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[[File:Kul ratna tuladhar large.jpg|thumb|200px|Kul Ratna Tuladhar]]
[[File:Kulratna tuladhar statue.jpg|thumb|200px|Tuladhar's statue at the Institute of Engineering, Pulchok]]
'''Kul Ratna Tuladhar, [[CBE]]''' ([[Devanagari]]: कुल रत्न तुलाधर) (6 July 1918 – 2 March 1984) was the first chief engineer of [[Nepal]]'s Public Works Department where he served since its establishment in 1951 till 1957.<ref>{{cite web| last = | first = | authorlink = | url = http://www.dor.gov.np/about_dor.php| title = Background| publisher = Government of Nepal, Department of Roads| year = 2009| accessdate = 8 April 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110902151811/http://www.dor.gov.np/about_dor.php| archive-date = 2 September 2011| url-status = dead}}</ref> The highlight of his term was the construction of [[Tribhuvan Highway]] which opened in 1956. This is Nepal's first highway and links the capital [[Kathmandu]] with the Indian border to the south.<ref>{{cite web | last =| first =| authorlink = | url = http://www.dor.gov.np/road_statistic_2008/Report%20Pages/annex/Annex1.pdf| title =Historical Background and Events| publisher = Department of Roads| date=| accessdate = 8 April 2011}} Page 242.</ref>

Tuladhar also played a major role in the development of engineering education in Nepal's modern history.

==Early life==

[[Tuladhar]] was born in [[Asan, Kathmandu]] to father Asha Ratna and mother Laxmi Maya Tuladhar. After graduating from [[Durbar High School]] in Kathmandu in 1935, he enrolled in Tri-Chandra College in Kathmandu and studied Intermediate in Science, subsequently graduating from [[Patna University]], [[India]] in 1937. Tuladhar then pursued further studies at [[Calcutta University]] and earned a Bachelor in Engineering in 1941.

==Career==

Returning to Nepal, Tuladhar joined government service the same year as headmaster of the Engineering Section, Technical School under the Department of Education. In 1951, he became chief engineer of the Public Works Department where he was in charge of design, construction, maintenance and repair of government buildings, roads and bridges in Nepal.<ref>{{cite web | last =| first =| authorlink = | url = http://www.dor.gov.np/documents/HMIS_News_Letter_17.pdf| title =History of Department of Roads| work = HMIS News| publisher = Highway Management Information System (HMIS) Unit, Department of Roads| date= January 2002| accessdate = 8 April 2011}} Page 3.</ref> Construction of Tribhuvan Highway began in 1953 which marked the start of Nepal's drive towards modernization.

In 1954, Tuladhar became a member of the executive committee of the Nepal Council of World Affairs.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bagale|first=Komal|title=Sixty Years of NCWA|url=http://www.ncwa.org.np/Annual-Journal-NCWA.php|accessdate=13 April 2011|newspaper=Nepal Council of World Affairs: Diamond Jubilee 2007| publisher = Nepal Council of World Affairs|year=2007}} Page 45.</ref>

In 1955, Tuladhar went to [[London]] and studied at the [[Architectural Association School of Architecture]] from where he earned a certificate of post-graduate course in tropical architecture.

He was appointed principal of Nepal Engineering Institute in Lalitpur in 1962, subsequently becoming the first dean of the [[Institute of Engineering]], [[Tribhuvan University]], Kathmandu in 1973. In 1977, he was appointed a member of the [[Civil service commission|Public Service Commission]] by the king of Nepal in which capacity he served till 1983.

Tuladhar has co-authored with Ram Krishna Sharma a book on highway construction entitled ''Manual of Highway Design and Construction'' which was published in 1960.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://202.70.82.238/cgi-bin/koha/opac-ISBDdetail.pl?biblionumber=719 |title=Library Catalog|author= |website=Tribhuvan University Central Library|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref>

==Awards==

Tuladhar was decorated with the Honorary Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in 1962. He was awarded the [[Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu]] I Class in 1969 and the [[Order of Tri Shakti Patta]] II Class in 1983 by the [[List of monarchs of Nepal|king of Nepal]].

==Legacy==

In 2010, a life-sized statue of Tuladhar was erected on the premises of the Institute of Engineering at Pulchok, [[Lalitpur District, Nepal|Lalitpur]]. A street in downtown Kathmandu was named Kul Ratna Marg by [[Kathmandu Metropolitan City]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kathmandu.gov.np/UserFiles/Image/kmc_street_map01.jpg |title=Addressed Road Network Map |publisher=Kathmandu Metropolitan City |accessdate=12 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006214525/http://www.kathmandu.gov.np/UserFiles/Image/kmc_street_map01.jpg |archivedate= 6 October 2011 }}</ref>

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