About me

Name	Prashidha Kharel
Address	139, Shankhadevi, Lubhoo-8, Lalitpur, Nepal
Telephone	00977-1-6912524
Mobile	00977-9841191109
Email	prashidha.kharel [at] gmail.com; pkharel [at] gheases.com.np
Skype ID	prashidha.kharel
Nationality	Nepali
Date of birth	30 November 1990
Education/Qualification
2012	BE in Civil Engineering Tribhuvan University, Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus Elective Subjects: Rock Engineering and Finite Element Method
2008	A-level, Budhanilkantha School Subjects (Grades): Mathematics (A), Physics (A), Chemistry (A), Further Mathematics (B), Thinking Skills (b), General Paper (c)
2007	AP Exam [‘AP Scholar Award’] Subjects (Grades): Calculus BC (5), Calculus AB (5), Physics C -Mechanics (5), Physics C - Electricity and Magnetism (5)
2006	School Leaving Certificate, Shankhadevi School
Work Experience
Apr 2014 - now	Civil Engineer at Himalaya Conservation Group, Nepal
Jun 2013 - now	Researcher at GHEaSES International Pvt. Ltd, Nepal
Jan - Jun 2013	Enumerator, “Irrigation Institutions Survey, Nepal”, assisting for a PhD research of Atul Pokharel form Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Visited 19 Districts of Nepal for the survey including remote district like Dolpa, Gulmi, Jumla, Kalikot, Khotang, Mugu, Okhaldhunga, Palpa, etc.
May-Aug 2012	Team member, final year project on “Design of River Training Works in Babai River within Gulariya Municipality”, funded by German Development Cooperation (GIZ), SUNAG
Trainings
Dec 2012	Tunnel Design, Construction and Risk Management [2 days], NTA, ITACET Foundation and ITA AITES
Apr 2012	Engineering in Emergency [7 days], RedR India
Oct 2011	SPHERE in Humanitarian Practice [4 days], RedR India
Personal Skills
Software skills	AutoCAD Civil 3D, GIS, JOSM, STATA, Abaqus, OpenSees
Programming Languages	Octave/MATLAB, Python, PHP, MYSQL, R, Tcl, LaTeX, Scala, Fortran
Membership and Affiliations
Member	Himalyan Landslide Society
Member	Nepal Engineers’ Association
Regd. Engineer	Nepal Engineering Council
Articles and conference presentations
Kharel P., Dhakal, S., & Poudyal, S. (2014) Seismic Demand Behaviour of Low-rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings Built on Slopes of Kathmandu Valley. Proceedings of the International Symposium Geohazards: Science, Engineering and Management. Paper presented at the International Symposium Geohazards: Science, Engineering and Management, Kathmandu, Nepal (pp 341-347). [link] Kharel, P. (2014), Formulating the Applied Element Method: Linear 2D (Part I), published in personal blog at http://prashidha.blogspot.com/ Kharel, P., & Dhakal, S. (2013), Hazard rating and event tree analysis for assessing rockfall  risks along Siddhartha Highway in Siddhababa Area, Nepal. International Journal of Landslide and Environment (1)1. Paper presented at the 11th International Symposium on Mitigation of Geo-disasters in Asia (MGDA-11), 22-28 October, 2013, Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal (pp 41-42). [link] Kharel, P. (2013, July 8), A scar on Annapurna that had caused the Seti Flood of 2012, published in personal blog at http://prashidha.blogspot.com/ [This article was referenced by NASA earth observatory’s article “Making Sense of Nepal’s Seti River Disaster”]