Dr Om Katel is a faculty member at the College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan (RUB), Lobesa, Bhutan and a former Dean of Research. Dr Katel has over 20 years of teaching and research experience. He has been a visiting researcher at Nagoya University, Japan, since 2015 and an alumnus of Youth Encounter on Sustainability (YES), Intensive Program on Sustainability (IPoS); International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD); Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS); and South Asian Network for the Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE). His research interests are wide, but he is particularly interested in addressing climate change adaptation and resilience in mountains, mountain urbanisation, mountain hazards, water resources management and the dynamics of ecosystems linking climate change and development.