“First Workshop on Projection and Mitigation of Mega-Geo-Disasters under Changing Climate”
Akama Hotel, Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu
Day 1: Thursday 14 March 2024
Room: Sanima Hall (First Floor)

8:30-9:30
Master of CeremonyRegistration
Inaugural session
Dr. Ranjan Kumar Dahal (Centeral Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal )9:30-9:40

Welcome and Chair Prof. Dr. Deepak Aryal (Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal )9:40-9:50

Program Highlight

Prof. Dr. Toru Terao (Kagawa University, Japan )Remarks:Guest
1. Mr. Anil Pokhrel (NDRRMA, Nepal )9:30-10:30 9:50-9:55
9:55-10:00 Guest
2. Prof. Dr. Shuichi Hasegawa (Kagawa University, Japan )Guest
10:00-10:05
3. Dr. Jagadish Karmacharya (Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Nepal)
10:05-10:10 Guest
4. Prof. Dr. Ajit Tyagi (South Asian Meteorological Association, India )10:15-10:20 Guest
5. Prof. Dr. Binil Aryal (Dean, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal )10:20-10:30 Chief Guest
6. Prof. Dr. Keshar Jung Baral (Vice Chancellor, Tribhuvan University, Nepal )10:30-10:35 Vote of Thanks
7. Prof. Dr. Dinesh Pathak (Tribhuvan University, Nepal)
Tea break
10:35-11:00
Session Chair: Binil Aryal
Keynote Session 1:
Session Co-Chair: Subrat Kumar Panda
Keynote Speech: "Changing Dynamics of Disaster Risk in Nepal: Observations and Lessons" by Anil Pokhrel ( NDRRMA, Nepal )11:00-11:30
Rapidly Increasing Extreme Rainfall Events and Critical Heat Stress Events Double Climate Change Disaster Potential over NEI by B.N. Goswami
11:30-11:45(Cotton University, India ) - Online
11:45-12:00 Importance of Field-scale Soil Moisture For Monitoring Hydro-Meterological Extremes by M. Mujumdar (IITM, India ) - Online
Panel Discussion: Development of Hydro-meteorological Network in Asia
Moderator: Dr. Dhiraj Pradhananga (Tribhuvan University)
Panelists:
12:00-13:00 1. Dr. Madal Lall Shrestha (Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Nepal )2. Dr. Samarendra Karmakar (Bangladesh Meteorological Department, Bangladesh )3. Prof. Dr. Ajit Tyagi (South Asian Meteorological Association, India )4. Prof. Dr. Tetsuzo Yasunari (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan ) - Online
Lunch break
13:00-14:00

Keynote Session 2:

Session Chair: Yaoming MaSession Co-Chair: Binod Pokharel

14:00-14:30

Keynote Speech: "Swing Climate Extremes and the Societal Double & Pathways to Resilience" by Simon Wang (Utah State University, USA )14:30-15:00

Keynote Speech: "Promotion of Geoparks for Sustainable Development in the Himalayan Range" by Shuichi Hasegawa (Kagawa University, Japan )Keynote Speech: "Himalayan Weather and Climate" by A.P. Dimri (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, India)
Migration history and landscape changes in Indo-Bhutan border area by Haruhisa Asada (Nara Women's University, Japan ) - Online
Tea breakSession Chair: Binod Pokharel
Keynote Session 3:
Session Co-Chair: Shabista Yildiz
Keynote Speech: "Insight from the Highest weather stations in the world" by Baker Perry (Appalachian State University, USA) - Online
16:00-16:30
Keynote Speech: "The energy and water exchange and its effect on the weather and climate over the Tibetan plateau and surrounding region" by
16:30-17:00
Yaoming Ma (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China )Keynote Speaker: "CREST-HIMAL: A way to mitigate the impacts of Meteorological Hazards under Changing Climate" by Someshwar Das (SAMA,17:00-17:30
India)
Networking Dinner
18:00-20:00
End of Day 1
Day 2: Friday 15 March 2024
Room: Sanima Hall (First Floor)
Registration
8:30-9:00
Session Chair: Sadhana Pradhanang Kayastha
Keynote Session 4:Session Co-Chair: Shiori Sugimoto
15:00-15:30
15:30-15:45
15:45-16:00

9:00-9:30

Keynote Speech: "Asian Precipitation Experiment and Mega-geo Hazards under Changing Climate" by Toru Terao (Kagawa University, Japan)

9:30-10:00

Keynote Speech: "Early Warning of Rainfall Induced Landslides: A Case Study from India" by Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh (Amrita Vishwa
Vidyapeetham, India)

10:00-10:3010:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-11:45
11:45-12:00
12:00-13:00

Keynote Speech: "Climate Hazards in the Himalayan Cryosphere" by Koji Fujita (Nagoya University, Japan)
Tea breakKeynote Speech: "Predictive understanding of extreme precipitation over the Himalayan region under global warming" by R. Krishnan (IITM, India) Online
Impacts of topography resolution on diurnal cycle in simulated precipitation over the Himalayas by Shiori Sugimoto (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth
Science and Technology, Japan)
Status of glacier lakes and GLOF modelling in Nepal by Rijan Bhakta Kayastha (Kathmandu University, Nepal)
Lunch breakParallel Sessions:Room: Sanima Hall

13:00-13:15
13:15-13:30
13:00-14:30
13:30-13:45
13:45-14:00
14:00-14:15
14:15-14:30

