Dipak Gyawali has been involved with the water sector in Nepal since 1979, initially as a government engineer and, since 1987, as an independent analyst. With training in both engineering (Moskovsky Energetichesky Institute) and resource economics (University of California, Berkeley), his research agenda focuses on the interface between technology and society, mainly around issues of water and energy. He works as a director of the Nepal Water Conservation Foundation and is also Pragya of the Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology. He has been a guest scholar and researcher at various institutions in Europe and North America, including the East West Center in Hawaii, Queen Elizabeth House in Oxford, and the IEA in Switzerland.
