Dr. Chandra Bahadur Shrestha
Chartered Civil Engineer and internationally recognized transport and infrastructure specialist with more than three decades of professional experience in policy, mega-projects, and academic leadership.
Governed by foremost infrastructure visionaries, former executive leaders of the Government of Nepal, and esteemed academics with over a century of cumulative sector stewardship.
Guiding NRIPC’s strategic initiatives, research publications, and national policy engagements.
Chartered Civil Engineer and internationally recognized transport and infrastructure specialist with more than three decades of professional experience in policy, mega-projects, and academic leadership.
Distinguished engineer and former senior executive at the Department of Local Infrastructure (DoLIDAR). He brings decades of extensive leadership in rural road master planning, FIDIC procurement management, and World Bank & ADB funded infrastructure projects.
Former Joint Secretary for the Government of Nepal with profound experience in public administration, inter-governmental fiscal coordination, and statutory infrastructure frameworks across federal, provincial, and local levels.
Senior transport engineer with over 30 years of experience advising federal and metropolitan agencies on urban traffic management, road safety auditing, and arterial corridor optimization in complex mountain and urban terrains.
Eminent structural and bridge engineer with extensive experience leading bridge inspection programs, non-destructive testing (NDT), seismic vulnerability diagnostics, and mountain river crossing design standards across Nepal.
An extended network of multidisciplinary experts engaged across specialized research studies and policy dialogues.
Specialists in Himalayan rock mechanics, mountain slope stability modeling, and underground highway tunnel feasibility diagnostics.
Hydrologists and environmental scientists focusing on catchment flash-flood prediction, mountain drainage engineering, and bio-engineering.
Accredited master trainers in PPMO e-GP Phase II, FIDIC Conditions of Contract, and dispute adjudication board procedures.
Remote sensing and spatial data analysts delivering interactive web-GIS portals, satellite telemetry, and corridor vulnerability indexing.