-72 

100 Purna Sundar Dhoubhadel Nepal Electriciyt Authrity 4266670-72 

101 Kishor Shakya Nepal Engineering Association 5010251-52 nea24@mail.com.np 

102 Deepak Bhattarai Nepal Engineering College 6611744 info@nec.edu.np 

103 Kehab Man Amatya Nepalconsutl (P) Ltd. 5520153 nc@wlink.com.np 

104 Prakash Rudra Shrestha Nepalconsutl (P) Ltd. 5520153 nc@wlink.com.np 

105 Rabindra Man Shrestha Nepalconsutl (P) Ltd. 5520153 nc@wlink.com.np 

106 Dhruba Tripathi North Star Engineeing 5521123 northstar@wlink.com.np 

Consultnts (P) Ltd. 

107 Naveen Prasad Popverty Allveiation Fund 4410041 info@pafnepal.org.com 


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108 Suyahs Malla Practical Action Nepal 4446015 parcticalaction@ 

parcticalaction.org.np 

109 Venkatesh Mundara ““ ““ ““ 

110 Dev kaji Pragyti Consultants, Pokhara 

111 Vijay Raj Upadyay Project Engineering Consul. 5543084 precar2005@gmail.com 

& Research (P) Ltd. 

112 Asok Nath Upreti Public Procurement 4285442 info@ppmo.gov.np 

Monitoring Office 4283173 

113 Brij Kishor Prasad Shah ““ ““ ““ 

114 Lava Bahadur KC ““ ““ ““ 

115 Prem Prasad Dhungana ““ ““ ““ 

116 Suresh Pradhan ““ ““ ““ 

117 Martin G Cherry Road Connectivity 4421025 Ijvrcspnepal@subisu.net.np 

Sectot I Project 

118 Robert M. Prescott “‘ ““ ““ 

119 Arjun Narsingh Rayamajhi Rural Water Supply and 

Sanitation Fund 

Development Board 4418611 

120 Ramehs Kr. Sharma ““ ““ 

121 Tej Raj Dahal ““ ““ 

122 Vidhan Ratna Yami ““ ““ 

123 Dibya Khadga ““ ““ 

124 Dev Raj Bhandari ““ ““ 

125 Harishwor Neupane ““ ““ 

126 Madan Wagly ““ ““ 

127 Manoj Kumar Lal ““ ““ 

128 Meheshwor Yadav ““ ““ 

129 N.K. Singh ““ ““ 

130 Sanjib Shah Shah Consult International 446886 shanconint@wlink.com.np 

(P) Ltd. 4471852 

131 Hare Ram Shrestha SIDEF 4481538 sidef@mail.com.np 

4468879 

132 Ajay Nepal SILT Consultatns (P) Ltd. 4470866 silt@mos.com.np 

133 DB Singh SILT Consultatns (P) Ltd. 4470866 silt@mos.com.np 

134 Dinesh Chalise SILT Consultatns (P) Ltd. 4470866 silt@mos.com.np 

135 Keshav Kunwar SILT Consultatns (P) Ltd. 4470866 silt@mos.com.np 

136 Ram Hari Sharma SILT Consultatns (P) Ltd. 4470866 silt@mos.com.np 

137 Shyam Kaji Manadhar Soil Test (P) Ltd. 4362346 soiltest@ntc.net.np 

138 Yogeshwor Prasad Parajuli TAEC Consult P. Ltd 4781446 tace@mos.com.np 

35 Gautam Pradhan The Comfort Housing 4439960 info@thecomforthousing.com 

36 Om Rajbhandari ““ ““ ““ 

37 Prathana Baidya ““ ““ ““ 

38 Pratibha Shrestha ““ ““ ““ 

140 Prajwal shrestha Total Management Services 4439182 info@tms.com.np 

141 Sushil Subedi Tundi Construction 5555573 tundi@ntc.net.np 

142 Gautam RajKarnikar Water and Energy 4211421 wecs@mos.com.np 

Commission Secretariat 

143 Kishor Thapa ““ ““ ““ 

144 Saroj Basnet WELINK Consultants (P) Ltd. 4499889 wass@wlink.com.np 

4109618 



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S. 

No. 

