Dr. Basanta Raj Adhikari

Topic of the Presentation:

Safeguarding the Himalayas: leveraging geohazard investigation for sustainable risk mitigation

About Speaker:

Basanta Raj Adhikari holds a Ph.D. degree in Earth Sciences from the University of Vienna, Austria. His main research interest are disaster risk reduction and management, Climate change and hill slope dynamics, tectonic geomorphology, landslide, floods, and Earthquakes in the mountain. He is the author of more than 40 scientific papers and book chapters and received various recognitions for his work in the field of earth science i.e. Young Scientist (Integrated Research on Disaster Risk) and “young affiliates” (The World Academy of Sciences). He has been contributing to the policy documents for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in planning and implementation at both national and international levels.