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2025
Nepal, S., Aksha, S. K., Pradhananga, S., Aryal, A., Shrestha, R. N., Shrestha, S., & Shrestha, P. (2025). What Does a Climate-Resilient Rural Water Supply System Look Like? An Interdisciplinary Approach to Climate Resilience Mapping in Nepal. Climate Resilience and Sustainability, 4(2), e70014. https://doi.org/10.1002/cli2.70014
Tachamo-Shah, R. D., Nepal, S., Shah, D. N., & Eriyagama, N. (2025). Beyond the Banks: Paving the way for environmental flows in Nepal. Environmental Challenges, 20, 101211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2025.101211
Pradhananga, S., Nepal, S., Kamal, S.K., Hafeez, M., 2025. Climate change will exacerbate seasonal flow variability in the Karnali River basin: Implications for water, energy, and agriculture sectors. Hydrology Research, p.nh2025193.
Liu, H., Wang, L., Chen, D., Yao, T., Bashir, A., Shrestha, M., Conradt, T., Nepal, S. Zhou, J., Li, X. Importance of melting water in the Third Pole transboundary fluvial floods. Science bulletin. 10.1016/j.scib.2025.06.038
2024
Nepal, S., Neupane, N., Koirala, S., Lautze, J., Shrestha, R. N., Bhatt, D., Shrestha, N., Adhikari, M., Kaini, S., Karki, S., Yangkhurung, J. R., Gnawali, K., Singh Pradhan, A. M., Timsina, K., Pradhananga, S., & Khadka, M. (2024). Integrated assessment of irrigation and agriculture management challenges in Nepal: An interdisciplinary perspective. Heliyon, 10(9), e29407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29407
Khatiwada, K.R., Pradhananga, S. and Nepal, S., 2024. Inferring the impacts of climate extreme in the Kabul River Basin. Regional Environmental Change, 24(1), p.17.
Chaudhary, S., Nepal, S., Hussain, A. and Bhuchar, S., 2024. Safeguarding the third pole: problems, challenges, and possible solutions in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. In Safeguarding Mountain Social-Ecological Systems, Vol 2 (pp. 271-280). Elsevier.
Dhaubanjar, S., Lutz, A.F., Pradhananga, S., Smolenaars, W., Khanal, S., Biemans, H., Nepal, S., Ludwig, F., Shrestha, A.B. and Immerzeel, W.W., 2024. From theoretical to sustainable potential for run-of-river hydropower development in the upper Indus basin. Applied Energy, 357, p.122372.
2023
S Nepal, JF Steiner, S Allen, MF Azam, S Bhuchar, H Biemans, M Dhakal, S Khanal, D Li, A Lutz, S Pradhananga, R Ritzema, M Stoffel, R. & Stuart-Smith Consequences of cryospheric change for water resources and hazards in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. Water, ice, society, and ecosystems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: An outlook. (P. Wester, S. Chaudhary, N. Chettri, M. Jackson, A. Maharjan, S. Nepal, J. F. Steiner [Eds.]), ICIMOD. Kathmandu
Andermann, C., NEPAL, S., Wagnon, P., Veh, G., Maharjan, S. B., Azam, M. F., Brun, F., & Schwanghart, W. Glaciers and Glacier Lake Outburst Floods in the Himalaya. 55-93. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394228683.ch3
Baral, S., Nepal, S., V.P Pandey, M Khadka, D Gyawali. 2023, March. Position paper on enhancing water security in Nepal. In Prepared for the UN 2023 Water Conference. by Government of Nepal Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Phone:(+ 977-1) 4211516 Fax:(+ 977-1) 4211510 Website: www. moewri. gov. np E-mail: info@ moewri. gov. np.
Wang, L., Zhang, F., Nepal, S., Xiang, Y., Tang, H., Shi, X., Zeng, C., Ahmad, I. and Yu, Z., 2023. Response of runoff processes to temperature rise in basins with different glacier ratios in the monsoon-influenced southern Tibetan Plateau . Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 45, p.101299.
Andermann, C., Nepal, S., Wagnon, P., Veh, G., Maharjan, S. B., Azam, M. F., Brun, F., & Schwanghart, W. Glaciers and Glacier Lake Outburst Floods in the Himalaya. 55-93. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394228683.ch3
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, pp.1-10.
