2020 - Computer Science

Drishti Nepal

Mentor: Simanta Gautam
Students: Pranjal Chalise, Rabin Kumar Kalikote, Snehi Ranabhat, Shruti Pokhrel, Shubham Jha

Drishti is an android based mobile application that recognizes different Nepalese currency notes and gives its audio output. Project Drishti is driven by a team of like-minded individuals together with the amazing powers of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning working to empower low vision and visually impaired individuals in Nepal in their financial transactions.

2020 - Computer Science

Team Kisan

Mentor: Abishkar Chhetri
Students: Aasish Rijal, Oshin Panta, Soyuj Jung Basnet, Arbinda Pandey, Abhishek Pandit, Aayushka Budhathoki

Kisan Nepal is a mobile application that provides real-time agricultural news and notices to the farmers. Farmers in Nepal lack the privilege of acquiring relevant news efficiently and effectively. So, the Kisan Nepal app primarily focuses on bringing all the relevant information around the agricultural sector and presents them in one place. To help farmers keep track of coronavirus cases in their respective districts, the easily accessible interface to display the covid stats has been added to it. The farmers are unaware of the privilege they ought to receive from the government. Hence, to bridge this gap, it again brings all the government notices and displays them in a readily usable interface. The app also includes the feature to display the standard rate of vegetable in Nepal. This feature will help them to price their crops and sell them at an appropriate price.

2020 - Economics

Team Arthasashtra

Mentor: Ahilya Khadka
Students: Tripti Sharma, Shrijan Raj Pandey, Pranish Khanal, Darpan Gautam, Aarasi Shrestha

Project Artha's Economics Research provides deep insights on the relationship between one of the most prominent sources of income in Nepal - Remittance - and its impact on five major sectors, namely Education, Consumer Spending, Economic Investments, Migration Trends, and Youth Unemployment with the context of the global pandemic COVID-19 in mind. To understand the complex impact of Remittance, along with data analysis using econometric models, the team also included real-life perspectives through interviews with Nepalese migrant workers and forward-leaning policy proposals.

2021 - Art History

Team Samsara

Mentor: Shreeansh Agrawal
Co-Mentor: Oshin Panta
Students: Aastha Ghimire, Yashashwee Shrestha, Yojana Gurung, Manshuv Kafle, Suprabh Joshi

Team Samsara worked together to research in the field of Thangka Art and Paintings at Incubate Nepal. While there is a variety of styles and iconography in the art form, the methods and conventions for creating such work are often highly defined and scriptural. The team identified and explored themes that serve as the discourse analysis of Thangka art in the first quarter of the 21st century. They crafted a paper titled “The Intersection of Tradition and Modernity in Thangka painting: Discourse Analysis” to understand the perspectives of artists, art sellers, galleries, and buyers in this field during the course of eight weeks at Incubate Nepal.

2020 - Physics

Team Brahmanda

Mentor: Bibek Pandit
Students: Priya Shrestha, Anish Giri, Mahesh Yadav, Anupa Khanal, Aabiskar Thapa Kshetri

At Incubate Nepal, team Brahmanda ventured on the quest to "Explore the history and the fate of the universe" and answer fundamental questions about the universe. Team Brahmanda started with the Friedmann's equations to model the expansion of the universe. They then dug deep into understanding the presence of matter, dark matter and dark energy in the universe. They were able to use their research to calculate the age of the universe from the first principles as well as predict the state of the universe in the future.

2020 - Biology

Team Diabeters

Mentor: Surya Tripathi
Students: Kiran Tamang, Mandip Subedi, Mingma Lucky Sherpa, Benju Baral

As the name "Diabeters" suggests, our team worked for eight weeks at the Incubate Nepal program in an effort to beat Diabetes through the proposal of continuous glucose and ketone monitoring device for efficient control of diabetic conditions in humans. There were many existing devices in the market that measured glucose continuously providing glucose levels in a few minutes' interval in the display device which was connected to the sensor inside the abdominal region or in the upper arm via the transmitter, but no devices were available for continuous ketone monitoring. Due to the failure in continuous monitoring of ketones and its regulation, the build-up of ketones in the body increases acidity and results in the condition of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA). Since Diabetic Ketoacidosis killed 5% of diabetic patients, it was a must to develop a continuous monitoring system that could not only measure glucose level but could also measure ketone. Therefore, considering the huge need for a ketone monitoring system, we proposed continuous glucose and ketone monitoring system.

2021 - Politics

Team Samsad

Mentor: Bhusan Suwal
Co-Mentor: Ayusha Budhathoki
Students: Aayusha Dhungana, Bikash Agrawal, Dibas Dauliya, Manoj Dhakal, Rojeena Thapa, Lajju Shrestha

The team’s research mainly focuses on studying the representation of minorities and underrepresented in the legislative parliament of Nepal. It tries to understand the structure of federal parliament and understand how changes in those structures can impact the representation of people in the parliament.

