Electrical & Electronics Engineer

Keshav Jha.

Hey, my name's Keshav. I like building things that get used.

Kathmandu University graduate and co-founder of G. Nepal. Power systems, embedded electronics, drone surveying and machine learning, mostly out in the field in Nepal.

Solar panels raised on a timber frame above crops, with a PV combiner box

Open to engineering work · Kathmandu, Nepal 230 V50 Hz

Power first.
Everything else grew out of it.

66/11kV

Banepa grid substation, field study.

24

Hand-checked tests behind the solar sizing calculator.

27

Nepali cities with real PVGIS sunshine data in ElectricalCalc AI.

2026

B.E. Electrical & Electronics, Kathmandu University.

Kathmandu University · G. Nepal · NTIC · Nupche Likhu Hydropower · Temple University · Bidur, Nuwakot

What I do.

Power

Power systems & renewable energy

Hydropower, switchyard and protection work from the Nupche Likhu internship and the Banepa 66/11 kV substation field study. Solar PV sizing and yield estimation from the agrivoltaics pilot, and a site study of the solar farm in Bidur, Nuwakot.

Hydropower headworks and settling basin in a Himalayan valley

Embedded

Embedded electronics

Arduino and ESP32 builds with IMU, GPS and GSM modules. Circuits are simulated in Proteus or MATLAB before they go on a board.

A hand-soldered circuit on perforated board

Field

Drone surveying & mapping

Aerial survey and mapping of terrain, roads, bridges and settlements. Most recently in Rasuwa and Nuwakot after the 2026 Bhote Koshi flood, on deployment through the Prime Minister's Office.

Terraced fields beside a glacial river, seen from the air

Software

AI & machine learning

Model development, training and evaluation in Python, and the data and digital systems side of G. Nepal's products, including the Gnepal LMS platform.

Media

Video & camera work

Editing and camera work for project documentation and for G. Nepal's outreach with schools and government offices.

Selected projects.
Power and solar first. The flood survey closes the list.

Power · Software

Off-grid Solar Sizing Calculator

Sizes panels, battery bank, inverter (including motor surge), MPPT controller, fuses and cables, then draws a single-line diagram and a PDF report with every step shown. 24 hand-checked tests in JavaScript and Python.

The off-grid solar sizing calculator with its single-line diagram

Power · Software

ElectricalCalc AI

Preliminary solar PV and electrical calculations with every equation shown. Home solar with real PVGIS sunshine data for 27 Nepali cities and the NEA slab bill, solar farms with string and inverter matching, power-factor correction, cable voltage drop to IEC 60228, and draft PDF reports.

ElectricalCalc AI home page
Solar panels on a timber frame over crops

Power · Research

Agrivoltaics Research and Demonstration Project

Electrical design and configuration of a pilot system that grows crops under solar PV. System sizing, structural layout planning, energy yield estimation and field monitoring of generation performance.

NTIC · Funded by Prof. Sujith Ravi, Temple University · Dhulikhel

Rows of ground-mounted solar panels on a grass field

Power · Site study

Bidur Solar Farm Site Study

Site study of the solar farm in Bidur, Nuwakot.

Bidur, Nuwakot · Solar PV

Hydropower headworks in a Himalayan valley

Power · Internship

Nupche Likhu Hydropower Project

Turbines, generators and auxiliary equipment on the generation side. Switchyard operations with circuit breakers, isolators, CTs, PTs and protection systems. Transmission line configuration, protection coordination and grid interconnection.

Engineering Intern · 1 month

Transmission towers above a substation yard

Power · Field study

Banepa 66/11 kV Substation Study

Field study of the Banepa 66/11 kV grid substation as part of the power systems, switchgear and protection coursework at Kathmandu University.

Kathmandu University · Switchgear & protection

Builds

Lithium cells with a relay board

Battery Management System

Voltage, current and temperature monitoring with overcharge, deep-discharge and thermal protection.

Power electronics · Protection

Pole-mounted solar trackers

Single-Axis Solar Tracker

LDR-driven tracker with motor-driver angular control. About 25% more energy than a fixed panel in simulation.

Arduino · Proteus · Solar

A hand-built tracked robot with a wooden body and loose wiring

Solar Panel Cleaning Robot

Brush and water-jet cleaner that traverses the panel, with monitoring to measure the efficiency gain.

DC motors · Control circuit

A white full-face motorcycle helmet

Smart Helmet

Detects impacts from an MPU IMU and sends the rider's GPS location by SMS through a GSM module.

Arduino · IMU · GPS · GSM

A hand-soldered perfboard circuit with an 8-pin chip

Laser Security Alarm

LDR and laser intrusion detector with a latching 555 alarm. Simulated in Proteus, then built on a PCB.

LM358 · 555 timer · PCB

Spreadsheet produced by the PDF tables tool

PDF Tables to Excel

Pulls every table out of a PDF into an Excel workbook, one worksheet per page, with numbers kept as numbers and scanned pages flagged for OCR instead of guessed.

Terraced fields and a glacial river in a Himalayan valley, seen from the air

Field · Aug – Sep 2026

Rasuwa Flood Drone Survey

After the 26 August 2026 Bhote Koshi flash flood, the G. Nepal team, including me, was sent to Rasuwa and Nuwakot on deployment from the Prime Minister's Office. Aerial survey and mapping of damaged terrain, settlements, roads and bridges along the Rasuwa and Trishuli corridor, for search, rescue and relief planning.

