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Madhav Narayan Shrestha, PhD 185/54, Karakhushi Marga, Kuleswor, GPO Box #3610, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel : +977 1 4271429, Cell : +977 9841 294941 Email: [email protected] DATE OF BIRTH: 16 Nov 1960 NATIONALITY: Nepali MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCEITIES: Climate Association, Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council, WIN Germany, BPD Water & Sanitation U.K., The Institute of Engineers (India), AIT Alumni Association Nepal, IITRA Nepal, IITMAA, Nepal Engineer’s Association, Japanese Alumni Association of Nepal, Society of Public Health Engineer’s Nepal, Society of Hydrologist and Meteorologist Nepal, Association of Oversees Training Scholarship Japan, and Nepal Engineering Council KEY QUALIFICATIONS: o Team Leadership to coordinate and lead different sector experts for Integrated infrastructure development of Bagmati Civilization project and Multi Dimensional Study of the River Basin Project (Bagmati, Nepal) and knowledge management for comprehensive Environmental Management Plan (EMP) o Reviewer/Evaluator of Project Proposals (Adaptation H2O Program: IDRC’s Graduate Research Award on Climate Change and Natural resource: Water) o Designing of Output Based Aid (OBA) mechanism and implementation guide lines for water and sanitation sector o Advisory, advocacy and strengthening and facilitation skill services to multistakeholders and NGOs from team building to quality delivery process for sustainable targeted outcome of water and sanitation, knowledge management and networking & communication for effective coordination, integration and synergetic way forward among different stakeholders (donors, implementing partners and development actors. o Strategy development, planning and program management, monitoring and evaluation of development programs for promotion of effective natural resource (water) use and increase access to water and sanitation services o Operating and managing integrated water and sanitation, and operational management of system considering effective community based social process for financial and environmental sustainability o Conducting training and interpersonal skills- from formulation to delivery mechanism. o Research experience in applied modeling - from formulation to validation, research supervise/examine Master’s and Ph.D Thesis in natural resource (water resource), environment and climate change o Consulting works- Water supply consultant for groundwater and community based water supply projects, developing and conducting training on Hydrology, IWRM and Instrumentation, prepare sector proposal, storm water design and environment sanitation, develop curriculum for Construction Water Supply and Sanitation with Performance Guide, Tasks Catalogue and Modular Curriculum Guide (ADB Project), develop national skill standard of water & sanitation and construction. o Technical training (research) on Emergency WASH, groundwater governance, water demand management, water quality management and water pollution control, application of GIS and Remote Sensing, and water works engineering.

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EDUCATION: o Doctor of Philosophy (Environmental Water Resources), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India 2002 o Master of Engineering (Water Resources Development), Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, 1990 o Bachelor of Engineering (Civil-Honors), University of Roorkee (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee), Roorkee, India, 1988 o On line course on “Policy and Management in Developing Countries: Periurban Water and Sanitation Services, UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands, June 2010 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

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Asia Regional (One week) Aug. 2008 (Nepal)- Emergency WASH Training with focus on recurring emergencies (floods etc.) in South Asia Context based upon the Hygiene Improvement Framework , delivered by UNICEF (Nepal), RedR(UK) and RedR( India), supported by Kathmandu University and funded by ECHO (5 days) Nov 2006 to March 2007(India)-Research Training on Groundwater Governance in Asia in the theory and practice: Multi sector-cross cutting Research and Training by International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Sri Lanka, and IIT Roorkee(four week) Nov.2006 (Kansas, USA)- Research Training on Groundwater Governance by International Water Management Institute (IWMI ) and University of Kansas, Kansas, USA(four weeks) June 2005 (Nepal)-Microsoft certified system Engineer’s training course conducted by Kathmandu College of Management, Kathmandu, (six months) July 2005 (India)-Water Demand Management (WDM) in Bhopal, India by UNHABITAT, Nepal and UN-HABITAT India (two weeks) Oct. 2004 (China)-Water Quality Management and Water Pollution Control by TCDC 2004 China, organized in University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China(six weeks) Aug. 2002 (India)-A short term course in GIS and Its application in Environmental Engineering by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, (one week) Jan. 1999( India)-Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in Town Planning by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, India, (seven weeks), Oct. 1996( Japan)-Special Training Course on water works engineering for cold regions by JICA, Japan, (eight weeks) Oct. 1994 (Japan)-Technical Training in Water Works by Association for Oversees Technical Scholarship, Japan,(ten weeks)

