Dr. Maheswor Shrestha

Personal Information

Brief Profile

Present Position in the Service of Government of Nepal:

• Joint Secretary, Water and Energy Commission Secretariat

(From 30 August, 2023)

Employment Record with Government of Nepal:

• Deputy Director General, Department of Water Resources and Irrigation

(From 6 April to 29 August, 2023)

• Project Director, Bheri Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project

(From 15 August 2022 to 5 April 2023)

• Joint Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation

(From 3 January to 13 August 2022)

• Executive Director, Water Resources Research and Development Centre

(From 2 September 2020 to 2 January 2022)

• Joint Secretary 20 July 2020

(Nepal Engineering Service, Civil Engineering Group, Irrigation Sub-group)

• Senior Divisional Engineer, Water and Energy Commission Secretariat

(2013-2020)

• Hydropower Engineer, Department of Electricity Development (2006-2013)

Academic Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (specialization in Water Resources Engineering), University of Tokyo, Japan (2012)
• M.Sc. in Water Resources Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University (2008)
• B.E. in Civil Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University (2004)

Awards/Honors:

• Nepal Bidyabhushan “Ka”
• Nepal Bidyabhushan “Kha”
• Chancellor Gold Medal (Nepal Topper in Master Level Exam of TU)

Publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7svKHE4AAAAJ&hl=en

Contact:

maheswor2037@yahoo.com

maheswor.shrestha@nepal.gov.np

Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7svKHE4AAAAJ&hl=en

Specialization

• Climate Change Impact & Adaptation
• Drainage
• Drought Management
• Enhancing Water Use Efficiency and Productivity
• Flood Management
• Integrated Water Resources Management
• International cooperation
• Irrigation - Development, design & Management
• Policy and planning
• Technology - Software/ Models/Decision Support Systems, DSS
• Water policy and planning
• Water-Food-Energy Nexus approaches