Dr. Keshab Sharma

Topic of the Presentation:

Dam Safety Emergency Management Program for Residual Risk Reduction Global Perspective with Nepalese Context

About Speaker:

Keshab Sharma is a Geotechnical Engineer at BCG Engineering Inc., Canada. He completed BE in Civil Engineering from Pulchowk Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, and master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan as an ADB scholar. He holds a Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada.

Dr. Sharma has authored dozens of papers published in national and international journals and presented more than ten papers in international conferences. He is also a well-known columnist in Nepal’s National Daily wherein he writes about socio-technical issues.

Previously, Dr. Sharma was a lecturer at Kathmandu Engineering College (KEC) and Institute of Engineering (part-time). He also worked as a project engineer at Save the Children International where he involved in designing retrofitting of school buildings.