Keynote Speakers Details

Amrit Prasad Sharma holds a PhD in Hydraulic Engineering from Tsinghua University, China, and is currently an Assistant Professor in Environmental Science at Tribhuvan University (Patan Multiple Campus), Nepal. With over 15 years of experience in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), he has worked across NGOs, INGOs, and academia, gaining expertise from policy to implementation. He has published around a dozen research papers and led projects supported by UNDP, ADB, and the World Bank. Dr. Sharma also contributes as a technical expert to BGC Canada and the Water Asia International consortium on Multi-Hazard Risk Assessments in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. Additionally, he serves as a volunteer scientist with the Thriving Earth Exchange Initiatives under American Geophysical Union, supporting for comprehensive flood mitigation planning in Palmer Township, Pennsylvania, USA. His work bridges advanced expertise in open-channel hydraulics, hydrology, and flow modeling with community-based resilience approaches to inform and support evidence-based policy and planning.