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Faculty: Engineering Geology/ Disaster Risk Management Name: Dr. Basanta Raj Adhikari (Lecturer)/ Deputy Director, Centre for Disaster Studies Existing Position: Lecturer E - Mail: bradhikari@ioe.edu.

1 Faculty: Engineering Geology/ Disaster Risk Management Name: Dr. Basanta Raj Adhikari (Lecturer)/ Deputy Director, Centre for Disaster Studies Existing Position: Lecturer E - Mail: bradhikari@ioe.edu.np Phone Office: Phone Home: Personal Web-page: Education PhD: PhD in Geology from the University of Vienna, Austria Master s Degree: Master of Science (MSc in geology), Central Department of Geology, TU Bachelor s Degree: Bachelor of Science (BSc., Geology), Tri-Chandra Campus, TU Diploma/PCL/+2 Degree: Intermediate of Science (ISc), Prithivi Narayan Campus, TU Academic Awards "Established Scientist Award" in European Geoscience Union (EGU) NFP for short course on Rock and Soil Mechanics in engineering geology, University of Twente, The Netherlands, January 7-March 8, Research grant on The impact of climate change on glacial retreat, mass movement hazards and local community in higher Himalaya of Nepal: Case study of LangtangKhola watershed 2010, by Ministry of Environment, Government of Nepal. Research grant on Assessment of Status of Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha Struthersii for adaptation of Climate change in central Nepal 2010, by National Adaptation program for Action, Ministry of Environment, Government of Nepal. Nepal BiddhyaBhusan Nepal (Ka), 2010, Ministry of Education, Government of Nepal. Travel grant for the SEG/ExxonMobil Student Education Program (SEP) and the EAGE 71 st Conference and Exhibition in Amsterdam, June 6-11, Conference grant for European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2009, Vienna,

2 Austria, April 2009 by OMV, Austria. PhD scholarship, , oead, Austria. Research Areas Landslide, Earthquake, Flood, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Research Interests Evolution of Himalaya Engineering Geology Geo-technical engineering Sediment transport in the Nepal Himalaya Change in River Morphology Natural hazards in the Himalaya Structural geology Disaster Risk Management Disaster Risk Reduction Work Experiences (only mention the academic experiences) (From June 2015 to date) Deputy Director, Centre for Disaster Studies, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Responsible for Training, research and development in different kinds of disaster in Nepal and aboard. (From November 2011 to date) Assistant Professor of Engineering Geology, Department of Civil Engineering, Central Campus, Pulchowk Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Responsible for teaching engineering geology, landslide, supervise students in field as well as in lab to conduct research. Course coordinator of landslide for M.Sc. in Disaster Risk Management. Course coordinator of engineering geology for M.Sc. in Geo-technical Engineering (From 2011 to 2014) Visiting Associate Professor of Engineering Geology, School of Engineering, Pokhara University, Pokhara, Responsible for teaching engineering geology and supervise students in field. (From 2010 to 2013) Visiting Associate Professor of Environmental Geology, Goldengate International College, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, responsible for teaching environmental geology, supervise student in the field as well as in lab to conduct research. (From January 2010 to November 2011) Assistant Lecturer of Geology, Department of Geology, Tri-chandra Campus, Tribhuvan University, responsible for teaching geology (structural, physical, engineering and environmental geology), supervise students in field to conduct research works. Theses Supervised:

3 Master Theses Supervised Hazard Mapping of the Sinkhole affected Armala Area, Pokhara, Nepal by Surveying geophysical and Geotechnical investigation, Praddep Pokharel, Department of Civil Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University, Use of GIS Technology For Landslide Hazard Mapping In Indrawati Basin, Sub-Basin Of Koshi Watershed, Nepal, Anup Dhakal, Department of Civil Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University, Flood vulnerability and capacity assessment of people of Holiya VDC in Bake district, Prakash Khadka, Department of Civil Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University, List of Publications Books Adhikari, B.R. and Devkota, S., 2015, ऩ रयस थ त क म प रण र भ आध रय प व र स य ण गनन थ ग र न तनमन त रण प रबफथध थ ग र न फ धक ड ज म नक ववक स, हऩन ख र जर ध य, क थक, Government of Nepal/United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP), 64p (book in Nepali). Adhikari, B.R., 2016, Land and Soil, Compendium of Environment Statistics, Central Bureau of Statistics, Government of Nepal, 176p. Adhikari, B.R. and Suwal, M.K., 2013, Hydrogeological Study in BangsingDeurali VDC, Syangja, An Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Mountain Ecosystem in Nepal, IUCN, Nepal, 60p. Yoshida, M., Upreti, B.N., Rai, S.M., Bhattarai, T.N., Ulak, P.D., Gajurel, A. P., Dahal, R. K., Dhakal, S., Koirala, M. P., Sharma, L. N. and Adhikari, B.R., 2011, Guidebook for Himalayan Trekkers (Series No. 2), Eco-trekking in the Everest Region, Eastern Nepal, Department of Geology, Tri-Chandra Multiple campus, Tribhuvan University, 192p. Adhikari, B.R., River degradation: Issues and Challenges by Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, December International Journals Articles Adhikari, B. R., 2016, Gorkha Earthquake 2015: Cause and Effect, Techno-civil, vol 5, pp Adhikari, B. R., 2013, Rock mass classification system and problems associated with their parameters in underground excavation system, Techno-civil, vol 4, pp

4 Adhikari, B. R., 2013, ऩ खय उऩत मक क ब ग रक उऩ य बफक सक रभ, थभ रयक, Lions Club of Pokhara Chautari, pp (Article in Nepali). Adhikari, B. R., 2012, फ गन स : ब ग लरक य ब गलबनक ऩरयचम, फ गन स ऩबरक, वर न ७, अ क १, pp Adhikari, B. R., 2011, ऩस चचभ न ऩ र स थ कख र भ थ ग उऩत मक क र म अवमवहर क ववथर र ण, ह म र सम ऩद, वर न ११, अ क ६, pp (Article in Nepali) Adhikari, B. R., 2010, An introduction to Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL), GEOWORLD, pp Adhikari, B. R., 2000, Topography of the Ocean Floor, GEOWORLD, pp Papers 2015 Schwanghart, W., Bernhardt, A., Stolle, A., Hoelzmann, P., Adhikari, B. R., Andermann, C., Tofelde, S., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Fort, M., Korup, O., 2015, Repeated catastrophic valley infill following medieval earthquakes in the Nepal Himalaya. Science (2015) /science.aac9865 Gotz, J.; Weidinger, J.T.; Kraxberger, S.; Hennecke, J.B.; Adhikari, B.R., 2015, Geomorphologic and Hydrologic characteristics of Populated Rockslide Deposits (Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu Himala, Nepal), Journal of Water Resource and Protection, vol. 7, pp Moss, R.E.S.; Thompson, E.M.; Kieffer, D.S.; Hashah, M.A.Y.; Acharya, I.; Adhikari, B., Asimaki, D.; Clahan, K.B.; Collins, B.D.; Dahal, S.; Jibson, R.W.; Khadka, D., MacDonal, A.; Madugo, C.L.M.; Mason, H.B.; Pehliyan, M.; Rayamajhi, D. and Uprety, S. 2015, Geotechnical Effects of the 2015 Magnitude 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake and Aftershocks, Seismological Research Letters, V. 86, no. 6, pp Emerman, S.H; Nelson, J.R; Carlson, K.; Anderson, T.R.; Sharma A.; Adhikari, B.R., 2014, The effect of surface lithology on arsenic and other heavy metals in surface water and groundwater in Mustang Valley, Nepal Himalaya, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, vol. 47, pp Khadka, P and Adhikari, B. R. 2014, Flood vulnerability and capacity assessment of people of Holiya VDC in Banke district, Nepal, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geohazards: science, engineering and Management pp Adhikari, B. R. and Wagreich, M., 2013, Microfacies analysis and paleoenvironmental significance of palustrine carbonates in the Thakkhola-Mustang Graben (Nepal Himalaya),