EMPLOYMENT: Dec’11- present Team Leader (Environment Engineer), Kavre Valley Integrated Water Supply Project/Secondary Towns Integrated Urban Environmental Improvement Project/CSC-BDA-CEMAT JV, to coordinate and lead the expert ‘s team for detailed design verification, project planning and monitoring, environmental and social compliance monitoring of Integrated water supply works,

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contract administration and management, negotiation and coordinate with stakeholders for socio-economic and governance issues, and prepare manuals, guidelines and capacity building of the Water Board for operational sustainability. June’10- Nov 2011 Team Leader (Environment Engineer), High powered Committee for Integrated Development of Bagmati Civilization/BDA-MULTI JV, to co-ordinate and lead the expert ‘s team for designing and supervision works of environment infrastructure development works (municipal trunk sewers , service road, green belt development, river training and other works along with the Bagmati River and its tributaries), contract administration and management, negotiation and coordinate with stakeholders for socio-economic and governance issues, and develop and implement quality assurance plan May ‘09 – May’ 10Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Consultant Senior Advisor, SNV Netherlands Development Organization Nepal, deliver advisory services, facilitating and capacity strengthening to Governmental and Non –governmental stakeholders to improve their capacity to work with poor and marginalized communities to increase sustainable access to basic service (WASH) and brokering & linking knowledge management activities among WASH organizations and development agencies, expand and maintain WASH Network at national and international level, and strategy & policy formulation Feb ‘08-Apr ‘09 Unit Chief/Team leader, Research & Development and Information Technology Unit, Kathmandu Valley Water Supply Limited (KUKL), Nepal, commence consulting and research activities on capacity strengthening program on community based water management and conducting capacity building training on Water management, and establishment of IT networks for operational water centers operating in real time water revenue collection and investment business plan (ADB Project) Jan ‘00-Jan ‘08 Branch Manager (Team leader)/Program Chief, Nepal Water Supply Corporation (NWSC), responsible for development and implementation of participatory Water Resources and sanitation projects, overall management (administration, technical system operation and financial) of Water supply system solving scarcity and conflict issues, water resource optimal use ( trade-off), monitoring and evaluation of the projects in Kathmandu Valley Apr ‘92- Dec ‘99 Water Supply and Sanitation Engineer/Deputy Team Leader, NWSC, design water resource and sanitation projects with conjunctive use of surface and groundwater assessing environment and financial sustainability, ensure community based social process for equitable and optimized operation of the projects Nov ’90-Mar ‘92 Senior Engineer, Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT), Nepal, formulate and instruct various capacity building training courses on water and sanitation, develop program activities on knowledge management on rural water resources in technical schools (ADB Project). Aug ‘81- Jun ‘84 Sub Engineer (Overseer), Mini. of Local Development, Nepal, design and supervision of communities led rural water supply and building construction of village schools, river training works, and water & sanitation projects.

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SELECTED CONSULTANCIES: May- Dec’10

