Kathmandu, March 15: A Nepali student Supriya Khadka, currently studying at Tokyo City University, has been honored with the university’s prestigious “President Award.”
Along with her, four Japanese students were also recognized with the same award. The university recently organized a special event where all award recipients were officially honored.
Supriya received this prestigious award for publishing multiple research papers in 2024. The university’s evaluation committee reviewed a total of 13 research papers and nominated Supriya for the President Award based on her outstanding contributions.
After winning the award, Supriya expressed her joy in an interview with a Japanese Nepali online media outlet, stating: “This award is given based on the evaluation of research papers published by students within a year. My research paper was assessed, and the university decided to honor me. I am extremely happy.”
Supriya’s research focuses on thermal environments, including topics related to temperature, humidity, air circulation, and heating mechanisms. Her findings have been published in various academic journals.
She credited her family’s encouragement and guidance from university professors as the key factors behind her success.
Supriya is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at Tokyo City University.
Japanese universities have seen a significant increase in the number of Nepali students, with many excelling in various fields of study.
Research papers by Supriya and her friends
1. Khadka S., Rijal H.B., Nicol F. and de Dear R. (2025), Empirical determination of the width of the comfort band in an adaptive model for Japanese office buildings, Building and Environment 269, 112445,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.112445 (Impact factor: 7.1).
2. Khadka S., Rijal H.B., Amano K., Saito T., Imagawa H., Uno T., Genjo K., Takata H., Tsuzuki K., Nakaya T., Nishina D., Hasegawa K., and Mori T., Development of adaptive behaviour models for thermal comfort: Longitudinal investigation in Japanese office buildings and literature review, Journal of Building Engineering, Vol. 89, 109220, April 2024. doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.109220 (Impact Factor: 6.7)
3. Khadka S., Rijal H.B., Analysis of comfort band for adaptive model in Japanese office buildings, 6th International Conference on Science and Technology Applications in Climate Change (STACLIM 2024), 2024.9.
4. Subedi R., Khadka S., Aqilah N., Rijal H.B., and Lamsal P., Thermal comfort of urban park and effect on building energy, Comfort At The Extremes Conference, 2024 (Nov. 20-22, Seville).
5. Gaire R., Khadka, S., Rijal, H.B., and Gautam, B., Comparison of thermal environment traditional and modern houses during summer in cold climate of Nepal, Comfort At The Extremes Conference, 2024 (Nov. 20-22, Seville).
6. Khadka S., Rijal H.B., Study on thermal comfort zone in MM and HVAC office buildings in Japan, Architectural Institute of Japan Conference, pp.5-8, 2024.3.
7. Khadka S., Rijal H.B., Development of the comfort band for adaptive model based on Probit analysis in Japanese office buildings, Annual Meeting of the Architectural Institute of Japan (Meiji University), Environmental Engineering, pp. 699-700, 2024.8.
8. Rijal H.B., Khadka S., Saito T., Imagawa H., Uno T., Genjo K., Takada H., Tsuzuki K., Nakatani T., Nishina D., Hasegawa K., and Mori T.: Development of an adaptive model for thermal comfort in Japanese office buildings and analysis of its mechanism, Part 21: Study on comfort band of the adaptive model in Aichi Prefecture, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Architectural Institute of Japan (Meiji University), Environmental Engineering, pp. 687-688, 2024.8.
9. Nepal G., Khadka S., and Rijal H.B.: Energy saving in residential buildings by external thermal insulation retrofitting based on literature review, Annual Meeting of the Architectural Institute of Japan (Meiji University), Environmental Engineering, pp. 899-900, 2024.8.
10. Subedi R., Khadka S., Aqilah N. and Rijal H.B.: Study on thermal perception and physiological equivalent temperature in an urban park of Kathmandu, Annual Meeting of the Architectural Institute of Japan (Meiji University), Environmental Engineering, pp. 667-668, 2024.8.
11. Khadka S., Rijal H.B., Analysis of comfort band for adaptive model in Japanese office buildings, The Society of Heating, Air-conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan, Vol. 6, pp. 29-32, 2024.9.
12. Subedi R., Khadka S., Aqilah N. and Rijal H.: Predicting comfortable UTCI during summer of an urban park of Kathmandu, Nepal, The Society of Heating, Air-conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan (Saga), Vol. 6, pp. 33-36, 2024.9.
13. Gaire R., Khadka S. and Rijal H.B.: Study on thermal environment of traditional and modern houses during summer in cold climate of Nepal, The Society of Heating, Air-conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of Japan (Saga), Vol. 6, pp. 21-24, 2024.9.
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Supriyaさん、学長賞受賞おめでとうございます。今後も研究を頑張って下さい。
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