Name of Participants Nationality Name of Firm Telephone Fax E-mail 

1 Mr. Vijoy Jha AUSTRILIA BD Manager 61894887362 

2 Mr. Dave Walker AUSTRILIA Business Development 61894887362 

Director 

3 Dr. Ibrahim 

AZERBAIJAN President / NECSA 994 12 596 1817 994 12 495 ibrahim@aspi.az 

Mammadzadeh 

1247 

4 Dr. Abdus Shabur BANGLADESH Dir. BETS Consulting Services 88-01713010416 shabur@betsbd. 

com 

5 Mr. A. Sobhan BANGLADESH * bace@citechco. 

net 

6 Mr. John Boyd and Mrs. 

Diarne Boyd 

CANADA President / FIDIC 19055764444 J o h n _ B o y d @ 

golder.com 

7 Ms. Liuxiang Su CHINA Interpreter, CNAEC +86-10-8833 

7627 

+86-10-6836 

4843 

8 Mr. Fusheng Liu CHINA Dir. & Economist, BMCC +86-10-6641 

9876 

+86-10-6641 

1003 

liufs@becc.com. 

cn 

9 Mr. Fangzhi He CHINA Mngr & Sr. Engr., BMCC +86-10-6641 

9876 

+86-10-6641 

1003 

hefangzhi1988@ 

sina.com 

10 Mr. Tao Du CHINA Vice Dir. & Engr., BMCC +86-10-6641 

9876 

+86-10-6641 

1003 

d u t a o @ b e c c . 

com.cn 

11 Mr. Bingyi Liu CHINA Dir. & Pro. Sr. Engr., China 

National Petroleum Corpn. 

+86-10-6209 

4416 

+86-10-6209 

5500 

LBY@cnpc.com. 

cn 

Advisory Center 

12 Mr. Shiyan Hou CHINA Dy. CE & Sr. Engr., China +86-10-6250 +86-10-6250 h o u s h i y a n @ 

Mobile Group Design 7038 

7000 

c m d i . 

Institute Co. Ltd. 

chinamobile 

13 Mr. Hefu Sun CHINA President & Sr. Engr., 

China Mobile Group Design 

Institute Co. Ltd. 

+86-451-8631 

0888-301 

+86-451-8633 

8868 

s u n h e f u @ 

hl.chinamobile. 

com 

14 Mr. Wenchang Miao CHINA President & Sr. Economist, 

Hebei Academy of 

+86-311-8788 

6861 

+86-311-8702 

5509 

wxm7027472@ 

sina.com 

Engineering Consulting 

15 Mr. Kecheng Sun CHINA Vice Dir., Liaoning 

International Engineering 

+86-24-2271 

4403 

+86-24-2282 

4018 

sunkecheng7089@ 

hotmail.com 

Consulting Center 

16 Mr. Zhengyu Hu CHINA Vice Dir., Jilin Province 


+86-431-8852 

1504 

+86-431-8852 

1464 

j l e c @ c n a e c . 

com.cn 

Center 

17 Mr. Xiong Lou CHINA Dir. Economic Legal and 

Social Consultancy Center, 

+86-21-5306 

0070 

+86-21-5306 

1979 

louxiong@sass. 

org.cn 

Shangai Academy of Social 

Science 

18 Mr. Dang Liang Zhang CHINA Dir., Jiangsu Engineering 


+86-25-8358 

1305 

+86-25-8334 

1452 

cnjecc@cnjecc. 

com 


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19 Mr. Funan Ti CHINA VP, Shangdong Provincial +86-531 8981 +86-531-8981 SDTFN@163.COM 


Institute 

3376 

3376 

20 Mr. Jilu Zhang CHINA VP, Jinan Engineering +86-531-8209 +86-531-8209 jnzjl@126.com 


2221 

2212 

21 Mr. Jianning Iv CHINA Pro. Sr. Engr., Zhejiang 

Huadong Engineering 

+86-571-5673 

8289 

+86-571-8883 

3886 

yao_xw@ecidi. 

com 

Consulting Co. Ltd. 

22 Mr. Jinglong Feng CHINA Section Chief & Pro. 

Sr. Engr., Chongqing 

+86-23-6385 

8905 

+86-23-6385 

8905 

International Investment 

Consulting Group Co., Ltd. 

23 Mr. Meng Wu CHINA Dy. CE, Design Institute of 

Guangzhou Metro Corpn. 

+86-20-8320 

2600 

+86-20-8669 

2750 

wumeng@dtsjy. 

com 

25 Mr. Hai Chen CHINA Vice GM, Shangai 

Investment Consulting 

+86-21-6390 

3366 

+86-21-6390 

4816 

haichen@sicc. 

sh.cn 

Corpn. 

