Curriculum-Vitae

Krishna Prasad Bhandari

Date of Birth: 04-08-1968 Place of Birth: Dhikurpokhari-4 Kaski, Nationality: Nepalese

Address

Correspondence Western Region campus Lamachour, Pokhara -16, Nepal E-mail [email protected] Permanent Dhikurpokhari-4 kaski, Nepal

Academic Qualifications

Degree Subjects From To Institute Address Environmental Faculty of Environmental Management/PGI June, July, 90112, HatYai, PhD Management, Prince of S for soil erosion 2010 2014 Shongkla,Thailand Songkla University managent Centre for Space Post Graduate 1, and Technology 4 kalidas Road, Remote Sensing 30, June Diploma in RS October Education in Asia Pacific Dehradun, and GIS 2007 and GIS 2006 (CSSTEAP UN Uttrakhand,India Affiliated), IIRS. Master’s Central Department of Degree in Kirtipur, Mathematics 1992 1994 Mathematics, Tribhuvan Science (M. University, Nepal Sc. ) Bachelor’s Physics,Chem,Ma Lainchaur, degree in 1989 1991 ths Amrit Campus ,Nepal Kathmandu Science ( B. Sc. ) Bachelor’s Tribhuvan University, Degree in Mathematics 1996 1997 Prithvi Narayan Multiple Pokhara-1 Kaski Education (B. Campus, Nepal Ed.)

Experience

• Associate Professor at Institute of Engineering, Western Region Campus Lamachaur, Pokhara, Nepal since 2012-04-19. • Teaching Assistance in Faculty of Environmental Management, from June 2010 to October 2010, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Thailand. • Lecturer in Mathematics at the Institute of Engineering, Western Region Campus Lamachaur, Pokhara, Nepal since 1996-09-07 to 2012-04-18. • Head of the Department Science and Humanities at the Institute of Engineering, Western Region Campus, Lamachaur, Pokhara, Nepal since 2007 -11-15 to 2010-03- • Visiting faculty at summer winter school of CEPT University, India "Rethinking Pokhara after Earthquake" course at Faculty of Technology from 1 Dec, 2015 to 13 Dec, 2015. • Visiting faculty at Lumbini Engineering College , Pokhara University, Bhairahwa, Nepal.

Project experience • Team leader , preparation of VDC level Land resource map (Present Land Use Map , soil map, Land capability map, land capability map, land use zoning map, VDC profile for Land Use zoning and superimposed of cadastral layer , National Land Use Project, Ministry of land reform and management , Government of Nepal,2071 . • Team leader, classification of land based on the VDCs level land use zoning map, National Land Use Project, ministry of land reform and management , Government of Nepal,2072. • Team Leader on Assessment Of Kahphuche (Gopche) Glacial Lake Expansion and Its Potential Impact In Kaski, Tanahun And Lamjung District, Nepal: Using Geospatial Tools, Hariyo ban ,WWF, Nepal

National Seminar and Training

• Participant of seminar on Teaching Skill Improvement Training for Certificate and Bachelor level Students , From 13 September 1999 to 23 September Technical Instructors Training Institute • Participant of Workshop on Research Methodology: Issues and Methods in Research from February 10 to February 12, 2000.Institute of Engineering and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. • Citizen monitoring for Public Services Delivery from July 6 to 8, 2004 Organised by citizen monitoring cell, Kaski and civil society Support Project, Pro-public. • National conference on Mathematics Nov 9-10,2004 Organised by Department of Mathematics, Prithvi Narayan Campus, Tribhuvan University and Mathematical society

