Name: Om Prakash Pd Kalwar

Position: Teaching Assistant

Unit: Institute of Forestry

Email: omprakash.kalwar@hc.tu.edu.np

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Research Impact (Google Scholar)

h-index: 2

Total citations: 39

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Research Interest/Expertise

Forest Monitoring; Disaster Mapping; Watershed Mapping; Wildlife Habitat Mapping, Machine Learning

Teaching

Introductory Remote Sensing, Introductory GIS, Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in NRM

Key Awards/Honors/Recognitions

Netherlands Fellowship for Master's Degree

• Master's Degree: Geo-information Science and Earth Observation, ITC, University of Twente
• Bachelor's Degree: BSc Forestry, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus, 2001

Professional Affiliations

• Nepal Forest's Association

Selected Recent Publications

1. Kalwar, O. P. P., Hussin, Y. A., Weir, M. J. C., de Bie, C. A. J. M., & Karna, Y. K. (2021). Deriving forest plot inventory parameters using terrestrial laser scanning in the tropical rainforest of Malaysia. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 42(3), 884 901. DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2020.1817606 
2. Kalwar, O. P. P., Hussin, Y. A., Weir, M. J. C., & Karna, Y. K. (2016). Derivation of forest inventory parameters for carbon estimation using terrestrial LiDAR. In Proceedings of the XXIII ISPRS Congress: From human history to the future (Vol. XLI B8, pp. 677 684). International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLI-B8-677-2016 
3. Atreya, K., Tiwari, K. R., & Kalwar, O. P. (2025). Does Moringa tree support income for the rural poor in the Churia region of Nepal? Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, 34(2), 155 169. DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2025.2459752
4. Atreya, K., Kattel, K., Tiwari, K. R., Baral, S., Adhikari, R., & Kalwar, O. P. P. (2023). Nutritional, ecological and livelihood significance of Moringa oleifera: A review. Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 8(3), 452 461. DOI: 10.26832/24566632.2023.0803025