It is universally accepted that at a degree granting institution, all faculty members should be engaged in scholarly activities for its sustainability and development. Without a climate of research and development activities, a college of engineering is simply an advanced technical school. That is the main reason why, the Centre for Applied research and Development (CARD) was established; to sustain the primary mandate pf the Institute of Engineering (IOE) to educate and develop new knowledge through a vigorous and highly visible research environment. CARD is an autonomous research and development center within the IOE, Tribhuvan University (TU). Its establishment on April 15,1994 is a part of the collaboration program between IOE/TU and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University of Trondheim through funds made available by Norwegian Universities' Committee for Development Research and Education (NUFU). CARD thrives to establish a culture of research and development leadership at the IOE. It shall support all kinds of scholarly activities: fundamental research, applied research development, contract research to government, non-governmental and international agencies. It capitalizes on the wide range of multi-disciplinary in-house expertise and capabilities of the IOE.