Ms. Kusum Shrestha

Education

Kusum Shrestha has a Master’s in Water Resources and Environmental Management from Leibniz University Hannover, Germany and was awarded a DAAD scholarship for her studies. She also holds a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from Kathmandu University, Nepal, specializing in hydropower.

Experience

Ms. Shrestha has extensive experience in hydropower development, hydrological modeling, and environmental management. She has worked with hydropower companies in Nepal and gained research experience as a Research Assistant at EPFL, Switzerland, and Leibniz University, Germany. Kusum Shrestha’s master’s thesis was on “The Influence of Land Use Information on the Simulation of Irrigation Water Demand in the Ilmenau River Catchment with SWAT+,” Her research integrated detailed land-use data into the SWAT+ model to enhance the accuracy of crop water requirement simulations.