• Professional Career

2004: Master of Science in Water Resources Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.?
2009: Ph.D. (Engineering), Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
2005-2006: Energy Development Officer, Rural Energy Development Programme (REDP)/ UNDP, Nepal.
2009-2011: Researcher, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
2011-2015: Researcher, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHARM), Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Tsukuba, Japan
2015-2019: Senior Researcher, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHARM), Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Tsukuba, Japan
2019-2021: Project Researcher, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2021-present: Research Specialist, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHARM), Public Works Research Institute (PWRI), Tsukuba, Japan
2025-present: Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan

• Selected publications

1. Shrestha B.B., Rasmy M., Ushiyama T., Acierto R.A., Kuribayashi D., Kubota K.: Assessing climate change-driven social flood exposures and flood damage to residential areas in the Solo River basin of Indonesia. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 11, 144, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-025-02330-1?

2. Shrestha B.B., Rasmy M., Kuribayashi D.: Flood exposure dynamics and quantitative evaluation of low-cost flood control measures in the Bengawan Solo River basin of Indonesia. Hydrology, 12 (2), 38, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology12020038

3. Shrestha B.B., Rasmy M., Ushiyama T., Acierto R.A., Kawamoto T., Fujikane M., Shinya T., Kubota K.: Assessment of future risk of agricultural crop production under climate and social changes scenarios: a case of the Solo River basin in Indonesia. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 18 (1), e13052, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.13052

4. Shrestha B.B., Rasmy M., Shinya T.: Assessment of flood damage to residential houses and analysis of effectiveness of flood damage reduction measures. Journal of JSCE, Special Issue (Hydraulic Engineering), 12 (2), 23-16158, 2024. https://doi.org/10.2208/journalofjsce.23-16158

5. Shrestha B.B., Kawasaki A., Inoue T., Matsumoto J., Shiroyama T.: Exploration of spatial and temporal variability of rainfall and their impact on rice production in Burma in 1901 – 1939 during the colonial period. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 9, 48, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-022-00506-2

6. Shrestha B.B., Kawasaki A., Zin W.W.: Development of flood damage assessment method for residential areas considering various house types for Bago Region of Myanmar. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 66, 102602, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102602

7. Shrestha B.B., Kawasaki A., Zin W.W.: Development of flood damage functions for agricultural crops and their applicability in regions of Asia. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 36, 100872, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100872

8. Shrestha B.B., Kawasaki A.: Quantitative assessment of flood risk with evaluation of the effectiveness of dam operation for flood control: A case of the Bago River Basin of Myanmar. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 50C, 101707, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101707

9. Shrestha B.B., Nakagawa H.: Assessment of potential outburst floods from the Tsho Rolpa glacial lake in Nepal. Natural Hazards, 71 (1), 913-936, 2014. ? https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0940-3

10. Shrestha B.B., Nakagawa H., Kawaike K., Baba Y., Zhang H.: Driftwood deposition from debris flows at slit-check dams and fans, Natural Hazards, 61 (2), 577-602, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-011-9939-9