26 Mr. Min Jiao CHINA GM, Halcrow (Shangai) 

Engineering Consulting Co. 

+86-21-5187 

0288 

+86-21-6217 

5908 

jiaom@halcrowsh.com 

Ltd. 

27 Mr. Luobing Liu CHINA Vice GM & Sr. Engr., Halcrow 

(Shangai) Engineering 

+86-21-5187 

0288 

+86-21-6217 

5908 

Liulb@halcrowsh.com 

Consulting Co. Ltd. 

28 Mr. Subash Mehrotra INDIA EC Member/FIDIC * 

29 Mr. S.K. Sharma INDIA Director, CDC, Ph : 91-11- 

24648268 

Fax : 91-11- 

24602602 

sksharma@cdc. 

org.in 

30 Mr. Kiran Kumar Kapila INDIA Chairman & MD. 

Intercontinental Consultants 

Tel: 91-11- 

26964757 

Fax: 91-11- 

26565563 

cmd@ictonline. 

com 

and Technoocrats Pvt. Ltd. 

31 Mr. A.X. Joseph INDIA MD, KITCO Ltd. 

32 Mr. Cyraic Daviews INDIA GM, KITCO Ltd. 

33 Dr. P.K. Lahiri INDIA MD, MPCON, 

34 Cdr. V.K. Chanchlani INDIA MD, HIMCON 

35 Dr. Sunil Abrol INDIA SG/TCDPAP 91-11-24648268 abrol@cdc.org. 

in 

36 Dr. AS Rao INDIA Focal Point, India * asrao@nic.in 

37 Mr. Nader Shokouti IRAN Mgr. Structural Dept./ Taron 9821-240 6259 9821-240 6258 info@irsce.org 

Moghmian and Mrs. 

Shahiba Bigdel 

Shahsavan 

Consulting Engineers 

38 Mr. Shayan Moin IRAN Project Mananger, Saraye 

Consultancy 

39 Mr. Manoochehr AZIZI IRAN Iranian Society of Consulting 

Engineers 

40 Ms. Manadana Cont IRAN Head Architecture Dept., 

Cont Consulting Engineers’ 



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41 Mr. Akihiko Hirotani 

and Mrs. Hirotani 

JAPAN President AJCE / President 

ASPAC / President, Oriental 

81363117570 81363118020 h i r o t a n i @ 

oriconsul.com 

Consultants Co. Ltd. 

42 Dr. Yoshi Yamashita JAPAN SG / AJCE 81338398471 81338398472 y o s h i _ 

tanasguta@ajce. 

or.jp 

43 Dr. Kazumasa ITO JAPAN Head of Research Center, 81336684117 81356951968 k-ito@ctie.co.jp 

CTI Engineering 

44 Mr. Kazuhisa Fujioka JAPAN ED, Oriental Consultants 81363117550 81363118020 

Co. Ltd. 

45 Seiichi Sakoda JAPAN Nippon Koei 

46 Ms. Eiko Watatsu JAPAN Member, ASPAC of AJCE 81363117855 81363118024 w a t a t s u @ 

oriconsul.com 

47 Moon, Hun Il KOREA Chairman, KENCA 166060701 h e l l o @ k e n c a . 

or.kr 

48 Hwang, Soo Il KOREA Vice-Chairman, KENCA 112637986 

49 Lee, Myeong Jin KOREA Interpretor, KENCA 1099162996 

50 Kang, Ho Ig KOREA Monitor, KENCA 11751113968 

51 Park, Seung Woo KOREA Monitor, KENCA 113577848 

53 Cho, Kun Hwan KOREA Monitor, KENCA 172017881 

54 Lee, Sang Myung KOREA Monitor, KENCA 1047338233 

55 Lee, Jae Wan KOREA Monitor, KENCA 1088631880 

56 Lee, Kyu Taek KOREA Monitor, KENCA 112169308 

57 Kang, Jae Hong KOREA Monitor, KENCA 313806704 

58 Kim, Jeong Ho KOREA Monitor, KENCA 1037501351 

59 Mr. Arokia Dass MALAYSIA * 

60 Mr. Azlina Yassin MALAYSIA * azlina@mypsdc. 

com 

61 Mr. IR Ahmad Asri B. 

Abdul Hamd 

MALAYSIA President, Professional 

Services Development 

60326988415 60326988416 P r e s i d e n t @ 

mypsdc.com 

Corpn. (PSDC) 

