Dr. Nama Raj Budhathoki - Kathmandu Living Labs - ICCM Manila 2016 Keynote
Channel: CrisisMappersNet
Date: 25/10/2016

Dr. Nama Raj Budhathoki is Executive Director of ​Kathmandu Living Labs.​ You can learn more about their incredible story of using crisis mapping to help respond to the earthquake in Nepal on ​BBC​.​ Dr. Budhathoki brings a unique blend of experience from government, nonprofit, and academic sectors. Nama is the director of KLL and is also a consultant to the World Bank. He plays a critical role in developing OpenStreetMap community and creating an ecosystem around open data in Nepal. Nama earned his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with focus in OpenStreetMap. Following the doctoral degree, he worked at McGill University as a postdoctoral research fellow and then at Niti Foundation as the Director of programs. He has authored over a dozen journal papers and book chapters. His studies and works have been funded mainly by the US government, Canadian government, Dutch Government, and Yahoo! Inc. His co-edited book titled Y​ outh Community Inquiry: New Media for Community and Personal Growth is in press with Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.