Li, D., Lu, X., Walling, D.E., Zhang, T., Steiner, J.F., Wasson, R.J., Harrison, S., Nepal, S., Nie, Y., Immerzeel, W.W. and Shugar, D.H., 2022. High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability. Nature Geoscience, 15(7), pp.520-530.
2022
Lutz, A.F., Immerzeel, W.W., Siderius, C., Wijngaard, R.R., Nepal, S., Shrestha, A.B., Wester, P. and Biemans, H., 2022. South Asian agriculture increasingly dependent on meltwater and groundwater. Nature Climate Change, 12(6), pp.566-573.
Shaw, R., Y. Luo, T.S. Cheong, S. Abdul Halim, S. Chaturvedi, M. Hashizume, G.E. Insarov, Y. Ishikawa, M. Jafari, A. Kitoh, J. Pulhin, C. Singh, K. Vasant, and Z. Zhang, 2022: Asia. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [H.-O. Pörtner, D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1457–1579, doi:10.1017/9781009325844.012. [Contributing Author]
Kaini, S., Harrison, M.T., Gardner, T., Nepal, S. and Sharma, A.K., 2022. The impacts of climate change on the irrigation water demand, grain yield, and biomass yield of wheat crop in Nepal . Water, 14(17), p.2728.
Shrestha, M. and Nepal, S., 2022. Quantifying water-related ecosystem services potential of the Kangchenjunga Landscape in the eastern Himalaya: a modeling approach . Hydrology Research, 53(6), pp.892-907.
Daron, J., Soares, M.B., Janes, T., Colledge, F., Srinivasan, G., Agarwal, A., Hewitt, C., Richardson, K., Nepal, S., Shrestha, M.S. and Rasul, G., 2022.Advancing climate services in South Asia Climate Services, 26, p.100295.
Vaidya, R.A., Shrestha, A.B., Nepal, S. and Shrestha, K., 2022. The Koshi River basin: Insights into biophysical, socioeconomic, and governance challenges and opportunities Resource book. ICIMOD, p.3.
Molden, D.J., Shrestha, A.B., Immerzeel, W.W., Maharjan, A., Rasul, G., Wester, P., Wagle, N., Pradhananga, S. and Nepal, S., 2022. The great glacier and snow-dependent rivers of Asia and climate change: Heading for troubled waters . Water security under climate change, pp.223-250.
2021
Azam, M.F., Kargel, J.S., Shea, J.M., Nepal, S., Haritashya, U.K., Srivastava, S., Maussion, F., Qazi, N., Chevallier, P., Dimri, A.P. and Kulkarni, A.V., 2021. Glaciohydrology of the Himalaya-Karakoram. Science. eabf3668 DOI: 10.1126/science.abf3668
Nepal, S., Khatiwada, K.R., Pradhananga, S., Kralisch, S., Samyn, D., Bromand, M.T., Jamal, N., Dildar, M., Durrani, F., Rassouly, F. and Azizi, F., 2021. Future snow projections in a small basin of the Western Himalaya. Science of The Total Environment, p.148587.
Thapa, S., Zhang, F., Zhang, H., Zeng, C., Wang, L., Xu, C.Y., Thapa, A. and Nepal, S., 2021. Assessing the snow cover dynamics and its relationship with different hydro-climatic characteristics in Upper Ganges river basin and its sub-basins. Science of The Total Environment, p.148648.