5 2012 Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, vol. 77, pp Emerman, S.H., Stuart, K. L., Sapkota, A., Khatri, S., Adhikari, B. R. and Williams, J., Garcia, P. K. 2013,Support for the fluvial recharge model for arsenic contamination of groundwater in Pokhara Valley, Nepal Himalaya, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, vol. 46, pp Adhikari, B.R. and Paudyal, K.N, 2012, Neogene pollen assemblage from the Thakkhola- Mustang Graben, central Nepal Himalaya, Bulletin of Nepal Geological Society, Vol. 29, pp Rai, S.M., Yoshida, M., Upreti, B.N., Bhattarai, T.N., Ulak, P.D., Gajurel, A. P., Dahal, R. K., Dhakal, S., Koirala,M. P., Sharma, L. N. and Adhikari, B.R., 2011, Field excursion guidebook series on geology, natural hazards and vegetation of the Nepal Himalaya, Bulletin of Nepal Geological Society, Vol. 28, pp Adhikari, B. R. and Wagreich, M., 2011,Facies analysis and basin architecture of the Neogene Thakkhola-Mustang Graben, central Nepal, Journal of Austrian Earth Sciences, vol. 104/1, pp Adhikari, B. R. and Wagreich, M., 2011, Provenance evolution of collapse graben fill in the Himalaya - the Miocene to Quaternary Thakkhola-Mustang Graben (Nepal), Sedimentary geology, vol. 233, pp Adhikari, B. R., 2007, An overview of Thakkhola-Mustang Graben, Bulletin of Nepal Geological Society, Vol. 23, pp Adhikari, B. R. and Tamrakar, N. K., 2006, Bank instability and erosion problems of Bishnumati River, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nepal Geological Society, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, vol. 34, pp Technical Reports: Geotechnical Field Reconnaissance: Gorkha (Nepal) Earthquake of April 25, 2015 and related shaking sequence, GEER Association Report No. GEER Design and develop low cost and low tech Community Based Early Warning System (CBEWS) for Flash flood, Eastern Nepal, CFGORRP/UNDP/DHM/IoE 2014.

6 CIVIL DEPARTMENT, PULCHOWK CAMPUS, INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING Abstracts 2016 Adhikari, B.R, Andermann, C. and Cook, Ch., 2016, Engineering geological aspect of Gorkha Earthquake 2015, Nepal, Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 18, EGU Gnyawali, K.R. and Adhikari, B.R., 2016, Spatial Relations of Earthquake Induced Landslides triggered by 25 April 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Mw 7.8, Nepal, Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 18, EGU Stolle, A, Bernhardt, A., Schwanghart, W., Andermann, C., Schönfeldt, E., Seidemann, J, Adhikari. B.R., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Fort, M., and Korup, O., 2016, Protracted fluvial recovery from medieval earthquakes, Pokhara, Nepal, Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 18, EGU Schwanghart, W., A, Bernhardt, Stolle, A., Hoelzmann, P., Adhikari. B.R., Andermann, C., Merchel, S., Rugel, G., Fort, M., and Korup, O., 2016, Geomorphic legacy of medieval Himalayan earthquakes in the Pokhara Valley, Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 18, EGU Fukoula, H., Bhandari, N.P., Adhikari, B.R., and Yamasaki, S., 2016, Landslides and glacier fall - ice/debris avalanches triggered by the April 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal, Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 18, EGU Andermann, C., Turowski, J., Behling, R., Cook, K., Hovius, N., Marc, O., Roessner, S., Sens-Schoenfelder, C., Emberson, R, Burtin, A., Dietze, M., Adhikari, B.R. and Parajuli, B., 2016, Landscape response to the Mw7.9 Gorkha earthquake, Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 18, EGU Cook, K., Andermann, C., Adhikari, B.R., Schmitt, C. and Marc, O., 2016, Postearthquake modification of 2015 Gorkha Earthquake landslides in the Bhote Koshi River valley, Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 18, EGU Schwanghart, W., Bernhardt, A., Stolle, A., Adhikari. B.R. and Korup, O., 2014, Reassessing Catastrophic Infill of the Pokhara Valley, Nepal Himalaya, Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 16, EGU W. Schwanghart, A. Bernhardt, A. Stolle, B.R. Adhikari and O. Korup, 2013,The Pokhara Formation One or Multiple Phases of Massive Aggradations by Debris Flows and Fluvial Deposition?, Himalayan Karakoram Tibet Workshop, Tuebingen, Germany. Adhikari, B. R. and Wagreich, M., Paudayal, K.N., Draxler, I., 2012, Paleoclimate analysis of the Neogene Thakkhola-Mustang Graben (central Nepal), Journal of Nepal Geological Society, vol. 45, pp.11 (Sp. Issue). Garcia, P. K., Sanchez, A., Stuart, K., Williams, J., Sapkota, A., Khatri, S., Emerman, S.H., and Adhikari, B.R., 2012, arsenic and other heavy metals in surface water and groundwater in Pokhara Valley, Nepal Himalaya: support for the fluvial recharge model, Geological Society of America abstracts with programs, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 27.

