Centre for International Relations

Tribhuvan University

Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal


Asst. Professor (Geology)
Basant Bhandari
Institute of Science and Technology
Male
basanta.bhandari@trc.tu.edu.np

Name: Basant Bhandari

Position: Asst. Professor

Unit: Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Institute of Science and Technology

Email: basanta.bhandari@trc.tu.edu.np

 

Research Identifiers

 

Research Impact (Google Scholar)

h-index: 3

Total citations: 36

 

Research Interest/Expertise

Structural Geology, Tectonic, Geological Mapping, Geo-Hazards

 

Teaching

Crystallography and Minerology, Petrology, Engineering Geology, Structural Geology

Master's Degree: Master Degree (Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal [2017]

Bachelor's Degree: Bachelor Degree (Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal [2014]

Professional Affiliations

  • Life-Member of Nepal Geological Society

  • Member of International Association of Engineering Geology and Environment (IEAG)

  • Life-Member of Nepal Hydrogeological Association

Selected Recent Publications

  1. Gajurel, A. P., Upadhyaya, B. R., Bhandari, B., Pokhrel, C., Paudel, T. P., & Huyghe, P. (2025). Amlekhganj - Bhainse Transect: Geology and Earthquake in Central Nepal. Voice of Himalaya, 12(1).
  2. Pye, A. E., Hodges, K. V., Ehlers, T. A., van Soest, M. C., Leonard, J. S, Keller, B. C., Bhandari, B., & McDonald, C. S. (2025). Constraining the deformation history of the South Tibetan detachment system in the Marsyandi Valley, central Nepal. GSA Bulletin, 137 https://doi.org/10.1130/B38065.1
  3. Bhandari, B., Devkota, K. C., Pokhrel, P., & Lamsal, I. (2024). Rainfall-induced Landslide in the Lesser Himalaya: A Case Study of the Pallotari Landslide, Lamjung, Central-West Nepal. Journal of Development Innovation, 8 (1). http://doi.org/10.69727/jdi.v8i1.107
  4. Pye, A. E, Hodges, K. V., Ehlers, T. A., Van Soest, M. C., Mcdonald, C. S., & Bhandari, B. (2023). Constraining the exhumation history of the Greater Himalayan Sequence, Kali Gandaki, Central Nepal. Journal of the Geological Society, 181 (2). https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2023-100
  5. Melis, R., MahÃo, G., Gardien, V., Jame, P., Bonjour, E., Bhandari, B., & Pêcher, A. (2023). When rainfall trapped in fluid inclusion restores the relief of an orogen: Insights from the Cenozoic Himalayas, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 613.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118185.
  6. Pye, A. E., Hodges, K. V., Keller, C. B., Law, R. D., van Soest, M. C., Bhandari, B., & McDonald, C. S. (2022). Prolonged slip on the South Tibetan detachment constrains tectonic models for synorogenic extension in the Central Himalaya. Tectonics, 41. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022TC007298
  7. Bhandari, B., Bhusal, J., Pokharel, R. M., & Paudel, L. P. (2019). Morphology and depositional setting of the sinkhole affected Armala area, Kaski District, western-central Nepal. Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 59 https://doi.org/10.3126/jngs.v59i0.24988