{"id":28847,"date":"2026-02-13T15:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/?p=28847"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:38:34","slug":"%f0%9f%8c%8d-a-proud-moment-for-nepal-and-the-global-geotechnical-community-%f0%9f%87%b3%f0%9f%87%b5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/?p=28847","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf0d A Proud Moment for Nepal and the Global Geotechnical Community \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nepal Geotechnical Society (NGS) proudly congratulates our Advisor, NGS Life Member, and Editorial Board Member (GeoMandu 2024 and 2027 conference), Prof. Dr. Binod Tiwari, on receiving the 2025 Varnes Medal \u2014 the highest global honor in landslide research and education.<\/p>\n

The Varnes Medal, awarded by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), recognizes outstanding professional excellence and lifelong contributions to landslide research, disaster risk reduction, and education worldwide.<\/p>\n

Prof. Tiwari\u2019s inspiring journey from Nepal to global leadership in geotechnical engineering and landslide hazard mitigation continues to motivate engineers, researchers, and young professionals across the world.<\/p>\n

NGS is honored to celebrate this remarkable achievement and proud of his continued association and contributions to our professional community.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc4f Congratulations and best wishes for continued excellence, innovation, and global impact.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd17 Learn more about the award: https:\/\/www.landslides.org\/ipl-info\/awards-and-honors\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nepal Geotechnical Society (NGS) proudly congratulates our Advisor, NGS Life Member, and Editorial Board Member (GeoMandu 2024 and 2027 conference), Prof. Dr. Binod Tiwari, on receiving the 2025 Varnes Medal \u2014 the highest global honor in landslide research and education. The Varnes Medal, awarded by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), recognizes outstanding professional excellence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whats-new"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/633581383_1363782889120001_3538133077932427964_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28849,"href":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28847\/revisions\/28849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngeotechs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}