Dr. Sanjiv Neupane, CEO of Smartphones For Water Nepal (S4W-Nepal), received his Ph.D. in Water Engineering and Management (2023) from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand, where he also earned his Master’s degree in 2019, during which he was awarded the prestigious “His Majesty King’s Scholarship”. During his Ph.D., he was involved in the research projects: “Mapping groundwater resilience to Climate Change and human development in Asian cities” and “Safeguarding Regional Food Security under Climate Change impacts via mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions-centered adaptation strategies (NAFOS)”, both funded by the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN).

Dr. Neupane has published in international journals and presented at conferences focusing on hydrological and groundwater modeling, climate change, human development impacts and adaptation in the water sector, land use change, and GIS-based analysis. He is passionate about conducting research for sustainable watershed management in Nepal and is honored to work with S4W-Nepal, connecting young researchers and citizen scientists. Furthermore, he has served as a lead and collaborator in projects involving various agencies such as the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), APN, SmartPhones4Water (S4W), and the Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (CDHM) at Tribhuvan University.