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Aug' 96-Jan'97

Output Based Aid Expert, Asian Development Bank (Intermittent Input) design OBA mechanism and implementation guide lines for water supply and sanitation sector for use in towns of Nepal with recommendation on appropriate payment levels, pre-financing arrangement, targeting mechanism, and implementation arrangements including monitoring and verification. Team Leader, Multi Dimensional Study of the Bagmati River Basin Project, Water and Energy Commission Secretariat, Nepal, responsible for leading different sector experts and knowledge management team to complete comprehensive environmental analysis on Multi Dimensional Study of the River Basin (Bagmati, Nepal) focusing on Environmental Management Plan (EMP), and strategic planning and water resources utilization plan on optimization of water use considering constraints of impact achievement toward increase access to basic as well as development services WaSH Expert, Local Capacity Building of Service Delivery Organizations Project/SNV, to assist WASH service delivery organizations for the capacity strengthening activities to work with poor and marginalised communities to improve and ensure impact achievement to access to safe water and improved sanitation services. Water Resource Consultant, Groundwater Tubewell Drilling Land Pulling Project, Kathmandu Metropolitan Corporation, Kathmandu, Nepal, design and supervise community led deep Tubewell construction. Hydrologist/Water Resources Specialist, Development of Training Curriculum for Hydrology and Instrumentation Project, South Asian Institute of Technology, Nepal, to develop and conduct training curriculum on Hydrology, IWRM for International trainees from Bhutan Engineering Division Chief, Development of Complete Engineering Project Proposals, IRDS Pvt. Ltd, Nepal, responsible for project design and implementation for Infrastructure services programs(includes water & sanitation) with private sector investment plan and energy sector management. Subject Matter Expert, Technical Education and Vocational Training Development Project ADB /CTEVT Nepal, responsible for development of curriculum for construction water supply and sanitation Skill Standard Development Expert, Development of various National Skill Standard of Water Supply & Sanitation and Construction Technology for performance competence evaluation of skill standard of middle level technician Drainage Engineer, Kathmandu Metropolitan City/MULTI Consultancy, responsible for complete design of ADB funded Municipality Infrastructure Improvement Project on Storm Water Drainage System in mountainous area (100 ha) in Western part of Kathmandu Metropolitan City considering long term economical feasibility and environmental sustainability and prepare project reports and bidding documents for immediate implementation.

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Sep'95-Jan'97

Water Supply Expert/Consultant, Water Supply Distribution program for Gongabu Land Pulling Project, Kathmandu Valley Town Development Committee, responsible for complete design of water supply system serving 70 thousand population and preparation of Technical Specification for the project

SELECTED RESEARCH WORK/RESEARCH CONSULTANCY: Oct-Nov ‘11

Reviewer/Evaluator, International Development Research Center IDRC), Canada, to review Research Project proposal submitted with IDRC‘s Adaptation –H2O Graduate Research Award Program, Contract No. 114931(Oct 27- 18 Nov 2011) Sep’11 Reviewer/Evaluator, Regional Office for South Asia, International Development Research Center (IDRC), New Delhi, to review with quantitative and qualitative assessment of project proposal submitted for Climate Change and Water Program Initiative: Review of 2011 Climate Change Adaptation, Water and Food Security in Pakistan, Contract No 106322-001.( 2 sep -30 Sep 2011) March- April11 Reviewer/Evaluator, Social Inclusion Research fund (SIRF), SNV Nepal,, to review/evaluate Research Project Proposals submitted with SIRF for Harka Gurung Research Fellowship & Matthias Moyersoen Research Apprenticeship Sep’10- Jan’11 Reviewer/Evaluator, International Development Research Center IDRC), Canada, to review Project proposal submitted with IDRC‘s Adaptation –H2O Graduate Research Award Program, and environment & climate change issues 2011Jan-till date; Visiting Faculty/Course coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering, Sustainable Water Sanitation, Health and Development program, Institute of engineering, Tribhuvan University, to coordinate and instruct Water and Wastewater treatment principles for post graduate level. 2010 Jan-till date: Reviewer, International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering www.academicjournals.org/IJWREE , to scrutinize and evaluate manuscripts and decide if the manuscripts are to be accepted, modified or rejected for publication in the journal. 2006-2009; Visiting Faculty, School of Environment Management and Sustainable Development, Pokhara University, Nepal, to develop curriculum and instruct on Environmental Technologies: Rainwater Harvesting System and Hydrology and Meteorology for undergraduate level, and supervise students conducting research in water resources development issues. Aug-Oct 1990; Research Associate, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, to Conduct research and outreach activities of the program in the field of hydrology, rural and urban water supply, and irrigation and drainage, and develop 2-D Finite Element Model to conduct research study on assessment of Groundwater Resources in the Kathmandu Valley. 1999-2001; Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, to develop Hydrological Models (Distributed, Semi-distributed and Lumped) for assessment of Hydrological Changes due to Land-use Modifications, and to prepare appraisal research report of Groundwater Potential in IIT Madras Campus.

