Dr Basanta Raj Adhikari is a geo-hazard expert with having research interest in the tectonics of the Himalaya, climate change, hill-slope movement and human interaction, Himalayan sediment flux generation, community-based disaster risk reduction, Urban Disaster Risk Reduction, and Multi-hazard Risk Assessment. He is the author of more than 40 scientific research papers and book chapters and received various recognitions for his work in the field of earth science i.e Young Scientist (Integrated Research on Disaster Risk) and “young affiliates” (The World Academy of Sciences).