Nepal, S., Pradhananga, S., Shrestha, N. K., Kralisch, S., Shrestha, J. P., and Fink, M.: Space–time variability in soil moisture droughts in the Himalayan region, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 1761–1783, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1761-2021, 2021. >>Download link
Dhimal, M., Kramer, I.M., Phuyal, P., Budhathoki, S.S., Hartke, J., Ahrens, B., Kuch, U., Groneberg, D.A., Nepal, S., Qi-Yong, L. and Cun-Rui, H., 2021. Climate change and its association with expansion of vectors and vector-borne diseases in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region: A systematic synthesis of the literature. Advances in Climate Change Research.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2021.05.003
Dhaubanjar, S., Lutz, A., Gernaat, D., Nepal, S., Smolenaars, W., Pradhananga, S., Biemans, H., Ludwig, F., Shrestha, A.B., Immerzeel, W.W., 2021. A systematic framework for the assessment of sustainable hydropower potential in a river basin – The case of the upper Indus . Science of the total environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147142
Nie, Y., Pritchard, H.D., Liu, Q., Hennig, T., Wang, W., Wang, X., Liu, S., Nepal, S., Samyn, D., Hewitt, K. and Chen, X., 2021. Glacial change and hydrological implications in the Himalaya and Karakoram. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, pp.1-16. >>Download link
Nepal, S., Neupane, N., Belbase, D., Pandey, V. P., & Mukherji, A. (2021). Achieving water security in Nepal through unravelling the water-energy-agriculture nexus. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2019.1694867
2020
Kaini, S., Nepal, S., Pradhananga, S., Gardner, T., & Sharma, A. (2020) Impacts of climate change on the flow of the transboundary Koshi River, with implications for local irrigation. International Journal of Water Resources Development, DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2020.1826292
Nepal, S., Khatiwada, K.R., Pradhananga, S., Kralisch, S. (2020) Application of the J2000 Hydrological Model in the Panjshir catchment of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region, Training Manual. ICIMOD. Kathmandu
W. W. Immerzeel, A. F. Lutz, M. Andrade, A. Bahl, H. Biemans, T. Bolch, S. Hyde, S. Brumby, B. J. Davies, A. C. Elmore, A. Emmer, M. Feng, A. Fernández, U. Haritashya, J. S. Kargel, M. Koppes, P. D. A. Kraaijenbrink, A. V. Kulkarni, P. Mayewski, S. Nepal, P. Pacheco, T. H. Painter, F. Pellicciotti, H. Rajaram, S. Rupper, A. Sinisalo, A. B. Shrestha, D. Viviroli, Y. Wada, C. Xiao, T. Yao & J. E. M. Baillie, Importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers. Nature (2019) doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1822-y >>Download link
Pandey, A., Prakash, A., Barua, A., Syed, A. and Nepal, S., 2020. Upstream-downstream linkages in Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin: the hydro-social imperatives. Water Policy, 22(6), pp.1082-1097.
Kaini, S., Nepal, S., Pradhananga, S., Gardner, T., & Sharma, A. K. Representative General Circulation Models (GCMs) selection and downscaling of climate data for the transboundary Koshi river basin in China and Nepal (2020). International Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6447
Kaushal, R. K., Sarkar, A., Mishra, K., Sinha, R., Nepal, S., & Jain, V. (2020). Spatio-temporal variability in stream power distribution in the Upper Kosi River basin, Central Himalaya: controls and geomorphic implications. Geomorphology, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106888
2019
Biemans, H., Siderius, C., Lutz, A. F., Nepal, S., Ahmad, B., Hassan, T., von Bloh, W., Wijngaard, R R., Wester, P., Shrestha, A B., Immerzeel, W. W. (2019). Importance of snow and glacier meltwater for agriculture on the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Nature Sustainability, 2(7), 594–601. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0305-3
Shrestha, Saroj.; Nepal, S. Water Balance Assessment under Different Glacier Coverage Scenarios in the Hunza Basin. Water 2019, 11, 1124. >>download link
Eeckman, J., Nepal, S., Chevallier, P., Camensuli, G., Delclaux, F., Boone, A., & De Rouw, A. (2019). Comparing the ISBA and J2000 approaches for surface flows modelling at the local scale in the Everest region. Journal of Hydrology, 569, 705-719. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.12.022
C.A. Scott, F. Zhang, A. Mukherji, W. Immerzeel, L. Bharati, D. Mustafa, H. Zhang, T. Albrecht, A. Lutz, S. Nepal, A. Siddiqi, H. Kuemmerle, M. Qadir, S. Bhuchar, A. Prakash, R. Sinha, Water in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, Chapter 8, in: P. Wester, A. Mishra, A. Mukherji, A.B. Shrestha (Eds.), The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment – Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People, Springer, Cham [Contributing author] >>download link
Mishra, K., Sinha, R., Jain, V., Nepal, S., & Uddin, K. (2019). Towards the assessment of sediment connectivity in a large Himalayan river basin. Science of The Total Environment. 661. 251-265. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.118
