The Banal Podcast - Nepali Podcast

27/04/2024

In this episode, we take a journey through the corridors of innovation and machinery with Pallab Shrestha and Shashank Dewan. Our discussion orbits around FabLab Nepal's foundations (FabLab Nepal), its powerful influence on local makers, and the synergies with Impact Hub Kathmandu. We navigate the challenges of operating a makerspace, celebrate the successes, and unearth the potent combo of design software and mechanical creativity. Thanks to our brothers Sashank Dewan and Shrestha Pallab for taking the time for this conversation.
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Welcome to episode 32 of the Banal Podcast. In this special installment, we’re thrilled to dive into the innovative realm of FabLab Nepal with our esteemed g...

17/07/2023

TBP #30 with Urja Singh Thapa, a student in the Graduate Program in Economics Development at Vanderbilt University. We talk about economics as a discipline and what Urja’s experience has been so far in pursuing this degree. Overall this was a good conversation, we hope you will enjoy it.

Welcome to this episode of the banal podcast. This week we are excited to bring a conversation with Urja Singh Thapa, a student in the Graduate Program in Ec...

24/10/2022

Epi-29 Ft. Swastik Bhandari, PE (Civil engineering with a focus on water resources). In this episode, we discuss ins and outs of Civil engineering career in the US from Swastik's point of view. We hope, you will enjoy it!

Hello and Namaste,Wishing a happy Tihar to all of you.This week, we present a conversation with Swastik Bhandari, a Project Consultant at Civil and Environme...

14/09/2022

Did you know that Spotify now supports video podcasts? For the past 3-4 episodes, we have been uploading the full videos of The Banal Podcast - Nepali Podcast on Spotify as well. Click the link below to follow us on Spotify.

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11/09/2022

We had the pleasure of sitting down for an episode of The Banal Podcast with Dr. Bal Krishna Bal, Head of Department, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel. The episode is a summary of Dr. Bal’s research and education journey which started in 1998 in the Russian Federation and currently is ongoing at Kathmandu University. Information and Language Processing Research Lab (ILPRL) at Kathmandu University, led by Dr. Bal has been at the forefront of software localization and natural language processing for Nepal's languages with many projects like NepaLinux, Dobhase, PAN localization, etc… The youtube link for the episode is below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz0jznxRLBg

Hello and Namskar,We have been off for a month or two but now we are back with a new episode. We are pleased to bring you a conversation with Dr. Bal Krishna...

23/07/2022

This week, we are excited to bring you a conversation with Nabina Budathoki Magar. Nabina is a technical official at the Nepal Taekwondo Association as well as a former taekwondo player herself, 4th dan to be precise. We bring you the personal story of Nabina and how the sport helped shape her. From being an official, getting ranked 4th dan, involving in NGOs like ECDC, being a technician for SAF games as well as organizing and referring for various local and national games, Nabina has done it all. To our pleasant surprise, she is also pursuing two Masters degrees. Holy moly, she is quite impressive, isn’t she? Clip below for full YouTube link.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfqWml-f22M

This week, we are excited to bring you a conversation with Nabina Budathoki Magar. Nabina is a technical official at the Nepal Taekwondo Association as well ...

03/07/2022

Episode 26 of The Banal Podcast, The Manager (Ft. Sudip Lama), a senior engineering manager at Microsoft provides a good perspective on software engineering at scale at Microsoft. This was a fun and interesting episode highlighting an insider’s view of the industry.

Click the link below to watch the full episode on YouTube. We are also available on Spotify, Google and Apple Podcast. Visit thebanalpodcast.com for more details.



https://youtu.be/i4kd4qVJpyo

This week, we have brought you a conversation with Sudip Lama, Senior Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft. This podcast revolves around multiple aspect...

12/06/2022

For this episode of the podcast, we bring you a conversation with Dr. Rohan Benjankar, an associate professor of civil engineering at the Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (SIUE), Illinois. Dr. Benjankar got his PhD from the University of Idaho and has been with SIUE since 2017. Apart from being a researcher/academic, Dr. Benjankar is also a big soccer enthusiast and used to play for the Friends Club during the nineties. This is a mix conversation about academic research and nepalese football, we hope you will like it. Click the link below to watch the full episode on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiPAkgWX_40

For this episode of the podcast, we bring you a conversation with Dr. Rohan Benjankar, an associate professor of civil engineering at the Southern Illinois U...

