Name: Bikram Manandhar

Position: Asst. Professor

Unit: Institute of Forestry, Office of the Dean

Other Appointments: Assistant Dean

Email: bikram.manandhar@hc.tu.edu.np

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Research Impact (Google Scholar):

h-index: 11

Total citations: 679

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Research Interest/Expertise: 
Water resources management, Watershed Management, Flood Resilience, Disaster

Teaching:
Integrated Watershed Management (B.Sc. and M.Sc.), Soil and Water Conservation Engineering (B.Sc.), Mountain Hazards and Disaster Management (M.Sc.), Water Induced Disaster and Management (M.Sc.)

•    Bachelor Degree: Environmental Science, Khwopa College, Tribhuvan University, Nepal [2007]

•    Master Degree: M.Sc. Watershed Management, Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal [2010]

•    PhD Degree Ph.D., Institute of Urban Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China [2024]

Selected Recent Research Projects:

1. Assessment of Soil and Water Management practices in agriculture A case study of vegetable farming in Makwanpur District, 2074/75, funded by UGC (PI), Nepal
2. Scoping study: South Asia Air Pollution funded by DFID, member July  Dec 2018 funded by DFID.
3. TMT on Use of open-source platform for hydrological modelling of data sparse region in Nepal lead by Future Water, Netherland (Local Project Leader) from Jan-July 2019 funded by NUFFIC
4. Hydrological characterization of an ungauged or limited monitoring data basin for flood risk assessment and water resources management learning and sharing knowledge across the region, June 2017-April 2018, CO-PI funded by Himalayan University Consortium, Kathmandu

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Adhikari, M., Pantha, S., Gouli, M.R., Dulal, B., Manadhar, B., Sedhain, A., Maharjan, M., and Thakuri., S. 2025. Exposure of public and private infrastructure to flood hazards in the Mohana-Khutiya River Basin, Nepal, H2Open Journal, 8(6), IWA Publishing. https://doi.org/10.2166/h2oj.2025.024
2. Maharjan, M., Ayer, S., Newa, M., Timilsina, S., Thakuri, S., Manandhar, B., Singh, B., Rijal, ML., Sedhain, A., 2025. Farmers' Flood Adaptation Strategies in the Mohana–Khutiya and East Rapti River Basins in the Chure–Terai Region of Nepal, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 105182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105182
3. Gelal, D., Timilsina, S., Ayer, S. Bhatta, K.P., Manandhar, B and Maharjan, M. (2024). Soil erosion estimation in the Bagmati River basin of Nepal using RUSLE modeling to assess priority areas for conservation. J. Sediment. Environ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43217-024-00189-3
4. Maharjan, M., Timilsina, S., Ayer, S., Singh, B., Manandhar, B., & Sedhain, A. (2024). Flood susceptibility assessment using machine learning approach in the Mohana-Khutiya River of Nepal. Natural Hazards Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nhres.2024.01.001
5. Wang, L., Cui, S., Tang, J., Fang, L., Fang, X., Shrestha, S., Manandhar, B., Huang, J., & Nitivattananon, V. (2023). Riverine flood risk assessment with a combined model chain in southeastern China. Ecological Indicators, 154, 110686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110686
6. Manandhar, B., Cui, S., Wang, L., & Shrestha, S. (2023). Post-Flood Resilience Assessment of July 2021 Flood in Western Germany and Henan, China. Land, 12(3), 625. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12030625
7. Manandhar, B., Cui, S., Wang, L., & Shrestha, S. (2023). Urban Flood Hazard Assessment and Management Practices in South Asia: A Review. Land, 12(3), 627.
8. Wang, L., Cuia, S., Lid, Y., Huang, H., Manandhar, B., Nitivattananon, V.,  & Huang, W. (2022). A review of the flood management: from flood control to flood resilience. Heliyon, e11763. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12030627
9. Shrestha, S., Cui, S., Xu, L., Wang, L., Manandhar, B., & Ding, S. (2021). Impact of land use change due to urbanisation on surface runoff using GIS-based SCS–CN method: A case study of Xiamen city, China. Land, 10(8), 839. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10080839
10. Rayamajhi, N., & Manandhar, B*. (2020). Impact of climate change and adaptation measures on transhumance herding system in Gatlang, Rasuwa. Air, Soil and Water Research, 13, 1178622120951173. https://doi.org/10.1177/117862212095117