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ANNUAL REPORT 2015/16NEPAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Published by Nepal Development Research Institute

P.O. Box: 6975, EPC 2201, Kathmandu, Nepal

Design/Text : Rojina Kunwar

Cover Photo: Snehalata Sainjoo

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P.6 Rojina Kunwar;

P.3,6, 9,13 Ramesh Acharya;

P.4,5 Rajendra Khatri

P.7 Pabitra Bhatta Rimal;

P.8, 11 Anita Khadka;

P.15 Snehalata Sainjoo

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MESSAGE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

12 YEARS IN DELIVERING RESPONSIBILITIES

AGRICULTURE STUDIES

2015 EARTHQUAKE AND RESPONSES

WATER RESOURCES

PUBLIC HEALTH & HYGIENE

NDRI RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS

NDRI MEMBERS AND STAFF

FINANCIAL REPORT

NDRI PARTNERS IN 2015-16/ MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN 2015-16

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

First of all, I would like to congratulate the entire

NDRI family for successfully completing the 12th

Year of its establishment, despite of several

challenges encountered.

The Fiscal Year 2072/73 remained as the Year

of trauma aftermath the Earthquake 2015,

enduring series of minor tremor. Despite of this

annoyance of shocks, NDRI fruitfully organized

two events related to disaster, new of its kind in

our institutional history: the drama and the health

camp. The drama entitled "Mother's Immortal

Love" was one of the most overwhelming

experiences of NDRI that sensitized for the build

back better to the diverse spectators. Moreover,

the generous contribution from NDRI family in the

Earthquake Victim Relief Fund made us possible

to contribute to earthquake victims via health

camp in Nanglebhare VDC, Sindhupalchowk, one

of the severely affected districts.

Data base research, the regular activity of NDRI

continued this year as well in various sectors as:

good governance, gender equity and social

inclusion, livelihood, health, mostly focused in the

earthquake affected districts.

The projects started in the last fiscal year

continued with all the goal achieved as per

calendar included: adaptation to climate change

in the hydropower sector with CDKN, hydraulic

analysis of Bagmati river with CSIRO, effective

agriculture extension services with J-PAL and

ICIMOD, quality assessment of reproductive health

services in Nepal with UNFPA and better hatchery

management work with SAMARTH.

NDRI is pleased to onboard new collaborators such

as Planete Enfants, UN Women, Sajhedari

Bikaas/USAID Nepal in this Fiscal Year was a

pleasing experience.

Publication of our research outputs in reputed

journal, proceedings and numerous thoughtful

articles on contemporary issues in national dailies

by NDRI members and staff in the last fiscal year

was inspiring to all of us. And we have prioritized

to take this endeavor of publication more seriously

on the days to come.

Furthermore, NDRI family is honored by the

appointment of one of our Board member, Dr.

Sunil Babu Shrestha in National Planning

Commission (NPC). The prestigious award of

"Pragya Bhasa Puraskar 2069" provided by Her

Excellency, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, PRESIDENT of

Nepal to Prof. Dr. Madhav P. Pokharel, President,

NDRI was another proud moment.

Considering the inevitability of continual quality

upgrading system, NDRI has initiated to implement

Quality Management Services aiming to certify for

ISO 9001: 2015.

NDRI is thankful to Social Welfare Council,

concerned Ministries, Departments of Government

of Nepal and partner organization for their

support and cooperation for creating congenial

environment in project implementation and

administration.

I would like to acknowledge NDRI Board Members

and Executive Committee for continual

encouragement and direction. Last but not the

least, I am indebted to the program coordinators,

researchers and administrative staff for their

dedication in successful completion of 12th year of

NDRI.

I wish the coming fiscal year would be meaningful

in institutionalization of the progress made so far;

focusing future endeavor into policy research and

pilot some development intervention based on

research.

Dr. Jaya Kumar Gurung

Executive Director

Thank you

NDRI Annual Report 2015/16 1


12 YEARS IN DELIVERING RESPONSIBILITIES

Mission Vision Objectives

Provide evidence-based

analytical inputs for policy

making in regional, national

and local level on

contemporary issues through

rigorous research.

To become a center of

excellence for policy

research, education and

development.

Carry out research and academic activities on contemporary issues

related to economic development.

Contribute to rational opinion building by disseminating information.

Exchange resources, technology and information with both national

and international institutions.

Contribute to capacity building of young professionals and local

communities.

Provide professional services to the clients as per their demands.

Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI) was established in 2004 by an interdisciplinary team of experts, with

highest academic degrees and with wide range of experiences. NDRI aims to address the current and emerging policy

challenges and offer practical and credible recommendations for the benefit of the policy makers and the general

public. Since its establishment, NDRI has been continuously working to create opportunities for research, dialogue and

collaboration to strengthen the communication and partnership between the policymakers, academia and the pool of

experts.

The focal working areas of NDRI are; policy analysis on national economy, infrastructure policy and planning, poverty

reduction, sustainable livelihoods and climate change, agriculture, natural resources and disaster management. In the

coming year NDRI will facilitate capacity building of young professional and local communities interested in

contemporary policy research. We believe that NDRI will be an important hub for the long term knowledge generation

in research and academic activities on issues related to economic development and social advancement and become a

Centre of Excellence for quality research, education and development.

NDRI personnel and products:

ambassador of positive changes

Delivery of best Knowledge

honestly and impartibility

Decision making process

Core Values


AGRICULTURE

STUDIES


How Can Agriculture Extension Services Be Improved

Cost Effectively In Nepal ? NDRI conducted a research

for gathering evidence based information on the ways

of improving and integrating respective communication

strategies into agricultural extension services and its

extension services delivery mechanism to cost-

effectively reach Nepal's farmers and the effort bore

fruit with the creation of a strategic framework,

developed in collaboration with ICIMOD and J-PAL,

that pinpoints ways into long-term.