7 CIVIL DEPARTMENT, PULCHOWK CAMPUS, INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING Sanchez, A., Christiansen, M.E., Cornners, S. R., Carlson, J.K., Kemp, T.L, Sharma, A., Emerman, S.H., Adhikari, B.R., and Bunds, M.P., 2012, Arsenic and other heavy metals in surface water and groundwater in Mustang Valley, Nepal Himalaya, Geological Society of America abstracts with programs, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 26. Emerman, S.H., Sapkota, A., Khatri, S., Adhikari, B. R., Garcia, P. K., Stuart, K., Sanchez, A., Williams, J., white, R. C., and Duncan, T., 2011, Arsenic and other heavy metals in surface water and groundwater of Pokhara Valley, Nepal Himalaya, Geological Society of America abstracts with programs, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 75. Upreti, B.N., Dhakal, S., Rai, S.M., Bajracharya, S.R., Adhikari, B.R., Yoshida, M. and Bhattarai, T.N., 2010, Disappearing glaciers of Himalaya and Tibet in the context of global warming, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, Vol. 41, pp. 103 (Sp. Issue). Adhikari, B.R., 2010, Sedimentology and basin analysis of the Thakkhola-Mustang Graben, central Nepal, Bulletin of Nepal Geological Society, Vol. 27, pp Adhikari, B.R., Wagreich, M., IlseDraxler and Paudayal, K.N., 2010, Neogene vegetation and past climate change in the Thakkhola-Mustang Graben (central Nepal), Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 12, EGU , EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. Adhikari, B. R. and Wagreich, M., 2010, Microfacies and stable isotope analysis of lacustrine carbonates from the Thakkhola-Mustang Graben, central Nepal Himalaya, Journal of Nepal Geological Society, vol. 41, pp.3 (Sp. Issue). Adhikari, B. R. and Wagreich, M., 2009, Provenance analysis of Neogene sediments in the Thakkhola-Mustang Graben (central Nepal), Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU , EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. Adhikari, B. R. and Wagreich, M., 2008b, Palustrine limestone in the sedimentary succession of the Cenozoic Thakkhola-Mustang Graben (central Nepal), Journal of Alpine Geology, Vol. 49, pp (3), Vienna, Austria. Adhikari, B. R. and Wagreich, M., 2008a, Sedimentation in the Cenozoic Thakkhola- Mustang Graben (central Nepal), Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 10, EGU2008-A , EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. Adhikari, B. R. and Tamrakar, N. K, 2005, Bank instability and erosion problems of Bishnumati River, Kathmandu, Nepal, " Journal of Nepal Geological Society, Abstract volume, (Vol. 32, Special Issue, Abstract volume). Conferences European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, April International workshop on Climate and Environmental Evolution in the Mesozoic Greenhouse world and 3 rd IGCP 609 workshop on Cretaceous sea-level Change, 5-11 September, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. Workshop on Institutional Dimensions of Natural Hazard Resilience Institute of Engineering, TU and University of Innsbruck, Austria, 6-7 Aug., 2013.

8 CIVIL DEPARTMENT, PULCHOWK CAMPUS, INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING 27th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop, November, Sixth Nepal Geological Congress, Kathmandu, Nepal, November, st EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 8-11, June Amsterdam, The Netherlands. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria, April Pangeo 2008, September, Vienna. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria, April European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2007, Vienna, Austria, April 2007 Fifth Asian Regional Conference on Engineering Geology for Major Infrastructure Development and Natural Hazard Mitigation, Kathmandu, Nepal, September, 2005, Organized by Nepal Geological Society. Department Of Civil Engineering Pulchowk Campus Institute Of Engineering

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