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2002- till date; Supervisor /Examiner, Tribhuvan University and Pokhara University, Nepal, supervise/examine more than two dozen Master's degree research works in natural resource sector (water, waste water, sanitation and environment) development issues SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS: 1. Madhav Narayan Shrestha (2011)” Groundwater Use in Kathmandu Valley: Analysis of pre-and post- Melamchi Scenarios” published the book entitled Groundwater of Kathmandu Valley: Challenges and Opportunities” Chapter 10, published by Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), The Small Earth Nepal (SEN), Centre of Research for Environment Energy and Water (CREEW) and International Research Center for River Basin Environment (ICRE), University of Yamanashi Japan. 2. Madhav Narayan Shrestha (2011) “Paniko Digo Byabasthapan (Sustainable Water Management)” Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenges, HAMRO SAMPADA, National Magazine, Vol.10, No. 11, pp.40-44, April, 2011. 3. Madhav Narayan Shrestha (2009), "Climate Change and Its Effect on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene", proceeding of International Conference on Knowledge Management for Sustainable Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, Dec 10-12, 2009 4. Madhav Narayan Shrestha (2009)," Water Rights: A Key to sustainable development in Nepal", Journal of Hydrology and Meteorology, Vol.6, No. 1, pp.37-43, August 2009. 5. Madhav Narayan Shrestha (2009), “Hydrology and Environmental Perspective of Bagmati River Basin”, Journal of Water, Sanitation, Health and Envirt. Vol.7, No.1, pp.25-30, 2009. 6. Sheelva Shakya, Madhav N Shrestha, and Suman K Shakya (2007), “Bacteriological Risk Analysis of Rural Water Supply Schemes in Western Development Region of Nepal’, Journal of Food Science & Technology Nepal, Vol. 3, pp. 123-125, September 2007 7. Dr. Madhav Narayan Shrestha (2007), “Good Water Governance for Sustainable Development”, Special Issue of Technical Journal of Society of Public Health engineers, Nepal, pp.27-30, 2007 8. Madhav Narayan Shrestha (2006),“Assessments of Effect due to Land-use change in Groundwater Storage”, Journal of Hydrology and Meteorology, SOHAM, 2006 9. Madhav Narayan Shrestha (2004), “Integrated Approach in Water Management”, Proceedings of International conference on Security and Sustainability in Water Resources (SEEP), Kathmandu. Nepal, 2004 10. Madhav Narayan Shrestha (2003),“Spatially Distributed Hydrological Modeling considering Land-use changes using Remote sensing and GIS”, Proceedings of Second Annual Asian Conference & Exhibition on GIS, GPS, Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2003 11. Madhav Narayan Shrestha (2002),“Integrated ANN Modeling for Assessment of Runoff due to Land-use change using Remote Sensing and GIS,”, Proceedings of 23rd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Kathmandu,2002, Nepal 12. Madhav Narayan Shrestha and S. Mohan (2000), "Evaluation of effects of Land use change by distributed hydrological model using remote sensing and GIS”, Proceedings. of 12th Congress of Asia Pacific Div. of the Intl. Association for Hydraulic Eng. and Research, AIT, Bangkok, pp. 1093-1103, 2000 13. Madhav Narayan Shrestha and S. Mohan(2000), “A GIS based Integrated Model for Assessment of Hydrological change due to Land use modifications”, Proceedings of International Symposium on Restoration of Lakes and Wetlands,

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IISC, Bangalore, India, 2000

14. Madhav Narayan Shrestha (1990) “Safe Yield of Groundwater Basin in Kathmandu

Valley” Water Resource Center Archives, Selected Recent Accessions List 222, G848N (Groundwater, Hydrology) University of California, USA, http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA LANGUAGES: English: good speaking, reading and writing, Nepali: excellent speaking, reading and writing, Hindi: good speaking, reading and writing Computer Literacy: Languages: MATLAB, Visual C/C++, HTML, DHTML,XTML Operating System: MS-DOS, MS Office, Window XP Graphics: Adobe Photoshop. WINGRAPH System Training: MSCE, and Web Designing ( NIIT) Software: Arc/Info, Arc/View, ArcGIS, Digital Image Processing, Hydrological Modelling Madhav Narayan Shrestha

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