Binil Aryal is a Nepali physicist and the dean of
Tribhuvan University
Tribhuvan University (TU; ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest university in Nepal. In terms of enrollment, it is t ...
(TU)'s
Institute of Science and Technology. Previously, he served as the head of the Central Department of Physics, located in
Kirtipur
Kirtipur (Nepal Bhasa: किपू ''Kipoo'') is a Municipality and an ancient city of Nepal. The Newars are the natives of Kipoo (Kirtipur) that is believed to be derived from Kirati King Yalamber. It is located in the Kathmandu Valley 5 km ...
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He was born in 1969 in
Saptari District
Saptari ( ne, सप्तरी जिल्ला}), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. Its district headquarter is Rajbiraj. Saptari is an Outer Terai district. This district covers an area of and has ...
of
eastern Nepal
The Eastern Development Region ( Nepali: पुर्वाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र, ''Purwānchal Bikās Kshetra'') was one of Nepal's five development regions. It is also known as Kirata region. It was located at th ...
. He is also a senator of the TU assembly and a member of the TU academic council. Aryal served as the chairperson of a working committee that drafted TU's "structure of B.Sc. four year system".
Aryal has been working in the field of galaxy orientation and evolution. His research interest includes the origin of angular momentum or spin vectors of galaxies in the large scale structure and the structure shaping mechanism in the interstellar medium. He has published over forty papers in international journals.
He did his PhD and post doctoral work from the Institute of Astrophysics,
Innsbruck University
The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669.
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in 2002 and 2005 respectively, under the supervision of Walter Saurer.
Aryal was awarded by "Mahendra Bidhya Bhushan Ka" by the late king
Birendra Shah
Birendra Shah ( ne, बीरेन्द्र शाह) (Unknown – November 8, 2007) was a print and broadcast journalist for the Nepal FM, ''Dristi Weekly'', and Avenues TV in Bara, Nepal. Shah was kidnapped October 4/5, 2007, by Commu ...
for securing the highest score in the M.Sc. examination. He received the Third World Academy Award (TWAS) for his Ph.D. work.
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1969 births
Nepalese physicists
Living people
Astrophysicists
University of Innsbruck alumni
Tribhuvan University faculty