Name: Navin Kumar Jha

Position: Asst. Professor

Unit: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Institute of Engineering

Email: navin.jha@pcampus.edu.np

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Research Impact (Google Scholar):

h-index: 3

Total citations: 22

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Research Interest/Expertise: 

Life cycle assessment, Sustainability assessment, Circular bioeconomy, Waste valorization

Teaching:

Renewable Energy

•    Bachelor Degree: Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Nepal, 1999
•    Master Degree: Master of Technology, IIT, Roorkee, 2014

Professional Affiliations:

• Indian Water Resources Society, Life member

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Understanding household biogas failures in Nepal: A socio-technical failure mode analysis. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100335
2. Jha, N.K., Lohani, S.P., Understanding the barriers in the sustained use of household biodigesters: Insight from Nepal using system thinking approach. Energy Strategy Reviews (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2025.101795
3. Jha, N.K., Lohani, S.P., Khatiwada, D., Pradhan, P., Shakya, S. Assessing greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonization potential of household biogas plant: Nepal's case study. Energy for Sustainable Development (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2024.101592
4. Jha, N.K., Mainali, B. & Lohani, S.P. Strategy for Circularity Enhancement in Bioeconomy Sector: A Case Study from Biogas Sector of Nepal. Circ.Econ.Sust. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-024-00402-5
5. Lohani, S.P., Shaw, T.K., Shrestha, S., Dhungana B., Jha, N.K., Household biogas technology in the cold climate of low-income countries: a review of sustainable technologies for accelerating biogas generation (2024). 10.1088/2516-1083/ad407f
6. Kaphle B., Jha, N.K., Environmental Impact Assessment of Biogas Plant: A Case Study of Rastriya Gai Anusandhan Kendra Biogas Plant, Rampur Chitwan
7. N. K. Jha and S. P. Lohani, Sustainability Issues of Household Biodigesters in Nepal, 2023 6th   International Conference on Renewable Energy for Developing Countries (REDEC), Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, 2023, pp. 18-23, doi:10.1109/REDEC58286.2023.10208182.
8. N. K. Jha, "Graphical Approach in Optimization of Penstock Diameter," International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology (IRJIET), ISSN (online):2581-3048, Volume 4, Issue 8, pp 25-30, August-2020, https://doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2020.408005.