Session 1A: Mega-Geo Hazards in the changing climate
Chair: Devesh Sharma
Co-Chair: Binod Dawadi
Toward unraveling precipitation systems around the glacierized catchment in the Himalayas in summer by Hatsuki Fujinami (NagoyaUniversity, Japan ) - Online
Political and Economic Changes in a "Frontier" Region: Limestone Trade in Northeastern India by Sayako Kanda (Keio University,Japan) -Online
Impact of climate change on Extreme Rainfall Events & summer monsoon rainfall over North-East India by Rahul Mahanta (CottonUniversity, India )Changes in Flood Risk in Bangladesh due to climatic and Socio-economic changes by Md. Shahjahan Mondal (Bangladesh Universityof Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh)
Meteorological Disasters in the South Asia by Taiichi Hayashi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Extreme humid areas of the Indian sub-continent in changing climate scenarios by H.J. Syiemlieh (North Eastern Hill University, India) Online

Room: Tamor Hall

13:00-13:15
13:15-13:30
13:00-14:30

13:30-13:45
13:45-14:00
14:00-14:15
14:15-14:30

14:30-15:00

Session 1B: Mitigation of Mega-Geo Hazards
Chair: Fatima Akter
Co-Chair: Dibas Shrestha
Adaptation to climate change based on topographical analysis and local and Indigenous Knowledge by Atsuko Nonomura (KagawaUniversity, Japan )Challenges of evacuation preparedness and evacuation routes under frequent GLOF environment: a case of Dolakha, Nepal by Teiji
Watanabe (Hokkaido University, Japan )Unusual Weather Patterns in Nepal and Possible Association with Climate Change by Archana Shrestha (Department of Hydrology andMeteorology, Nepal )Climate Change, Impacts and Adaptation Strategy of Smallholders Farmers in South Asia by Prem Sagar Chapagain (TribhuvanUniversity, Nepal )Drought Assessment in Karnali River Basin of Nepal by Madan Sigdel (Tribhivan University, Nepal)
Terrestial Evapotranspiration Controlling Precipitation-Flood-Precipitation Cycle in Eastern Himalaya by Subashisa Dutta (IIT,Guwahati, India)
Tea breakRoom: Sanima Hall
Session 2A: Numerical Simulation of Extreme Weather Hazards
Chair: Shuichi Hasegawa
Co-chair: Ramesh Prasad Sapkota
Hydrometeorological Hazard Prediction Using Advanced Numerical Modeling by Mohan Kumar Das (National Oceanographic And
15:00-15:15
Maritime Institute, Bangladesh )Simulation of Extreme Rainfall Events in Bangladesh using NWP Models by Md. Abul Kalam Mallik (Bangladesh Meteorological
15:15-15:30 Department, Bangladesh )15:00-16:15
Numerical Modeling of Lightning Potential Index and Optimal Threshold of Thunderstorm Indices Lightning Events over India Using
WRF by Subrat Kumar Panda (Central University of Rajasthan, India )Novel Aspects of Complex Granular Slides and Flow-Obstacle-Interaction with Mathematical Model by Parameshwori Kattel
15:45-16:00(Tribhuvan University, Nepal )Application of Hydrometerological Approach for Simulation of Extreme Rainfall Events and Streamflow over Mahi River Basin In India
16:00-16:15 by Devesh Sharma (Central University of Rajasthan, India)
15:30-15:45

Room: Tamor Hall

15:00-16:15

Session 2B: Hydrometeorological hazards
Chair: Md. Shahjahan Mondal
Co-chair: Tomonori Sato
15:00-15:15 Insights of Summer Monsoon Season over Northeast India by Prolay Saha (Cotton University, India )15:15-15:30 Winter precipitation in Nepal its teleconnection with Global Climatic Index by Binod Dawadi (Tribhuvan University, Nepal )A Remote Impact of Indian Monsoon Heating to East Asian Summer Monsoon Within Intraseasonal Timescale by Tomonori Sato
(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology )15:45-16:00 Control of low-level wind on the diurnal cycle of tropical coastal precipitation by Shunsuke Aoki (Kyoto University, Japan)
Glaciers monitoring in the Himalayas -Changes in glacier regime associated with debris-cover and proglacial lake evolution by Yota Sato
16:00-16:15(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan)
15:30-15:45

Room: Sanima HallSession 3A: Early Warning of Mega-Geo Hazards
Chair: Rajesh Kumar
Co-chair: Suresh Marahatta
16:15-17:00

16:15-16:30

Development of a Machine Learning Model for Predicting River Water Levels Using Effective Rainfall and Proposal for a Method toAssess the Remaining Capacity of Piers Subjected to Local Scour by Shin'ichiro Okazaki (Kagawa University, Japan ) - Online

16:30-16:45 Can we predict forest fires in Nepal? by Binod Pokharel (Tribhuvan University, Nepal )16:45-17:00 Climate Change: A threat multiplier to national and global security By Shrijan Bahadur Malla (NDRRMA, Nepal )Room: Tamor Hall
Session 3B: Socio-economic Impacts of Mega-Geo-Disasters
Chair: Bhim Dhoj Shrestha
Co-chair: Jiban Mani Poudel
Unveiling the Unseen: An Analysis of Loss and Damage from Geo Hazards on Bakarwal Pastoralists in the Pir Panjal Range by Priya
16:15-16:30
Rajput (Central University of Rajasthan, India )16:15-17:25

16:30-16:45 Living with Uncertainty in the Himalayas: Climate change, Market and Governance by Binod Pokharel (Tribhuvan University, Nepal )16:45-17:00 Cultural Mapping of Climate change in Dolpa by Yojan Basnet (Tribhuvan University, Nepal )17:00-17:15 Living with flood: An ethnographic study from Koshi river basin by Raja Ramchandra Timilsina (Tribhuvan University, Nepal )17:15-17:25 Infotainment session by Lakpa Lama (Tribhuvan University, Nepal )Day 2 End