62 Ms. Steven R MALAYSIA PSDC 603 2698 8415 603 2698 8416 steven@mypsdc. 

com 

63 Mr. Karamat Ullah 

Chaudry 

PAKISTAN President, TCDPAP / 

President ACEP 

92-42-9231947 92-42-9231949 kamichaudry@ 

hotmail.com 

64 Mr. Mazhar-Ul-Islam, 

Mahammud and Joshna 

PAKISTAN 92 42 5424523 m m a z h a r @ 

brain.net.pk 

Ara 

65 Mr. Ashoka Cooray SRI LANKA Engineer, Nippon Koei 94112304331 94112304333 a c o o r a y @ 

sltnet..lk 

66 Mr. Malith Mendis Sri Lanka Association of Consulting 

Engineers, Sri Lanka (ACESL) 

94 11 2650471 94 11 2650470 malith.mendis@ 

lhi.lk 

/ CE & Dir. LHI Coast and 

Water - Lanka Hydraulic 

Institute Ltd 

67 Mr. K. Suntharalingam, 

Mrs. and daughter 

SRI LANKA President, ACESL 94777890593 94112712158 ksunth@sltnet.lk 


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68 Mr. Wangasthid THAILAND CEAT * 

Seewana 

69 Mr. Pisit Puthiproj THAILAND CEAT * pisit@col.co.th 

70 Mr. Pichaya 

THAILAND * ceat@ceat.or.th 

Chantranuwat 

71 Mr. Gregs Thomopulos USA PE/FIDIC * 

72 Mr. Mirodil 

UZBEKISTAN Uzbek Association of 99871 232-43-50 99871 234- info@uzace.org 

Mirakhmedov 

Consulting Engineers 

65-54 

73 Dr. Khang Minh Cao VIETNAM Hai Phong Construction 

Design and Consultant Joint- 

84903 411845 84313 841877 k h a n g t k 6 @ 

yahoo.com 

Stock Company 

74 Eng. Ha Thi Thu Doan VIETNAM Hai Phong Construction 

Design and Consultant Joint- 

84903 411845 84313 841877 k h a n g t k 6 @ 

yahoo.com 

Stock Company 

75 Eng. Chat Canh Nguyen VIETNAM Vietnam Engineering 844 8218093 844 9740109 vecas@fpt.vn 

Consultant Association 

(VECAS) 

76 Mr. Thanh Thi Thuy 

Pham 

VIETNAM VECAS 844 8218093 844 9740109 vecas@fpt.vn 



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Conference GlimpseS 

TCDPAP & FIDIC/ASPAC 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 

Kathmandu, Nepal 

Press Conference organised by SCAEF before the Conference 

Prime Minister, ministers, FIDIC, TCDPAP, SCEAF presidents and 

other dignitaries during Inaugural session 

Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Pushpa Kamal Dahal 

inaugurating the Conference 

SCAEF President Mr. K. Amatya delivering the Welcome Address 

in Inaugural Ceremony 

Finance Minister Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai delivering the Key Note 

Address during Inaugural Ceremony 

Minister of Physical Planning and Works Mr. Bijaya K. Gachchhedar 

Delivering speech during Inaugural Ceremony 


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Address by FIDIC President Dr. John Boyd in Inaugural Ceremony 

Address by TCDPAP President Mr. Karamat Ullah Chaudhary 

Group photo of Finance Minister, SCAEF EC members, FIDIC, TCDPAP, ASPAC 

presidents, General Secretaries, Spouses of SCAEF EC members and other delegates 

Conference scene –theme paper presentation 

during technical session 

Conference scene –participants listening the presentation 

during technical session 

Conference scene – participants listening the presentation during 

technical session 



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Conference participants in the lawn during lunch hour 

SCAEF President presenting the memento to 

FIDIC president John Boyd 

TCDPAP meeting at progress 

SCAEF and TCDPAP officials participating during technical session 

FIDIC – ASPAC Meeting in progress 

Sessions chairpersons during the Plenary Session 


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Exchange of MOU signed between SCAEF and Ujbekistan 

Consulting Association 

Scene of Closing Ceremony 

Group photo with Minister Ganesh Shah with officials of 

FIDIC, TCDPAP, SCAEF and ASPAC 

Cultural programme during Gala Dinner 

Scene of Gala Dinner 

Presentation of Nepali Pashmina Shawls to spouses of 

international delegates during Gala Dinner

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