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Awards

May 2020 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants

August 2005 Asian Development Bank-Japan

August 2004 Swiss Government Award

August 2019 2019 Community Earth System Model
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
American Association of Geographers
Society of Hydrologists and Meteorologists-Nepal

Degrees:

2006
Master     Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
2016
Master     Social and Economic Sciences

Publications resulting from Research
Yadav, S. K. (2018). Groundwater Challenges, Governance, and Management in Nepal, Springer Hydrogeology In Mukherjee, A. et al (ed). Groundwater in Asia. Springer Hydrogeology. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3889-1_42
Dixit, A., Shrestha, A., Shukla, A., Lakhe, B., Khan., Sorokin, G., Venkateswaran, K., MacClune, K., Wenju, R., Maharjan, R & Yadav, S.K. (2017). Gorkha Earthquake: Recovery Challenges in a Fluid Terrain. Boulder, CO: ISET- International Working Paper.

H. C. Bonsor, A. M. MacDonald, K. M. Ahmed, W. G. Burgess, M. Basharat, R. C. Calow, A. Dixit, S. S. D. Foster, K. Gopal, D. J. Lapworth, M. Moench , A. Mukherjee, M. S. Rao, M. Shamsudduha, L. Smith, R. G. Taylor, J. Tucker, F. van Steenbergen, S. K. Yadav, A. Zahid. (2017). Hydrogeological typologies of the Indo-Gangetic basin alluvial aquifer, South Asia’, South Asia. Hydrogeol J. DOI 10.1007/s10040-017-1550-z.

Yadav, S. K. (2017). Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg. Shikshaka Magazine, Book Review.

A. M. MacDonald1, H. C. Bonsor, K. M. Ahmed, W. G. Burgess, M. Basharat, R. C. Calow, A. Dixit, S. S. D. Foster, K. Gopal, D. J. Lapworth, R. M. Lark, M. Moench, A. Mukherjee, M. S. Rao, M. Shamsudduha, L. Smith, R. G. Taylor, J. Tucker, F. van Steenbergen and S. K. Yadav. (2016). Groundwater quality and depletion in the Indo-Gangetic Basin mapped from in situ observations. Nature GeoScience Letters. DOI: 10.1038/NGEO2791.

Peter van der Keur, Caroline van Bers, Hans Jørgen Henriksen, Hari Krishna Nibanupudi, Shobha Yadav, Rina Wijaya, Andreas Subiyono, Nandan Mukerjee, Hans-Jakob Hausmann, Matt Hare, Catharien Terwisschavan Scheltinga, Gregory Pearn, Fons Jaspers. (2016). 'Identification and analysis of uncertainty in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in South and Southeast Asia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction16 208–214.

Yadav, S. K and Dixit, A. (2016). Making it through the storm: Sustainable urbanization is essential to protect cities against future natural disasters. Kantipur National English Daily, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Yadav, S.K. (2016). Extreme rainfall event: Lessons for Disaster Risk Reduction for Nepali Urban Landscape”. VARSHA Magazine. Hydrology and Meteorology Bulletin. Vol. 1, Annual Issue.

“Disaster Review 2072 BS of Nepal”. Book in Nepali language - 2016

Yadav, S. K. (2016). Churning the Earth: The Making of Global India, Shikshaka Magazine, Book Review.

Yadav, S. K. (2015). Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles by Ruchir Sharma, Shikshaka Magazine, Book Review.

Yadav. S. K. (2014). Climate Data Gap in Nepal. Shikshaka Magazine. Article in Nepali.

Yadav, S. K. (2014). Disaster and Early Warning System. Shikshaka Magazine. Article in Nepali.

Yadav, S.K. (in press). Spatial and Temporal Variation in Precipitation in Panchase Mountain Ecological Region of Nepal”, Accepted. Journal of Hydrology and Meteorology, Vol. X, No. 1.

“Community Resource Book on Climate change in Nepali language" – 2016.

Yadav, S.Y and Lian, K.K. (2009). ‘The Management of POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) Pesticides in Nepal’. Macquarie Journal of International and Comparative Environmental Law. Vol. 6.

Reviewed paper on “Reduction of transaction cost within the South African potato” submitted to African Journal of Agricultural Research

REPORTS

Bricker, S.H, Yadav, S.K, MacDonald, A.M, Dixit, A, Satyal Y, Bell, R. (2014). Groundwater resilience Nepal: Preliminary findings from a case study in the Middle Hills. British Geological Survey Open Report, 62pp. http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/509744/

MacDonald AM, Bonsor HC, Taylor R, Shamsudduha M, Burgess WG, Ahmed KM, Mukherjee A, Zahid A, Lapworth D, Gopal K, Rao MS, Moench M, Bricker SH, Yadav SK, Satyal Y, Smith L, Dixit A, Bell R, van Steenburgen F, Basharat M, Gohar MS, Tucker J, and Maurice L. (2014). Groundwater resources in the Indo-Gangetic Basin Resilience to climate change and abstraction. Report. British Geological Survey, IIT Kharagpur, ISET-Nepal, ISET International, Meta-Meta, National Institute of Hydrology (Roorkee), Overseas Development Institute, University College London, University of Dhaka Bangladesh Water Development Board. (http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/511898/)

Karen MacClune, Kanmani Venkateswaran, Yadav, S. K, Kanchan Mani Dixit, Rajani Maharjan and Sumit Dugar. (2015). Risk Nexus, Urgent case for recovery: what we can learn from the August 2014 Karnali River floods in Nepal. Report. ISET-International, ISET-Nepal, Practical Action Nepal, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd. (http://isetnepal.org.np/publications/risk-nexus-urgent-case-for-recovery-what-we-can-learn-from-the-august-2014-karnali-river-oods-in-nepal)

American Association of Geographers
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American Association of Geographers
2025
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5th National Symposium on Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Management of Groundwater Resources of Nepal
2025
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ICRN 5th National Research Conference on Climate
2025
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National Symposium on Hydrology and Meteorology
2025
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7th National Symposium on Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Management of Groundwater Resources of Nepal
2025
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7th National Conference on Science and Technology
2025
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Third International Conference on “Mountain Hydrology and Meteorology for the Sustainable Development
2025
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Training for School Teachers about climate change
2025
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Training for School Teachers about climate change
2025
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Training for NGOs staff about climate change
2025
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