Sinha, R., Gupta, A., Mishra, K., Tripathi, S., Nepal, S., Wahid, S. M., & Swarnkar, S. (2019). Basin-scale hydrology and sediment dynamics of the Kosi River in the Himalayan foreland. Journal of Hydrology. 570, 156-166, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.12.051
2018
Sinha, R., Gupta, S., Nepal, S. 2018, Groundwater dynamics in North Bihar plains. Current Science, 114 (2), 2482-2493 >>download link
Wijngaard, R. R., Lutz, A. F., Nepal, S., Khanal, S., Pradhananga, S., Shrestha, A. B., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2017). Future changes in hydro-climatic extremes in the Upper Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra River basins. PLoS ONE, 12(12). http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190224 >> download link
Rajbhandari, R., Shrestha, A. B., Nepal, S., Wahid, S., & Ren, G.-Y. (2017). Extreme climate projections over the transboundary Koshi River Basin using a high resolution regional climate model. Advances in Climate Change Research, 8(3), 199–211. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.accre.2017.08.006 >> download link
Nepal, S., Flügel, W. A., Krause, P., Fink, M., & Fischer, C. (2017). Assessment of spatial transferability of process-based hydrological model parameters in two neighbouring catchments in the Himalayan Region. Hydrological Processes, 31(16), 2812–2826. http://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11199 >> download link
Nepal, S., Chen, J., Penton, D. J., Neumann, L. E., Zheng, H., & Wahid, S. (2017). Spatial GR4J conceptualization of the Tamor glaciated alpine catchment in Eastern Nepal: evaluation of GR4JSG against streamflow and MODIS snow extent. Hydrological Processes, 31(1), 51–68. http://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10962 >> download link
Rajbhandari, R., Shrestha, A. B., Nepal, S.., & Wahid, S. (2016). Projection of Future Climate over the Koshi River Basin Based on CMIP5 GCMs.Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 6(02), 190.
Khatiwada, K. R., Panthi, J., Shrestha, M. L., & Nepal, S.(2016). Hydro-Climatic Variability in the Karnali River Basin of Nepal Himalaya. Climate,4(2), 17.
Nepal, S. (2016). Impacts of climate change on the hydrological regime of the Koshi river basin in the Himalayan region. Journal of Hydro-environment Research. doi:10.1016/j.jher.2015.12.001 >> download link
Mukherji, A., Molden, D.; Nepal, S..; Rasul, G. and Wagnon, P. 2015. Himalayan waters at the crossroads: issues and challenges. International Journal of Water Resources Development. 31 (2) 151-160. >> download link
Nepal, S., Shrestha, A. B. 2015. Impact of climate change on the hydrological regime of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins: a review of the literature, International Journal of Water Resources Development. 32-2. 201-218. >> download link
Nepal, S., Flügel, W.-A., and Shrestha A.B., 2014.Upstream-downstream linkages of hydrological processes in the Himalayan region, Ecological Processes 3(19) >>download link
Nepal, S., Krause, P., Flügel, W.-A., Fink, M., Fischer, C., 2014. Understanding the hydrological system dynamics of a glaciated alpine catchment in the Himalayan region using the J2000 hydrological model. Hydrological Processes. 28(3):1329-1344. >> download link
Gao, T., Kang, S., Krause, P., Cuo, L., Nepal, S. 2012. A test of J2000 model in a glacierized catchment in the central Tibetan Plateau. Environment Earth Sciences 65 (6) 1651-1659 >> download link
Thuo, S.; Garayo, U.; Serrentino, CM.; Mollard, E.; Levite, H.; Nepal, S. (2009) Is IWRM Implementation possible without strong regulatory, participatory and incentive frameworks at the river-basin scale, Natural Resources Forum, 33, 87–89, >> download link
Nepal, S., Shrestha, A. B., Vaidya, R. A., Wester, P., Khatiwada, K. R., Pradhan, N. S., Bastola, A., Belbase, M., Faqiryar, J. N. (2019). Module 1: Conceptual understanding of river basin drivers and their implications for Integrated River Basin Management. In S. Nepal, A. B. Shrestha, C. G. Goodrich, A. Mishra, A. Prakash, S. Bhuchar, L. A. Vasily, V. Khadgi, & N. S. Pradhan (Eds). Multiscale Integrated River Basin Management from a Hindu Kush Himalayan perspective (pp. 1–5). Kathmandu: ICIMOD >>Download link
Biemans, H., Siderius, C., Lutz, A. F., Nepal, S., Ahmad, B., Hassan, T., von Bloh, W., Wijngaard, R R., Wester, P., Shrestha, A B., Immerzeel, W. W. (2019). Importance of snow and glacier meltwater for agriculture on the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Nature Sustainability, 2(7), 594–601. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0305-3
Nepal, S., Pandey, A., Shrestha, AB., Mukherji, A. 2018. Revisiting Key Questions Regarding Upstream–Downstream Linkages of Land and Water Management in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. ICIMOD, Kathmandu >> download link
Flügel, W.-A., Nepal, S., Shrestha, A.B. 2018. Framework for upstream-downstream linkages of land and water management in the Himalayan region. Hi-AWARE working paper. ICIMOD. Kathmandu
MOFE, 2017. Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Framework and Indicators for National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Formulation Process in Nepal (Contributor to the report). Ministry of Population and Environment (MoPE), Kathmandu.
