Mr. Dipak Gyawali

Former Minister for Water Resources; Nepal

Mr. Gyawali, Academician of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, is Chair of Inter Disciplinary Analysts (IDA), a guest senior research scholar at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, and former Chair of Nepal Water Conservation Foundation. His research interests lie at the interdisciplinary interface of technology-society which he examines from perspectives of Cultural Theory. A hydroelectric power engineer (Moscow Energy Institute) and a political economist (UC Berkeley, CA), he served as Nepal’s Minister of Water Resources. He has chaired or served in advisory boards and review missions of various international organizations including EU’s water research review between FP4 to FP6, UNESCO’s International Hydrological Program IHP-6, UNESCO IHE-Delft, Coca Cola’s  international environmental advisory board, US Pacific Northwest National Lab’s study of Human Choice and Climate Change, Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady IRBM, Mekong River Commission, World Bank’s Inspection Panel, Stockholm International Water Institute, UNESCO’s World Water Assessment Program and IDS Sussex’s STEPs Center.