Suchita Shrestha holds Master’s degree in Environmental Science from Tribhuwan University. Her Masters research was focused on the utilization of buffer zone community forest resources and conservation practices. She is also a recipient of a grant award from the Ministry of Environment for the National Adaptation Plan of Action (NAPA) where she studied the impact of climate change on the indigenous community “Chepang” in Chitwan. Her broader research interest lies on climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation capacity of community, ecosystem services and human dimension of natural resources management. She has also a keen interest on the knowledge-action-policy interface. She has almost a decade of experience in result based project management primarily focused on natural resources management and livelihood.
She joined SIAS in 2016 and worked as a research team member in the action research project “Climate Adaptive and Equitable Water Management Practices and Strategies in cities in South Asia (CAMPS)” funded by IDRC Canada. She was particularly responsible on how to involve private sector in the issues of water management at urban settings. Currently, she has been involved as the Researcher in the research project entitled “Institutional networks and self-organized adaptation: Tracing the democratic architectures of climate response.” She is responsible for coordinating the quantitative survey team and also contributes in the qualitative research. Besides, she also worked as a Managing Editor of the New Angle: Nepal Journal of Social Science and Public Policy is an internationally peer-reviewed journal published by Nepal Policy Research Network. Before joining SIAS, she worked in the development sector primarily on the thematic areas of climate change adaptation, rural livelihoods and forest based enterprise.
PUBLICATIONS
- Bhattarai, B., Upadhyaya, R., Neupane, K., Devkota, K., Maskey, G., Shrestha, S., Mainali, B. and Ojha, H., 2021. Gender inequality in urban water governance: Continuity and change in two towns of Nepal. World Water Policy.
- McManus, P., Pandey, C., Shrestha, K., Ojha, H. and Shrestha, S., 2021. Climate change and equitable urban water management: critical urban water zones (CUWZs) in Nepal and beyond. Local Environment, 26 (4), p. 431-447. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2021.1892045
- Gupta, D., Fischer, H., Shrestha, S., Ali, S.S., Chhatre, A., Devkota, K., Fleischman, F. and Rana, P., 2021. Dark and bright spots in the shadow of the pandemic: Rural livelihoods, social vulnerability, and local governance in India and Nepal. World Development, 141, p.105370.
- Shrestha, S., Devkota, K., Dahal, N. and Neupane, K. R., 2021. Application of recharge ponds for water management: Explaining from nature based solution perspective. In: Khatri, D., Neupane, K. R., and Devkota, K., ed. Dhulikhel’s Journey Towards Water Security: Insights for Policy and Practice. Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS) and Dhulikhel Municipality, Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Timalsina, M. R., Joshi, T., Shrestha, S., Poudel, D. and Khatri, D., 2021. Opportunities and challenges of the larger-scale water supply project: Insights from the Kavre valley. In: Khatri, D., Neupane, K. R., and Devkota, K., ed. Dhulikhel’s Journey Towards Water Security: Insights for Policy and Practice. Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS) and Dhulikhel Municipality, Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Nichols, C.E., Jalali, F., Ali, S.S., Gupta, D., Shrestha, S. and Fischer, H., 2020. The Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 amid Agrarian Distress: Opportunities for Comprehensive Policy Response in Agrarian South Asia. Politics & Gender, p.1-8.
- Rai, R.K., Neupane, K.R., Bajracharya, R.M., Dahal, N., Shrestha, S. and Devkota, K., 2019. Economics of climate adaptive water management practices in Nepal. Heliyon, 5(5), p. 01668.
- Raut, N., Pokharel, A., Shrestha, S. and Bajracharya, R.M., 2019. Gender dynamics in urban water management in Nepal: a case study of Dharan. Resources and Environment, 9(2), p. 41-47.
- Shrestha, S., Pandey, C.L., Ojha, H., Neupane, K., Devkota, K., Bajracharya, RM. and Dahal, N., 2019. Understanding engagement of the private sector in urban water management. Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies. (Policy brief)
- Shrestha, S., Shrestha, S. and Shrestha, B., 2012. Groundwater Development and Management Institutions and Policies in Nepal. In: Shrestha, S., Pradhananga, D. and Pandey, V.P., ed. Kathmandu valley groundwater outlook. Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), The Small Earth Nepal (SEN), Center of Research for Environment Energy and Water (CREEW), International Research Center for River Basin Environment-University of Yamanashi (ICRE-UY), Kathmandu, Nepal.
