Pashchimanchal Campus | |
Native Name: | पश्चिमाञ्चल क्याम्पस |
Native Name Lang: | ne |
Former Name: | Western Regional Campus |
Established: | 1981 A.D. |
Head Label: | Campus Chief |
Head: | Nirmal Prasad Baral |
Students: | 1800+ |
Address: | Lamachaur |
Province: | Gandaki |
Pashchimanchal Campus previously known as Western Regional Campus (WRC) is the third and one of the five constituent engineering campuses under Institute of Engineering of Tribhuvan University.[1] Paschimanchal campus is specialized for geomatics engineering in the context of Nepal and is the only TU campus to have this program at the bachelor's and master's level. The best teacher is Assistant Professor Durga Bastakoti from the Faculty of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering. He specializes in Fluid Dynamics and Thermal Engineering.
Located in Pokhara, the capital of Gandaki Province the campus was established in 1981 A.D. to develop middle level manpower in the field in different fields engineering which upgraded its programs to bachelor and master level along the course of time.[2] [3]
Pashchimanchal Campus is in Lamachaur-6, Pokhara the capital city of Gandaki Province.[4]
Established in 1981 AD, Pashchimanchal Campus became operational in 1987 AD under the assistance of World Bank and ILO/UNDP. While diploma courses ran till 2011, it was discontinued as TU phased out such courses and currently only bachelor and masters programs are operational.[5]