Name: Basanta Raj Adhikari

Position: Asst. Professor

Unit: Department of Civil Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University

Other Appointments: Director: Centre for Disaster Studies, Institute of Engineering; Program Coordinator: Master of Disaster Risk Engineering and Management, Pulchowk Campus, IoE, TU

Email: bradhikari@ioe.edu.np

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Research Impact (Google Scholar):

h-index: 19

Total citations: 1816

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Research Interest/Expertise: 

Disaster risk reduction and management; Multi-hazard risk assessment; Loss and Damage; Landslides Early Warning System; CCA and DRR

Teaching:

Engineering Geology, Disaster Risk Engineering and Management, CCA and DRR, Multihazard risk assessment

Key Awards/Honors/Recognitions:

Young Affiliates; The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) 2017-2021.
Young Scientist ; Integrated Research on Disaster Risk, 2017
Sichuan 1000 talents; Sichuan Provincial Government, 2020.

•    Bachelor Degree: B.Sc. in Geology, Department of Geology, Tri-chandra Campus, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2001
•    Master Degree: M.Sc. in Geology, Central Department of Geology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2003
•    PhD Degree: PhD in Earth Science, University of Vienna, Austria, 2009

Professional Affiliations:

• Co-Chair, South Asia Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes 
• Vice-President, Nepal Geological Society
• Secretary, Geomorphological Society of Nepal

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Bhatta, B., Singh, U., Adhikari, B.R., Karki, S. & Bhatta, A. 2025. Tracing Morphological Transformations and Braiding Dynamics in the Himalayan Rivers of Nepal, Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, Volume 39, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101705. 
2. Bhatta, S. and Adhikari, B.R., 2024. Comprehensive risk evaluation in Rapti Valley, Nepal: A multi-hazard approach, Progress in Disaster Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2024.100346. 
3. Graf, E.L.S., Sinclair, H.D., Attal, M., Gailleton, B., Adhikari, B.R. and Baral, B., 2024. Geomorphological and hydrological controls on sediment export in earthquake- affected catchments in the Nepal Himalaya, Earth Surface Dynamics, 12. 135-161, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-135-2024.
4. Mukherjee, M., Abhinay, K., Rahman, M., Yangdhen, S., Sen, S., Adhikari, B.R., Nianthi, R., Sachdev, S. and Shaw, R., 2023. Extent and evaluation of critical infrastructure, the status of resilience and its future dimensions in South Asia., Progress in Disaster Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2023.100275.
5. Thapa, P.S., Adhikari, B.R., Shaw, R., Bhattarai, D. and Yanai, S., 2023. Geomorphological analysis and early warning systems for landslide risk mitigation in Nepalese mid-hills, Natural Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05929-8.
6. Sharma, S., Talchabhadel, R., Nepal, S., Ghimire, G.R., Rakhal, B., Panthi, J., Adhikari, B.R., Pradhanang, S.M., Maskey, S and Kumar, S., 2022. Increasing risk of cascading hazards in the central Himalayas, Natural Hazards, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05462-0
7. Menges, J., Hovius N., Andermann, C., Dietz, M., Swoboda, C., Cook, K.L., Adhikari, B.R., Vieth-Hillebrand, A., Bonnet, S., Reimann, R., Koustdodendries, A., Sachse, D., 2019. Late Holocene landscape collapse of a Trans-Himalayan dryland: Human impacts and aridification, Geophysical Research Letters, (DOI: 10.1029/2019GL084192)
8. Cook, K.L, Andermann, C., Gimber, F., Adhikari, B.R. and Hovius, N., 2018, Glacial lake outburst floods as drivers of fluvial erosion in the Himalaya, Science, Vol. 362, pp. 53-57.
9. 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, vol. 351, 2015. 10.1126/science.aac9865
10. Adhikari, B. R. and Wagreich, M., 2011, Provenance evolution of collapse graben fill in the Himalaya-The Miocene to Quarterny Thakkhol-Mustang Graben (Nepal), Sedimentary Geology, vol. 233, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.09.021