Figure 5:
Foundation Model
b. Cooperation model
The higher education provided in Universities and the challenges of industries are highly inter- dependent. The education should impose research activities which could address the problems of
local industries. One of the objectives of the lab is to stimulate collaborative research with national and international Universities and industries. This has been done so far by conducting
some research and student projects initiated by industry. The Renewable-Nepal program at KU [10]was initiated in 2009 with the purpose of building applied research capacity at Nepalese
Universities and research institutions that can serve Nepalese energy industry in developing high quality products. TTL has so far, hosted 2 out of 21 projects that are funded by this program
which were discussed above. In both the projects, TTL has maintained a close collaboration with Nepalese industries, NHE and D-Matrix Engineering Pvt. Ltd. for manufacturing the turbines
designed as an outcome of systematic research in the context of Nepalese scenario. In the first project, TTL also collaborated with NTNU for guiding an MS by Research student throughout
the project.
Similarly, in the current project funded by AEPC, TTL has partnered with Krishna Grill Pvt. Ltd. to build the test rigs in the lab. The recently funded project of KETEP will have KMOU as the
University partner from Korea and a Korean industry, Donggu Infra Co. TTL has been able to build a close relation with Nepal Micro Hydro Development Association NMHDA.In some of
the projects, TTL also seeks direct or indirect benefit from industries so as to increase the motivation factor for cooperation. The project of MS by Research funded by Himal Power
Limited to study the failure due to root cracks in Pelton runner is one of the prominent example, where the maintenance challenge faced by the hydropower companies are directly addressed.
TTL was also involved in a hydraulic and mechanical design work of bifurcation for Nirvana Tech. Pvt. Ltd. for DaraundiKhola HP project. Similarly, it is also currently assisting NHE for
making a design template of Kaligandaki HP runners and investigating the performance through
computational simulations. Even with all these efforts, it has been observed that there is a definite mismatch in the
perspectives of Universities and industries. The research outcomes, in a way do not lie under the low-hanging-fruit of industries, for they always seek for immediate and reliable results. A
cooperation model has been proposed in Figure 6, which presents an idea of how the research culture should be developed in the industries, while emphasizing on industrial
applicationsinterests in the research performed at TTL. The knowledge sharing is a give and take process, which can be stimulated through regular seminars and workshops. The research
could strengthen the quality of education, but to benefit the industries, the research outcome should be able to provoke the industrial growth in a short time. The collaboration can also be in
the form of student projects and internships for undergraduate and graduate level students.
Figure 6: Cooperation model
c. Business model
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