Dr Deepak Aryal is a Professor and Head at the Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (CDHM), Tribhuvan University. He is an Academician at NAST. He is also the Chairperson of the Society of Hydrologists and Meteorologists of Nepal (SOHAM-Nepal). He has extensive experience of 26 years in meteorological, glaciological, air pollution and aerosol field campaigning in Japan and Nepal. He has many national and international publications and has presented his work in several international conferences including AGU, EGU, AOGS, and JpGU.