2021 - Computer Science and Art

Art Hub Nepal

Mentor: Sisam Bhandari
Co-Mentor: Shubham Jha
Students: Shreeda Rijal, Abhas Oli, Kripa Lamichhane, Joon Shakya, Raghav Raj Shah

Art Hub Nepal documented Nepali public artworks, creating a database of local paintings, murals, sculptures and architecture throughout Nepal. Art Hub Nepal uses this database of artwork to create an interactive map as an intuitive way for Nepali and foreign users to find and appreciate local art in Nepal. We hope to bridge the gap between local art, artists and society through Art Hub Nepal.

2021 - Public Health

Team Swasthya Samata

Mentor: Siddhant Agrawal
Co-Mentor: Mandip Subedi
Students: Ayusha Shrestha, Jeewan Khadka, Prashant Shah, Satyam Adhikari, Sneha Pokhrel

The team tried to address healthcare issues from the perspective of healthcare economists. The team’s exploration of Nepal’s health care system for women gave them an insight into how such a diversity influences the access to healthcare. The primary goal of their study was to identify the exploited and unprivileged communities of Nepal.

2021 - Art History

Team Samsara

Team Samsara worked together to research in the field of Thangka Art and Paintings at Incubate Nepal. While there is a variety of styles and iconography in the art form, the methods and conventions for creating such work are often highly defined and scriptural. The team identified and explored themes that serve as the discourse analysis of Thangka art in the first quarter of the 21st century. They crafted a paper titled “The Intersection of Tradition and Modernity in Thangka painting: Discourse Analysis” to understand the perspectives of artists, art sellers, galleries, and buyers in this field during the course of eight weeks at Incubate Nepal.

2021 - Computer Science

Team Sathi

Mentor: Ashish Neupane
Co-Mentor: Pranjal Chalise
Students: Riya Jha, Atharva Timsina, Kritish Pokhrael, Priyam Bhattarai, Manish Gotame

The team made an app that provided guided tours for travelers to fully enhance their travel experience and promote Nepalese local, cultural and ethnic diversity.

2021 - Physics

Team Suryastra

Mentor: Rijan Karkee
Co-Mentor: Abishkar Thapa Chhetri
Students: Sneha Acharya, Aman Dutta, Khyatee Atolia, Abhishek Karna, Priyanshu Pokhrel

Team Suryastra worked on a research project related to solar energy. The team's research focused on the optimization of the tilt angle of solar devices. Their aim was to compensate for the high vulnerability of Nepal’s energy sector through a change in the current energy profile.

2021 - Economics

Team Dravya

Mentor: Anamika Khanal
Co-Mentor: Mahesh Yadav
Students: Binita Dhakal, Prasiddha Rajaura, Sandesh B.K., Sanskriti Giri, Swopnil Panday

The team focuses on understanding the accessibility of financial services among all Nepali citizens. The team’s objective was to examine the current landscape of financial access in Nepal, pinpoint unmet needs and suggest relevant financial inclusion policies. The team analyzed the individual-level survey data and conducted a case study on comparable South Asian countries.

2021 - Biology

Team Tumornators

Mentor: Subha Baniya
Co-Mentor: Mingma Sherpa
Students: Kritika Pandit, Reeza Chaulagain, Hemshankar Laugi, Kunjini Tamang, Aadim Nepal, Mohan Budha

Team Tumornators worked on their biology project of Target Validation in novel CDK-12 Protein whose function is increasing in cancer cells. Team Tumornators proposed 3 experiments to validate CDK12's role: Western Blot, IC50 Cell Viability Assay and Flow Cytometry during their project course. In addition, computational drug discovery tools were implemented amongst a group of potent inhibitors extracted from literature and the potential best inhibitor was proposed by the team.

2022 - Computer Science and Health

Team Aasha

Mentor: Ojaswi Pandey
Co-Mentor: Bikash Agrawal
Students: Mahesh Pandit, Shruti Gurung, Kusum Sapkota, Bhim Prasad Chaudhary, Pranita Rijal, Kritika Karakheti

Team Aasha created a mental health support system platform to promote awareness of mental health issues among Nepali communities and created a database of professionals in the field.

2022 - Economics

Team Apravasi

Mentor: Showroop Pokhrel
Co-Mentor: Binita Dhakal
Students: Animesh Shrestha, Bidhata Pathak, Ayush Raj Dahal, Bipashwi Nepal, Lalit Yadav

Team Aapravasi researched trends in demographic and socio-economic characteristics of Nepalese living in the U.S. The team wrote a research paper and published an article in a Nepali daily.

2022 - Engineering

Team Kudau

Mentor: Yaseem Rana
Co-Mentor: Arpan Pandit
Students: Riyaz Chaulagain, Maneeta Bhandari, Pratyush Bhattarai, Pritesh Thakur, Anish Pandey, Kriti Ghimire

Team Kudau worked on designing, building, and testing an electric racecar capable of accelerating at 2G’s and racing on paved and bumpy roads.