International Summer School, Seminar, Workshop and Training

• Participant of Seminar on Two weeks Training for Environmental Pollution Control Engineering, Global Pathways Project.21 January to 2 February, 2004, Colorado School of Mines Golden Colorado, U.S.A. • “International Leadership Development Course on PO Capacity Building and Multisector Collaboration in Health and Development, From September 4, 2006to October 9, 2006. Asian Heath Institute ,Nisshin,Aichi,Japan • Participate on International School on LiDAR Technology from March 31 to April 4,2008,conducted by the Department of Civil Engineering,Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. • Participant in International training on Microwave remote sensing and its application, from 4 th April to 29 th April 2011 in CSSTEAP, IIRS, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India . • Participate on 7th ISPRS student Consortium and WG VI/5 Summer School 8-12 October 2011, National Central University, Jhongli, Taoyuan, Taiwan. • Participate on 2011 Capacity Building Workshop of Satellite Remote Sensing for Southeast Asian Scientists, held in the campus of National Central University in Jhongli, Taiwan from November 24 to December 2, 2011. • Participate on 9th ISPRS student Consortium and WG VI/5 Summer School ,25-30 November, 2013, Bali, Indonesia. • Participate on Multi sensors Remote Sensing Technology for Sustainable Disaster Management Workshop, held in 34 th Asian Conferences on Remote Sensing 2013. Bali, Indonesia from November 20-23, 2013. • Participate on United Nations/Belarus Workshop on Space Technology Applications for Socio-Economic Benefits held in Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus11-15 November 2013. • Participate on Developing Capacities on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Asia-Pacific Region ,to be held from 28 April-1 May 2014 in Jeju, Republic of Korea, organized by UNITAR CIFAL Jeju. • Paper presented and participate in United Nations/Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics Workshop on the Use of Global NavigationSatellite Systems for Scientific Applications,to be held from 1 – 5 December 2014 Trieste, Italy organised by UNOOSA and ICTP Italy . • Participate on GeoInformatics summer school in the practice Spatial-Temporal Big Data Analysis and Data Science organized by Wuhan University and ISPRS Technical Commission VI Summer 4-14 June 2015, Wuhan, China. • Paper presented and participate in ICG Experts Meeting: Global Navigation Satellite Systems Services ,14 – 18 December 2015, Vienna, Austria • Participate workshop on the Use of Ionospheric GNSS Satellite Derived Total Electron Content Data for Navigation, Ionospheric and Space Weather Research 20 - 24 June 2016 , ICTP, Trieste, Italy

International Conference

• Participated and paper presented On Application of GIS modeling for Dengue fever Prone area based on socio-cultural and environmental factors –A case study of Delhi city zone at the XXI ISPRS congress Silk Road for Information from Imagery held in Beijing, China 3-11 July 2008. • Paper Presented on topic Application of GIS for Japanese Encephalitis Risk Zone Mapping Based on Socio-cultural and Environmental Factors –A case Study of Kailali, Badriya and Banke district of Nepal ’ at 29 th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS 2008) Colombo, Srilanka, 10-14 November 2008 • Paper presented on topic Integration of Geographic Information System and System Dynamics for Solid Waste Management System –A case study of Pokhara Sub- Metropolitan city, Nepal, Twenty Eighth International System Dynamics Conference, Seoul, Korea July 25-29, 2010. • Paper Presented on topic Climate Change and Land Use Dynamics; Perspective on Soil Erosion Problem in Phewa lake Watershed area of Nepal ,’ at 32 nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS 2011) held on October 3-7, 2011, Taipei, Taiwan • Participated and paper presented On Participatory GIS for Soil Conservation in Phewa Watershed of Nepal” at the XXII ISPRS congress, Imaging a Sustainable future, held in Melbourne, Australia, 25August-1 September 2012. • Paper Presented on topic Stakeholders’ Perception of PGIS Technology for Soil Erosion Management of Phewa Watershed in Nepal at 33 rd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS 2012) held on November 26-30, Pattaya, Thailand • Paper Presented on topic Planning for Optimum Soil Erosion Management Based on Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System: a Case of Watershed in Nepal at 34 th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS 2013) held on November 20-25, Bali, Indonesia. • Participated in International Beacon Satellite Symposium 2016. 26 June -1 July 2016, ICTP, Trieste, Italy

Membership in Organization

• Member in 11 th PhD colloquium international system dynamics society, Seoul Korea • Life member, Indian Remote Sensing Society, IIRS, Dehradun, India • International Geospatial Society, the International Geospatial Society is the.individual membership arm of the GSDI Association, 2013 • Nepal Co-coordinator, ISWI

Research Activities:

• Application of GIS modeling for Dengue fever prone area based on socio-cultural and Environmental factors –A case study of Delhi city zone • Application of GIS for Japanese Encephalitis Risk Zone Mapping Based on Socio- cultural and Environmental Factors –A case Study of Kailali, Badriya and Banke district of Nepal • Application of wireless Communication in the upliftment of rural livelihood –A case study of rural villages in Maygdi district of Nepal • Soil Erosion in Watershed and Sedimentation Problem in Phewa Lake: A Study through Climate Change and Environmental Conservation Perspectives, 2014 • Soil Erosion Risk Assessment using Analytical Hierarchical Process and GIS: a case Study of Phewa Lake Watershed Area, Nepal • Team leader for the land