MOFE, 2017. Synthesis of the Stocktaking Report for the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Formulation Process in Nepal (Contributor to the report). Ministry of Population and Environment (MOFE), Government of Nepal
Sharma, B; Nepal, S.; Gyawali, D; Pokharel, GS; Wahid, SM; Mukherji, A; Acharya, S; Shrestha, AB (2016) Springs, storage towers, and water conservation in the midhills of Nepal. Nepal Water Conservation Foundation and International Center for Mountain Development. ICIMOD Working Paper 2016/3. Kathmandu: Nepal >> download link
Nepal, S., Krause, P., Flügel, W.-A., Fink, M., Pfennig, B., 2011. Understanding the impact of climate change in the glaciated alpine catchment of the Himalaya Region using the J2000 hydrological model. In: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Building Knowledge Bridges for a Sustainable Water Future, Panama, 2011. pp. 55–60.
Eriksson, M.; Jianchu, X.; Shrestha, AB.; Vaidya, R.; Nepal, S.; Sandstrom, K.(2009) The Changing Himalayas : Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Livelihoods in the Greater Himalayas, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, Nepal >> download link
Nepal, S., Khatiwada, NR; Nepal. S. Subedi, DR. (2006). Sustainability of Traditional Water Supply Facilities in Nepal. Proceedings of the International Symposium on 'Management of water, waste water and environment', Nepal Engineering Association, 13-15 September 2006.
Khatiwada, NR, Nepal, S. & Shakya, SM.( 2006). An assessment of the current state of Solid Waste Management in the Municipalities of Nepal. International Symposium on For a Better Tomorrows: Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Developing countries, organized by Kathmandu University and Development Network on January 11-13, 2006. >> download link
Khatiwada, NR; Pradhan, P.; Nepal, S. (2004) Environmental Assessment for Poverty Alleviation Fund activities. Poverty Alleviation Fund (PAF)/The World Bank, Kathmandu, Nepal >> download link
Nepal, S., Shrestha, A. B., Goodrich, C. G., Mishra, A., Prakash, A., Bhuchar, S., Vasily, L. A., Khadgi, V. & Pradhan, N. S. (eds.) (2019). Multiscale Integrated River Basin Management from a Hindu Kush Himalayan Perspective, Resource Book, ICIMOD, Kathmand. >>Download link
Nepal, S., Shrestha, A. B., Vaidya, R. A., Wester, P., Khatiwada, K. R., Pradhan, N. S., Bastola, A., Belbase, M., Faqiryar, J. N. (2019). Module 1: Conceptual understanding of river basin drivers and their implications for Integrated River Basin Management. In S. Nepal, A. B. Shrestha, C. G. Goodrich, A. Mishra, A. Prakash, S. Bhuchar, L. A. Vasily, V. Khadgi, & N. S. Pradhan (Eds). Multiscale Integrated River Basin Management from a Hindu Kush Himalayan perspective (pp. 1–5). Kathmandu: ICIMOD >>Download link
C.A. Scott, F. Zhang, A. Mukherji, W. Immerzeel, L. Bharati, D. Mustafa, H. Zhang, T. Albrecht, A. Lutz, S. Nepal, A. Siddiqi, H. Kuemmerle, M. Qadir, S. Bhuchar, A. Prakash, R. Sinha, Water in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, Chapter 8, in: P. Wester, A. Mishra, A. Mukherji, A.B. Shrestha (Eds.), The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment – Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People, Springer, Cham [Contributing author] >>download link
Molden, D. J., Shrestha, A. B., Nepal, S.., & Immerzeel, W. W. (2016). Downstream Implications of Climate Change in the Himalayas. In Water Security, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Part of the series Water Resources Development and Management. pp 65-82. Springer Singapore. >> download link
Nepal, S.; Zheng, H; Penton, D; Neumann, L. (2015) Comparative performance of GR4JSG and J2000 hydrological models in the Dudh Koshi catchment of the Himalayan region. 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Gold Coast, Australia, 29 Nov to 4 Dec 2015. www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2015. >> download
Penton, D.; Neumann, L.; Ramchandra, K.; Nepal, S. 2015. Verifying Temperature Lapse Rates in the Eastern Himalayas using Landsat 7 and 8. In: 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2015); Sunday 29 November to Friday 4 December 2015.; Gold coast. MSSANZ; 2015. 2353-2359. >> download
Nepal, S., Krause, P., Flügel, W.-A., Fink, M., Pfennig, B., 2011. Understanding the impact of climate change in the glaciated alpine catchment of the Himalaya Region using the J2000 hydrological model. In: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Building Knowledge Bridges for a Sustainable Water Future, Panama, 2011. pp. 55–60.