30/05/2022

In this clip of , Yadav Prasad Kandel explains what quantum computing is and what are the fundamentals of it. Clip from the episode #24 of - Entangled: The Ins and Outs of Quantum Computing. The YouTube link to the full episode is below.

https://youtu.be/FVXDlIH_-zs

29/05/2022

Episode #24 of The Banal Podcast titled Entangled: The INs and OUTs of Quantum Computing is out on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and Google Podcast. This is a fun intro to the interesting domain of Quantum Computing featuring Yadav Prasad Kandel, a PhD Candidate at the University of Rochester. Click the link below to watch the full episode on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/FVXDlIH_-zs

This episode is a fun and interesting conversation with Mr. Yadav Prasad Kandel, a PhD candidate at the university of Rochester. Yadav’s research is in Quant...

28/05/2022

08/05/2022

Yeah, it has been one year since we released the first episode on YouTube. Today, the Banal Podcast stands at 23 episodes with a lot of fun and insightful conversations. The new episode: The Grind (EP 23) is a reflection of our year in the making. Checkout the episode on YouTube (link below).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUZ_iFi14Mk

This episode is a reflection of one year of making the Banal Podcast. One year ago we started a journey and never knew that this journey would lead us to suc...

02/05/2022

Low and Behold, time flies. On this day, one year ago. We (Pikam Pun and Umesh Timalsina) started on a journey, never that we knew, this journey would lead us to scholars, intellectuals, athletes and social critics that are trying their level best to make this world a better place with their existence. Our existence is truly a debt of gratitude that we owe to them. We are also really thankful to our circle of friends and family, without their support, be it in the form of feedback or even financial and studio resources, this journey wouldn’t be possible. While there are many avenues to grow, be it in quality of production or the depth of content we delve into, we are content with what we have achieved so far and will try our level best to bring you quality, in depth and BANAL conversations in the future. Thanks.

25/04/2022

Episode 22 of The Banal Podcast, The Doctor: Ft. Dr. Dalim Kafle, MD is out now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple and Google Podcasts. Click the link below to watch the full episode on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKNURa0a0F4

For this episode, we bring you a conversation with Dr. Dalim Kafle, MD, resident doctor at Illam Hospital Nepal. Dalim got his MBBS from Lumbini medical coll...

03/04/2022

Episode 21 of the Banal Podcast - The Leader: Fostering Leadership in Youth (Ft. Sadikshya Karki) is now out on YouTube, Spotify, Google and Apple Podcast. Please follow the link below to watch the full episode on YouTube. This podcast revolves around Sadikshya's experience with AIESEC.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1VsL6RNFvg

For this episode of the Podcast, we bring you a conversation with Sadikshya Karki, a senior sales executive at Innovate Tech Nepal. Previously, Sadhiksha was...

13/03/2022

The episode count is 20. The episode is titled "The Contrast: A researcher in motion". The episode features Khem Raj Giri (Khem Raj Giri), PhD a postdoctoral researcher at Vanderbilt university medical center. The episode primarily revolves around contrasting his experience in academia in Europe vs the US. The YouTube link for the episode is attached below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PZ8fKvU2O4

For this episode, we have a fun and interesting conversation with Khem Raj Giri, a postdoctoral researcher at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Khem ...

26/02/2022

Yes, episode 19 of , The Journey: From To Ft. Prakash Shrestha, PhD (.shrestha.547), first Nepali NASA scientist in hypersonics is out on YouTube/Spotify. Click the link below to watch the full episode on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3q5Znl7tvc

For this episode, we present to you a conversation with Dr. Prakash Shrestha, first Nepali scientist in hypersonics at the NASA AMES research center. Dr. Shr...

13/02/2022

This week marks the 18th episode of The Banal Podcast and we present to you a conversation with Sunny K. Tuladhar, a solo progressive indie artist, guitarist and an engineer titled The Riffs: Expressing Yourself Through Music. The full episode is available to stream/watch on YouTube, Spotify, Google and Apple Podcasts. Click the link below to watch the episode on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gwMLsB8jBc

For this episode of the podcast, we have a conversation with Sunny K. Tuladhar: a solo progressive indie artist, guitarist and an engineer. Musically gifted ...