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Real Estate Valuation Training
Posted on May 11, 2012 bordernepal
Real Estate Valuation Training
Seven weeks ‘Real Estate Vbuddhi-aluation Training’ programme was conducted by Nepal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (NICS) in collaboration with Purwanchal University Geomatic Institute of Technology from 14 March to 30 April 2012. Twenty-three technicians of Engineering Service- Surveying discipline from Survey Officers to former Director General of Survey Department had successfully completed the training course. During the training programme, 26 subject experts from various disciplines lectured in the class and practical exercise. They were from Secretary tretired Secretary of the Ministries, University teachers to the concerned experts of government departments; and banking sector to authority of land and housing development. The teaching method was adopted as two way communication, i.e. lecture-cum discussion and interaction. This type of training course was conducted for the first time in Nepal of its kind.
After the completion of training course, certificate distribution function was organized by NICS in the Geodetic Hall of Survey Department. On that occasion, Mr. Buddhi Narayan Shrestha, President of NICS and former Director General of Survey Department welcomed all the guests, dignitaries, government authorities and trainees to grace the function.

He highlighted that the main objectives of this training was to produce capable technicians for the actual and accurate cost price valuation of real estate for mortgaging to obtain cash credit from the Commercial Banks, Finance Companies, Co-operatives and other financial institutions. At present, there is a lack of qualified and trained valuers and appraisers of real property in Nepal. High risk is growing day by day for the Nepali Commercial Banks and financial organizations by not getting pay back loans from the debtors. It was due to the over valuation of real property by the under qualified so called valuators. As a result, some of the banks would turn into a bankrupt situation. This type of training will help to minimize or stop the risk to get the bank in liquidation.
In the same way, Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) and various levels of Courts are facing difficulties not having the actual valuation of real property in cbuddhi-certificateonnection to the bail from convicts, who have been alleged on the charges of corruption with illegal earning of land and housing. Proper valuation of real estate by qualified valuers would help to the government to collect appropriate revenue from the accused persons.
Likewise, if the valuation of land and building is made by trained valuators and appraisers, source of government revenue would have been increased in connection to land transaction in the local Land Revenue Offices of the department of Land Reform and Management. It is expected that this type of real estate valuation training would help to determine the rate of the land which will be acquired by the government organizations to execute various economic development projects, such as hydro-electric project, irrigation, road construction project etc.

Distributing the certificates to the successful trainees, Vice-Chancellor of Purwanchal University Prof. Maheswor Man Shrestha addressed that it is necessary to develop a recognized institution for the valuation of immovable property in a scientific and appropriate manner. If the real property is not valuated properly, it will have negative impact for the economic development of nation. Nepal government must formulate a separate department for the valuation of real estate in a managed and trustworthy manner. So University and Colleges of Nepal should manage to run an academic course in this sphere.

On the occasion, Mr. Dinesh Hari Adhikari, Secretary to the Ministry of Land Reform and Management provided copies of ‘Ethics and Code of Conduct of a Surveyor as Real Estate Valuer’ enunciated by International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) through publication number 17 (September 1998). He expressed that the real estate valuer must adopt the code of conduct propounded by FIG to determine the exact and accurate valuation of real property. He informed that ‘Real Estate Valuation Statute-2067′ has been drafted by the ministry. In connection to finalize the draft, it will be discussed also with the expert on real estate valuation to make it a final Act to be submitted to the Constitution Assembly (Parliament).

Director General of Survey Department Mr. Krishna Raj BC opined that the survey professionals should be engaged for the valuation of land and building, so that commercial banks, financial institutions will be benefitted during the flow of credit for the debtors.

Director General of the Department of Land Reform and Management Mr. Jeet Bahadur Thapa congratulated to all the trainees. He expressed that he will employ the real estate valuation professionals to determine the minimum valuation of land and building in connection to the land transaction and transfer of ownership on land.
As a guest speaker Mr. Nagendra Jha, Executive Director of Land Management Training Centre said, real property valuation should be based on factual data and statistics and market price in accordance with the prevailing laws of the country. Such valuation system should be very useful for the banks and financial co-operative institutions to expand their credit flow.

Lastly, Vice-President of NICS and former Director General of Survey Department Mr. Punya Prasad Oli offered vote of thanks to all the guests, dignitaries, Surveyors and participants that it has honoured the NICS to make the programme successful. He hoped that the government will formulate a separate department of real estate valuation; and trained valuers will use their training, knowledge, experience and skill on the related field.