2022 - Human Computer Interaction

Team Saas

Mentor: Shardul Sapkota
Co-Mentor: Priyam Bhattarai
Students: Kriti Shahu, Manish Acharya, Priyanka Karki, Veer Chandra Kamati

Team Saas created an android app to detect chest or abdomen movements to infer breathing rate. Students learned about Human-Computer Interaction and research documentation.

2022 - Computer Science and Art

Team Samrakshana

Mentor: Sisam Bhandari
Co-Mentor: Bibek Pandit, Shubham Jha
Students: Prajina Suwar, Saisha Shrestha, Suyog Gaire, Nirajan Sah, Sulav Paudel

Team Samraksana created a database for Nepali protected areas that were well documented such as national parks and not so well documented places in urban areas such as public sculptures, temples, wells, etc., and visualized protected areas on a map.

2022 - Computer Science

Team Sanjaal

Mentor: Suman Nepal
Co-Mentor: Atharva Timsina
Students: Rahul Ranjan Sah, Rukmani Ghorasainee, Anuska Acharya, Adarsha Gautam, Anurag Aryal

Team Sanjal mapped the Twitter landscape of Nepal and the social behavior of Nepalese people on Twitter. The metrics of which were then visualized on an interactive data website.

2021 - Economics

Team Dravya

Mentor: Anamika Khanal
Co-Mentor: Mahesh Yadav
Students: Binita Dhakal, Prasiddha Rajaura, Sandesh B.K., Sanskriti Giri, Swopnil Panday

The team focuses on understanding the accessibility of financial services among all Nepali citizens. The team’s objective was to examine the current landscape of financial access in Nepal, pinpoint unmet needs and suggest relevant financial inclusion policies. The team analyzed the individual-level survey data and conducted a case study on comparable South Asian countries.

2021 - Biology

Team Tumornators

Team Tumornators worked on their biology project of Target Validation in novel CDK-12 Protein whose function is increasing in cancer cells. Team Tumornators proposed 3 experiments to validate CDK12's role: Western Blot, IC50 Cell Viability Assay and Flow Cytometry during their project course. In addition, computational drug discovery tools were implemented amongst a group of potent inhibitors extracted from literature and the potential best inhibitor was proposed by the team.

2023 - Public Health

Team End TB

Mentor: Prakriti Shrestha
Peer-Mentor: Kritika Karakheti
Students: Raushan Pandit, Sagar Gupta, Pamela Sherpa, Sagun Bhandari, Manojna Raj Ojha, Chirag Timilsina

Team ‘End TB’ will analyze how the availability of TB resources in various regions of Nepal affects TB outcomes. Students will examine a public health problem and identify solutions through the academic research process.

2023 - Computer Science

Team HamroGPT

Mentor: Ishan Pakuwal
Peer-Mentor: Binayak Jha
Students: Samip Paudel, Sarad Gaihre, Prakriti Mishra, Spandan Pokhrel, Barada Gyawali, Shivansh Dutta

Team HamroGPT aims to develop a suite of AI-powered applications tailored specifically to meet the needs of Nepali users. By harnessing the power of the advanced GPT-4 model and other cutting-edge AI technologies, HamroGPT facilitates natural language understanding and generation in Nepali, offering a range of innovative tailored solutions

2023 - Literature

Team Khya

Mentor: Kripa Shrestha
Peer-Mentor: Priyanka Karki
Students: Anusha Dhakal, Suhani Luitel, Sushant Kumar Gupta, Madhav Khanal, Atith Adhikari, Saman Gurung

Team Khyaa will archive historical and cultural snapshots of Nepali myths and folktales and use their findings as a launchpad for creative endeavors of their choosing with a solid foundation in writing.

2023 - Anthropology

Team Public Guff

Mentor: Oshin Bista
Peer-Mentor: Sulav Paudel
Students: Binayak Gautam, Abha Dahal, Risham K Sah, Sajani Sharma, Ashish Banjara, Sanskriti Dhakal

Team Public Guff will identify the social issues popular within Nepali and the diasporan academia. Students will conduct desk and ethnographic research to determine and address the limits of the Nepali public space.

2023 - Physics

Team Quantum

Mentor: Mukesh Ghimire
Peer-Mentor: Rahul Ranjan Shah
Students: Sampada Wagle, Swayam Chaulagain, Lenish Pandey, Ashlesha Dangal, Sooraj Sahani, Bhuwan Bhandari

Team Quantum will study the fundamentals of quantum computing and implement it in a quantum algorithm. Students will learn the basics of quantum mechanics, linear algebra, and algorithm design.

2023 - Computer Science

Team Surakshya

Mentor: Asmita Gautam
Peer-Mentor: Anuska Acharya
Students: Shreejay Subedi, Sangya Pandey, Sangam Subedi, Pramila Rai, Aashish Panthi, Hemanta Bhandari

Team Surakshya will create a React Native app that will provide safety resources for women in an accessible, simplified manner. Students with learn about app development, data analysis and data visualization.