"April 2023-Present Engineer
Building Design Authority (BDA)
Gyaneswor, Kathmandu (Nepal)
Project: Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project (UWSSP)
Task: Design sewer network and decentralized wastewater treatment
system (DEWATS) for Panauti and Suryabinayak municipality.
Jul 2021-April 2023 Research Associate
Aquatic Ecology Center
Kathmandu University (KU), Dhulikhel (Nepal)
Project A: Climate Change and Sanitation: Assessing resilience and mitigation (SCARE) funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Task: Quantitative and qualitative survey, data processing and analysis, liaison with partner institutes, coordinate with local government institutions and community representatives, project planning and execution, contribute to paper publication and dissemination, and assist in supervising Master’s thesis.
Project B: Impact of COVID-19 on Emptying Services within Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) in Dhulikhel Municipality funded by Research, Development and Innovation (RDI)
Task: Research design, tracking project progress, budget allocation, prepare technical report, contribute to paper publication
Dec 2019-Jul 2021 Project Coordinator
Nawa Paila
New Baneshwor, Kathmandu (Nepal)
Project A: Waste Based Sustainable Bio refinery for the Production of
Bio-hythane and Bio-chemicals funded by Energize Nepal, Kathmandu University
Task: Contribute to research design, pilot-scale set up, procurement, tracking project activities and budget expenses, organising seminars, monitoring and evaluation.
Project B: Improving sanitation and hygiene at School (Phase I and II) funded by Korea Safety Health and Environment (KSHE) foundation
Position: Team Leader
Task: Installation of handwashing station, planning, designing promotional materials and disseminating information on safe drinking water, sanitation, and menstrual hygiene behaviour in school children
Others: Grant/Proposal Writing
Aug 2018-Sept 2018 Intern
Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA)
Bremen, Germany
Task: Assist on presentation preparation on DEWATS Monitoring and evaluation in South Asia. Prepared a summarized report on “Market and niche analysis of STPs in Bangalore, India”.
Mar 2015–Oct 2016 Research Assistant
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering
Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel (Nepal)
Project: Rock Filter Wastewater Treatment funded by Innovative Water
Center (iWc), Cambodia
Task: Planning, designing, construction, monitoring and performance evaluation of pilot scale Rock filter wastewater treatment plant
May 2015–Apr 2016 Research Assistant
Nepal Development Research Institute, Lalitpur (Nepal)
Project: City Sanitation Plan- Birendranagar Municipality
Task: Application of GIS for Geographic risk mapping and drafting report. Illustration of Shit Flow Diagram for wastewater and solid waste management in
Birendranagar Municipality.
Nov 2014–May 2015 Individual Consultant
Project: Testing and Commissioning of Large-Scale Institutional Biogas Plant
Biogas Sub-Component
Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), Kathmandu (Nepal)
Task: Carry out field visits to verify the developer's results and ensure the biogas plant of capacities ranging from 12-25m3 comply with the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) guidelines.
Volunteering
April 2022-Present Communication Officer
International Water Association Young Water Professional (IWA YWP) Nepal
Task: Assisted in formation of IWA YWP Nepal chapter, organize webinars, create contents, google forms, and communicate with potential institutions/ individuals for collaboration
Aug 2021-Present DAAD Young Ambassador
Task: Promote research and study opportunities in Germany through seminar, information session and events.
Nov 2014–Jan 2015 Paid Volunteer
Environment and Public Health Organization/ (Paschim Paila), Kathmandu (Nepal)
Project: Water Quality Testing at Different Schools in Kathmandu Valley
Task: Determining physicochemical parameters and micro-sampling of drinking water
Personal Skills
Organization Skill Organized webinar “Digital Round Table on Strengthening WASH
Behavior in School-Post Covid-19” conducted by Nawa Paila, (6 Sep, 2020)

Organized workshop “Open Defecation Free Campaign and Septic
Tanks Construction in Nepal: What Next?” conducted by Department
of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University
(4 June, 2016), Nepal
Technical Skills Statistical package (R Studio, SPSS), Modelling software (SIMBA, SWMM), Arc GIS 10.2, Office Packages (Ms Word, Ms Excel, Power Point), Graphics (Canva, DaVinci Resolve), KoBo Toolbox
Languages Nepal Bhasa (Mother tongue), Nepali, English, German (A2.1), Hindi
Additional Information
Conference/Workshop International Circular Economy Week and Conference organized by Institute for Applied Material Flow Management (IFAS) and DAAD Special Alumni Project, Birkenfeld, Germany (17 Oct- 28 Oct, 2022)

City wide inclusive sanitation organized by Environment of Public Health (ENPHO), Kathmandu, Nepal (10 Dec-12 Dec, 2019)
Workshop on practical methods of Project Planning and Monitoring & Evaluation, Weltweit-Gesellschaft zur Förderung lokaler Initiativen e.V., Frankfurt, Germany (1 Mar-5 Mar, 2019)
Learning Event on Waste to Energy: Experiences from Nepal, India and Switzerland, Kathmandu University, NEERI, CSIR-India, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Kathmandu, Nepal (23 Jan -27 Jan, 2017)
Green Recovery Reconstruction for WASH sector jointly organized by Hariyo Ban Program, WWF and Department of Water Supply and Sewerage, Nepal (16- 17 Feb, 2016) (Rapporteur)

Publications/Presentation Dangol, S., Ghimire, A., Tuladhar, S. et al. (2022). Biohythane and organic acid production from food waste by two-stage anaerobic digestion: a review within biorefinery framework. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-022-03937-y

Khadka, A.; Parajuli, A.; Dangol, S.; Thapa, B.; Sapkota, L.; Carmona-Martínez, A.A.; Ghimire, A. (2022). Effect of the Substrate to Inoculum Ratios on the Kinetics of Biogas Production during the Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste. Energies 2022, 15, 834. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15030834

Khatiwada, N. R., Choi, E., Ghimire, A., & Dangol, S. (2016). A Pilot Scale Study of a Rock Filter Wastewater Treatment Plant. WasteSafe 2017: 5th International Conference on Solid Waste Management in South Asian Countries, 25 Feb- 27 Feb, 2017, Khulna, Bangladesh. (Oral Presentation)

Khatiwada, N. R., Shakya, S. M., Ghimire, A., Sharma, S., & Dangol, S. (2016). Addressing the Solid and Hazardous Waste Issues through City Sanitation Plan, Waste Safe 2017:5th International Conference on Solid Waste Management in South Asian Countries, 25 Feb- 27 Feb, 2017, Khulna, Bangladesh. (Oral Presentation)

Khatiwada, N., Shakya, S. M., Sharma, S., Dangol, S., & Joshi, P. (2016). City Sanitation Plan: A Step towards Total Water Cycle Management. SOPHEN: A Technical Journal of Water, Sanitation, Health and Environment, 24-29.

Membership Member, Global Faecal Sludge Management e-learning Alliance, 2016
Member, Nepal Engineering Council (NEC), Registration No. 137 “A”, 2015
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