Training contents are as follows:
1. History of real estate valuation
2. Valuation concept and principles
3. Identification of real estate- method, technique, legislation, field identification
4. Indicators of real Estate valuation
5. Factor effecting/ obstacles of real estate valuation
6. Minimum valuation and comparison with other countries
7. Quantity Surveying
8. Concept on building engineering & estimation
9. Map reading/ Introduction to GIS
10. Use of cadastral data in land valuation
11. GIS and software for real estate valuation
12. Applied Practice in banking loan procedure
13. Determination of property value of:
a) Agricultural land and Standing crops, b) Forest land and Trees, c) Water bodies, d) Urban and residential land, e) Barren and public land, f) Un-surveyed and un-registered land, g) Trust and tenant owned land, h) Encumbrances and condominium, i) Infrastructures and utilities, j) Buildings and fences, k) Archeological & Ancient Assets.
14. Legislation on property valuation
15. Proposed statue concerning Real Estate Valuation -2067
16. Real estate / Property taxation
17. Bankers’ Practice in real property valuation
18. Effect on property valuation of: i) Environmental situation and, ii) Planning and land development programmes, iii) Land use zoning.
19. Plant and machinery.
20. Best practices and site visits through internet (Nepal, India, Japan, Malaysia, UK & USA)
21. Preparation of Technical Proposal and Report writing
22. Valuation methods and standards (set out methods and approaches) -Workshop
23. Presentation by individual participants

(This write-up is based on Gorkhapatra Daily, Kantipur Daily, Nepal Samacharpatra Daily and Annapurna Post Daily; published on 1 May, 2 May and 3 May 2012).

From 14 March to 26 April 2013, nine more technicians of Engineering Service- Surveying discipline from Survey Officers to Deputy Director General completed this training for the second time.

 Chartered  Surveyors and  other Holding Certificate of Real Estate Valuation Training

1. Buddhi Narayan Shrestha LM 2. Punya Prasad Oli Gm 3. Tirth Bahadur Pradhananga GM
4. Rajendra Prasad Maratha LM 5. Jagat Raj Paudel GM 6. Niraj Manandhar GM
7. Bharat Prasad Mahaju GM 8. Ujjwal Chandra Gautam GM 9. Dr. Padma Raj Lamichhane GM
10. Padam Lal Paudel GM 11. Sarad Chandra Dawadi GM 12. Ganga Bahadur Shrestha GM
13. Shambu Gyawali GM 14 Ram Naresh Shaha GM 15. Bal Bahadur Bhandari GM
16. Bama Dev Deep CM 17. Ram Sharma Paudel CM 18. Nava raj Subedi CM
19. Keshav Sharma CM 20. Ashok Kumar Bhusal CM 21. Tanka Prasad Dahal CM
22 Dhruba Prasad Aryal CM 23. Bikash Kumar Singh CM 24 Gyanendra Kumar Bista CM
25. Rabindra Man Tamrakar CM 26. Krishna Raj Neupane CM 27. Krishna Chandra Dutta CM
28. Jiwach Prasad Saha CM 29. Bishnu Prasad Neupane CM 30. Durga Das Maharjan CM
31, Hridaya Narayan Misgra CM 32. Dilip Kumar Verma CM  33.Mr. Deepak K.C.C. (Khatri)
34. Mr. Bina Malla 35.  Mr. Dilbhakt Jayana 36. Achuth Prasad Adhikari
37. Hari Dongol 38.Mr. Prasip Sapkota Upadhyay 39.Mr. Suresh Joshi
40.Mr. Roni Sharma 41.Mr. Umesh Kumar 42. Shanti Basnet
43. Prem Bahadur Maharjan 44. Bijaskumar Karna 45.Govind Prasad Adhikari
46. Nirmal Kumar Acharya 47. Mr. Deliren Bondari 48. Shiva Prasad Lamsal
49. Sanjib Kumar Sam 50. Mr. Magnu Dutt 51.Mr. Kishan Singh Bista
 52.Mr. Jitram Khirgoli  53. Dhrub Thapa  54.Rajkumar Sapkota
 55.Chandramani Sharma  56.Dalizing Thapa  57. Navajra Sharma
 58.Vijay Ranamagar  59.Rajman Shrestha  60.Suresh Bhattarai
 61.Damodar Dhakal  62.Anil Marasini  63.Tank Prasad Phuyal
 64.Hari Shrestha 65.Harisharan Nepal 66. Dilipraad Dahal
 67.Sujana Katalu 68.Vimlal Surwal 69.Prasad Ghimire
70.Birendra Kumar Shrestha 71.Karna K.C. 72.Sataat Naapane