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Keshav Prasad Sharma, Ph.D.
Hydrologist
Nepalese
E-mail: kpspoudel@gmail.com
Phone No.: 0977-9802011786, 00977-1-4428050(Res)
Nepal
25 years
Education
 Ph.D. in Earth Sciences (1993-1997), University of New
Hampshire, Durham , NH, USA ( research on climatic
trends and climate change impacts on hydrology in the
Himalayan region, courses in hydrology in the Himalayan
region, courses in hydrology, GIS and advanced modeling
techniques)
 M. Tech. in Hydrology (1980-1982), University of Roorkee
(renamed as Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in 2001),
India (Specialization in surface water hydrology and
watershed management)
 Degree in Science- Atmospheric Physics (1976-1979),
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal (specialization in
meteorology)
 Diploma in Science (1973-1975), Tribhuvan University,
Kathmandu, Nepal (meteorology major, physics and math).
Trainings
 Vulnerability and adaptation assessment, Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay, India.
 Application of microcomputers to primary processing of
hydrological data, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT),
Bangkok, Thailand.
 Application of computers to hydrological studies,
UNESCO/Central Water and Power Research Station,
Pune, India.
 Training course in hydrological forecasting, WMO/NOAA/
University of California, Davis and National Weather
Service, Portland, Oregon.
 Modeling of hydrologic systems, UNESCO/ National Institute
of Hydrology, Roorkee, India.
 South Asia Regional Training Workshop on Watershed
Modeling, Global Change Impact Studies Centre and
Pakistan Meteorological Department, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Summary of Experience: Dr. Sharma has 25 years of experience in hydrological database
management, hydrological modeling, hydrological investigations, hydro-meteorological forecasting,
hydrometry, water resources assessment, GIS, and technical writing. He has worked as a hydrologist
at various river basins such as Bagmati River basin, Rapti and Babai basin, Narayani basin. He has
been consistently involved in development and implementation of hydrology and hydraulics models
for flood forecasting in various river basin of Nepal as a director general, deputy director general and
senior hydrologist at Department of Hydrology and meteorology, Kathmandu. Currently, he has been
working as a technical director at ADAPT-Nepal.