Made by Keshav.
Software I built. Open it right here, no GitHub needed.

ElectricalCalc AI

Solar and electrical design for Nepal

Runs in your browser

Home solar with real PVGIS sunshine data for 27 Nepali cities and the NEA slab bill, solar farms with string and inverter matching, cable voltage drop to IEC 60228, and PDF reports with every equation shown.

ElectricalCalc AI start page

CableCalc Nepal

Cable and breaker sizing, LV to 400 kV lines

Runs in your browser · English and नेपाली

Tell it what you are powering, where the cable runs and how far. It gives the cable to ask for, the breaker and every part to buy, the voltage your appliance actually gets, and every step of the calculation, using the IS and IEC methods used in Nepal.

CableCalc Nepal start page: the right cable, from the house meter to a 400 kV line

Off-grid Solar Sizing

Panels, battery, inverter, cables

Sizes the whole off-grid system, draws the single-line diagram and prints a PDF report with every step shown.

Runs in your browser

PDF Tables to Excel

Python program for Windows, Mac, Linux

Pulls every table out of a PDF into an Excel workbook, one sheet per page. Needs Python 3 with pdfplumber and openpyxl.

Download and run

Lyrics for YouTube

Chrome extension

Shows the lyrics of the song next to the YouTube video you are watching.

Download coming soon

G. Robotics Reels Pipeline

Automation that runs in the cloud

Researches, renders, checks and publishes short tech videos for G. Robotics, three to four a day, on a schedule.

Runs behind the scenes, nothing to open

A little about me.

Electrical and Electronics Engineer, graduated from Kathmandu University in 2026. Most of my coursework and project work was on the power side: hydropower, transmission, protection and solar.

That included a short internship at the Nupche Likhu Hydropower Project and an agrivoltaics pilot in Dhulikhel with the Nepal Technology Innovation Center. Alongside that, embedded work with Arduino and ESP32, usually simulated in Proteus or MATLAB first, some machine learning in Python, and video editing and camera work when a project needs it.

G. Nepal is a small company a few of us started in Kathmandu. It works on robotics, drones, AI and STEM education for schools and government offices. After the Bhote Koshi flood in August 2026 the team, including me, was sent to Rasuwa and Nuwakot for drone surveying and mapping.

Experience.
2021 – present

  • Technology and R&D company working on robotics, drones, AI, renewable energy and STEM education.
  • Company strategy and engagement with government offices and schools.
  • The AI, machine learning and digital systems side of the work, including the Gnepal LMS platform.
Agrivoltaics Research and Demonstration ProjectNTIC · Funded by Prof. Sujith Ravi, Temple University · DhulikhelCompleted
  • Electrical design and configuration of a pilot system that grows crops under solar PV.
  • System sizing, structural layout planning, energy yield estimation and field monitoring of generation performance.
Nupche Likhu Hydropower ProjectEngineering Intern1 month
  • Turbines, generators and auxiliary equipment on the generation side.
  • Switchyard operations with circuit breakers, isolators, CTs, PTs and protection systems.
  • Transmission line configuration, protection coordination and grid interconnection.
Kathmandu UniversityB.E. Electrical & Electronics Engineering (Power & Control) · Dhulikhel2021 – 2026
  • Power systems, switchgear and protection, control systems, embedded electronics.
  • Field study of the Banepa 66/11 kV grid substation.
KU Leadership and Professional Development ClubSecretary1 year
  • Coordinated technical and professional development events.
  • Managed official documentation and communication.
Rasuwa Flood ResponseDrone surveying and mapping · G. Nepal team, deployed through the Prime Minister's OfficeAug – Sep 2026
  • Went to Rasuwa and Nuwakot with G. Nepal's pilots and team after the 26 August 2026 Bhote Koshi flash flood.
  • Aerial survey and mapping of damaged terrain, settlements, roads and bridges along the Rasuwa and Trishuli corridor for search, rescue and relief planning.

Tech specs.

Education
B.E. Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel · 2021 – 2026
Programming
C, C++, Python, MATLAB
Simulation & design
Proteus, MATLAB / Simulink, AutoCAD Electrical
Hardware
Arduino, ESP32, GPS and GSM modules, IMU sensors
Media
Video editing, camera work
Languages
Nepali, Maithili, Hindi, English
Based in
Kathmandu, Nepal
Status
Open to engineering work and collaborations

G. Nepal.

A technology and R&D company in Kathmandu. We research and prototype things internally, use them ourselves, then release them. Current ventures:

In development

GRobotics

K-12 robotics curriculum with hands-on kits for schools.

Live

Gnepal LMS

Learning platform built around Nepal's federal structure.

In development

Aerial Systems

Survey and inspection drones for terraced terrain.

In development

Queuing System

Queue management for government service counters.

Revamp underway

EltNepal

English language training academy.

Live

Narojeko Bato

Online storefront and publishing.

Visit gnepal.org

Open to engineering work and collaborations

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Tell me what you're working on. Power, embedded, drones or something in between.

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Any day from today onwards.

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