Nepal, S. & Adiga, PB. (2007). Linkages between Watershed and Irrigation-A Case Study of Management Practices in FMIS in Argali Palpa, FMISs. Proceedings of the Fourth International Seminar on Irrigation in Transition: "Interacting with Internal and External Factors and Setting the Strategic Actions" November 2006, Nepal
Nepal, S., Khatiwada, NR; Nepal. S. Subedi, DR. (2006). Sustainability of Traditional Water Supply Facilities in Nepal. Proceedings of the International Symposium on 'Management of water, waste water and environment', Nepal Engineering Association, 13-15 September 2006.
Khatiwada, NR, Nepal, S. & Shakya, SM.( 2006). An assessment of the current state of Solid Waste Management in the Municipalities of Nepal. International Symposium on For a Better Tomorrows: Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Developing countries, organized by Kathmandu University and Development Network on January 11-13, 2006. >> download link
[Key Note Presentation] Nepal, S., Biemans, H., Siderius, C., Lutz, A. F., Ahmad, B., Hassan, T., von Bloh, W., Wijngaard, R R., Wester, P., Shrestha, A B., Immerzeel, W. W. (2019). Importance of snow and glacier meltwater for agriculture on the Indo-Gangetic Plain. International Forum on the Cryosphere and Society, 28-30 August. 2019, Kathmandu
Nepal, S. 2017. Hydrological assessment of the Koshi River basin: Results, issues and challenges. HIMALICE Symposium -Himalayan cryosphere: Understanding of water resources and glacier hazards” 26-27 October 2017. Kathmandu, Nepal
Stratford, D.; Pollino, C.; Brown, A.; Nepal, S..; Penton, D. 2015. A hydroecological assessment of water resource development in a data poor basin in South Asia. In: HydroEco2015; 13 April 2015; Vienna, Austria. >> more info
Nepal, S., Wahid, S.; Shrestha, A. B. Application of a distributed hydrological model to estimate water balance of the Koshi River basin. IGS Symposium on Glaciology in High Mountain Asia, 01-06 April 2015. Kathmandu, Nepal. >> more info
Nepal, S., Bajracharya, S. R., Shea, J., Wahid, S. M., Shrestha, A. B., & Flügel, W. A. (2014, May). The challenges of catchment hydrological modelling in the Himalayan region: a case study from the Dudh Kosi River basin of Eastern Nepal. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (Vol. 16, p. 10315), Vienna, Austria. >> more info
Nepal, S.; Flügel, W-A.; Fink, M; Krause, P. 2012. Impact of land-use change on Himalayan hydrology: a modelling approach. International interdisciplinary conference on Prediction for Hydrology, Ecology and Water Resources Management HydroPredict 2012, 23-27 September 2012, Vienna
Nepal, S.; Adiga, PB (2009) “Linkages between watershed and irrigation, case studies of management practices” Presented on the 12th RiverSymposium, September 21-24, 2009, Brisbane, Australia
Khatiwada, NR., Nepal, S. & Subedi, DR. (2004). Solid Waste Management in Nepal: Overview of the Research Studies carried out at School of Environmental Management and Sustainable Development (SchEMS), Pokhara University. International workshop of ‘Integrated Management and Safe Disposal of Municipal Solid Waste in Least Developed Asian Countries’ October, 2004.
Khatiwada, NR, & Nepal, S (2004). Problem, Present Status and Challenges of Solid Waste Management of Kathmandu Valley and its Solutions. Interaction program on Solid Waste problem of Kathmandu Valley and Issues of Environmental Justice’ organized by SELGA (Society for Human Rights, Environment, law and Governance Activities) August, 2004.