Small grants:
2013 Conservation equipment support from Idea Wild, USA (www.ideawild.org)
2009 MSc Thesis Grant, National Trust For Nature Conservation, Nepal (Partial)
2009 MSc Thesis Grant Community based natural forest management in the Himalaya (ComForM), Institute of Forestry (Partial),
2006 Small Research Grant for BSc Thesis, WWF, Nepal.
Scholarship:
2018 Endeavour Leadership Award, Australian Government, Department of Education, Skills and Employment (PhD).
2015 Chevening Scholarship, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK (MSc)
2007 MSc Scholarship (2007-2009), NUFU Project Fellowship, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara
Awards:
2024, 2024 Science and Engineering PVC Staff Excellence Awards: Faculty Global Positioning Team Award
2022 Winner, 2021 Sunday Men's 7 Winter Basketball league, Brisbane Basketball Inc.
2011 Gold Medal from the President of Nepal for being First-in-First on MSc
2009 Winner Essay Competition organized by Embassy of USA, Kathmandu
2007 Youth Initiative Award 2006 by Youth Initiative Nepal
2006 Small Research Grant for BSc Thesis, WWF, Nepal.
What makes Nepal’s renewable energy subsidy effective?
Position: Principal Investigator
Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of Nepal Renewal Energy Subsidy Policy
Institution: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)/ SANDEE
Amount USD22,200
Status: Completed (2019-2021).
Supervisor: Professor Subhrendu K. Pattanayak, Duke University, USA
Outcome: Draft Manuscript
The Economics of Solid Waste Management and Drainage: A sustainable approach to making South Asian cities climate-resilient
Role: Consultant researcher and Co-investigator:
Objective: Understand the effect of solid waste management in climate resilient cities in Nepal and Bangladesh
Institute: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal
Type: Research grant from IDRC, Canada
Status: 2017-2020 (Completed)
Team leader: Mani Nepal, PhD, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal
Progress: https://www.icimod.org/sandee-idrc/
What makes a plastic bag ban effective in Nepal?
Position: Principal investigator
Objective: Evaluate the effect of the Plastic Bag ban and suggest a strategy for effectiveness
Institute: South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
Type: Research grant
Amount: USD 22777
Status: 2013-2015 (Completed)
Supervisor: Professor Jean Marie Baland, University of Namur, Belgium
Activities: Surveyed 3200 hundred respondents, observed 36000 people plastic behaviour, Before-after survey
Output: 1 working paper; 1 policy brief; 3 articles in Nepali newspaper; 2 peer-paper published.