Editorial

• Editor in Chief, Volume-6, 2008 Techno-Journal Institute of Engineering, Western Region Campus Nepal Engineering Students Society

Scholarships, Fellowship and Awards: • Government of India scholarship for the Post graduate Diploma in RS and GIS in Centre for space science and technology for Asia Pacific (affiliated to UN) • Mini research fellowship from University Grant commission of Nepal ISPRS conference fellowship at XXI ISPRS congress in Beijing, 2008. • President scholarship for PhD in Faculty of Environmental management, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Thailand • Certificate of Honour from Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University Thailand for representing the member of 11 th PhD colloquium of International society of System dynamics • CTSPRS Accommodation Support award in the 32 nd Asian Conference of Remote Sensing 3-7 October 2011, Taipei, Taiwan • ISPRS conference fellowship at XXII ISPRS congress in Australia, 2012 • INSA JRD-TATA fellowship training at CSSTEAP, IIRS Dehradun form 17 Feb, 2013 – 18 may, 2013 • Certification of outstanding Participant award GeoInformatics summer school in the practice Spatial-Temporal Big Data Analysis and Data Science organized by Wuhan University and ISPRS Technical Commission VI Summer 4-14 June 2015, Wuhan, China.

Conference Proceeding Publication

• Bhandari, K.P., Raju, P.L.N. &Sokhi, B.S. (2008). Application of GIS Modeling for Dengue Fever Prone Area Based on Socio-Cultural and Environmental Factors –A Case Study of Delhi City Zone. Proceeding of the XXI International society of Photogrametry and Remote Sensing, Beijing, China, 3-11 July. • Bhandari, K.P., Raju, P.L.N. &Banstola,K. (2008). Application of GIS for Japanese Encephalitis Risk Zone Mapping Based on Socio-Cultural and Environmental Factors –A Case Study of Kailali, Badriya and Banke Districts of Nepal . Proceeding of the 29 th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 10-14 November. • Bhandari, K.P. & Darnsawasdi, R. (2010). Integration of Geographic Information System and System Dynamics for Solid Waste Management System –A case study of Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan city, Nepal . Twenty Eighth International System Dynamics Conference, Seoul, Korea July 25-29. • Bhandari, K.P. (2011). Climate Change and Land Use Dynamics; Perspective on Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Problem in Phewa Lake Watershed Area of Nepal . Proceeding of the 32nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Taipei, Taiwan, October 3-7. • Bhandari, K.P. (2012). Participatory GIS for Soil Conservation in Phewa Watershed of Nepal. Proceeding of the XXII International Society of Photogrametry and Remote Sensing congress, Melbourne, Australia, 25August-1 September. • Garg, R.D., Agarwal, A., Jain, S., Bhandari, K.P.(2012). Comparison of Various Techniques of Glacial Lake Mapping in Teesta River Basin, India . In proceeding: The XXII ISPRS congress, Melbourne, Australia. 25August-1 September. • Bhandari, K. P., & Darnsawasdi, R. (2012). Stakeholders’ Perception of PGIS Technology for Soil Erosion Management of Phewa Watershed in Nepal. Proceeding of the 33rd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Pattaya, Thailand, November 26- 30. • Bhandari, K. P., & Darnsawasdi, R. (2013). Planning for Optimum Soil Erosion Management Based on Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System: a Case of Watershed in Nepal. Proceeding of the 34 th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Bali, Indonesia, November 20-25.

International Journal Publication

• Bhandari, K. P., & Darnsawasdi, R. (2014).Sensitivity Analysis of Soil Erosion on Impacts of Land use Land Cover Change in Phewa Watershed, International journal of current engineering and technology volume 4(3), 2075-2082. • Bhandari, K. P., Aryal, J. & Darnsawasdi, R. (2015).A geospatial approach to assessing soil erosion in a watershed by integrating socio-economic determinants and the RUSLE model, Natural hazards volume 75(1), 321-342. • Bhandari, K.P. & Darnsawasdi, R. (2014). Application of remote sensing and participatory soil erosion assessment approach for soil erosion mapping in a watershed,Wlailak journalvolume 12(8): 689-702.

Language Skill

• Nepali • English • Hindi Certification The undersigned, certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, this resume correctly describes my qualifications, my experience and myself. I understand that any willful misstatement described herein may lead to my disqualification or dismissal, if admitted.

Dr. Krishna Prasad Bhandari