Activities undertaken during the project year 2015/16:

Midline survey was carried out in April 2015, followed by monitoring survey in

June & July, 2015

The survey was targeted at farmers of specified locations practicing

intercropping of maize with tomato, ginger and french bean.

Initiative distribution program at Phase I was accomplished in February 2016 to

appreciate the lead/ peer farmers.

In May 2016, Back Check was completed to verify the data obtained throughout

the follow up survey II.

On farm Monitoring III was completed to observe the intercropping practices in

June 2016.

Mid-term Finding Sharing Workshop in August 2016 was held to share the

achievements among the key stakeholders of the project.

Phase II of incentive distribution to the farmers is at the ongoing process.

The project commenced from the end of

2013/14 for two years and was focused in 10

hilly districts of Nepal covering 168 VDCs in

total. NDRI has accomplished baseline and

midline survey while meeting the project

objectives, whereas, the endline survey is

expected to complete within this year.

Intercropping practices of maize with french

beans, tomato and ginger is showing remarkable

agri-progress by the farmers.

Effort on Enhancing Agricultural Extension Services Cost-effectively

Key Partners:

•J-PAL

•ICIMOD

Study Team

Prof. Dr. Punya Prasad Regmi, Team Leader

Dr. Manjeshwori Singh

Mr. Rajendra Khatri

Mr. Ram P. Devkota


National Planning Commission (NPC) is working towards evidence-based policy formulation and

decision making by using the results and findings from the evaluation of complete and ongoing

policies, programs and projects. In this regard, Project for Agriculture Commercialization and

Trade (PACT) is being evaluated by the independent third party as provisioned by NPC.

Currently this midterm independent third party evaluation is conducted by Strengthening

National Planning and Monitoring Capacity (SNPMC) on the behalf of National Planning

Commission and with the support of United Nation Development Programme (UNDP).

For this independent third party assessment, Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI) was

selected through competitive process to conduct the assignment. The required survey tools were

decided and prepared by mutual understanding between NPC, SNPMC and NDRI. The

evaluation process was spread over a period of four months beginning from the beginning of

Baishak, 2073 B.S to the end of Shrawan , 2073 B.S .

Objectives:

The main objective of this independent evaluation is to assess the status and performance of

approximately 524 value chain participants equally representing small and marginal farmer's group,

agriculture cooperatives, private firms and producers associations that are tied up in the project.

The specific objectives of this evaluation are:

A) To evaluate PACT's planning and implementation process of different calls.

B) To evaluate the status of work performed by PACT.

C) To evaluate value chain participant's productivity and improvement in their ability to compete.

D) To measure the changes brought by the project in the employment rate at local level.

E) To access the contribution of the project in poverty reduction and improving the standard of

living.

Systematic Random Sampling

Direct beneficiaries questionaire, Household Survey questionaire, FGD, KII

Observation report, Case studies, Success Story

Key Findings:

Activities Undertaken

Relevancy: The sub sectoral beneficiaries expressed that the project is highly sustainable, however, the

positive performance of the project evaluation is showing 24% sustainability.

As per the concerned parties, instead of offering full grants, these funds should be extended as soft loans by

involving various banks and financial institutions within financial system the project for high sustainability.

Effectiveness: The project has shown 34% effectiveness.

Impact: From the evaluation, 52.2% of the value chain participants are dissatisfied with the application of

the grant. The summarized value chains revealed that the productivity of serial seeds (rice and wheat), dairy

sector, vegetables etc have increased from 9.67% to 71.47%.

The entire respondents agreed that the project has no adverse affect on the environment.

Key Partners:•National Planning Commission (NPC)

•Strengthening National Planning and Monitoring

Capacity (SNPMC)

•United Nation Development Programme (UNDP)

Independent evaluation

Study Team

Prof. Dr. Punya Prasad Regmi, Team Leader

Mr. Rajendra Khatri


2015

EARTHQUAKE

AND RESPONSES

Measuring the impact of the project activities

Key Findings:

After 4 months of TLC activities:

76 % of children [primary and secondary] attending the TLC, had good

understanding of key life-saving messages disseminated

88% children report that TLC delivered good quality education services

After 4 months of CFS/TLC activities:

85% of children attending the TLC reported an improved overall well-being

89% of women attending the FFS reported an improved overall well-being

At the end of the project, 93 % of women had a better understanding of what

GBV was, how and where to report GBV and support services.

80 % of community children & adults had a good understanding of key life

saving messages disseminated


NDRI collaborate with Planete Enfants for conducting impact survey of

the project “Protection, Education and Livelihood (PEL)” in earthquake

affected VDCs of Nuwakot. The Phase 1 of the project, focusing on

protection and education through Temporary Learning Centre (TLC)

and Female Friendly Space (FFS), was implemented jointly with the

local partner “Shakti Samuha”. The activities of Phase 1 were

evaluated later in the Phase II as its impact study.

The impact study was carried out in three sample VDCs of Nuwakot

district namely: Sundaradevi, Thaprek and Shikharabesi. Both

quantitative as well as qualitative survey was carried out, targeting the

major beneficiaries of the Project: Children (Primary/Secondary) who

attended TLC, Women who attended FFS and Community

(Adult/Children). One on one questionnaire interview, Focal Group

Discussion, Key Informant Interview and school observation tools were

employed for the impact study.

Assessing the objectives

1Improve dignity of

women

2Reduce the risks of GBV

and support the

survivors

3Help children getting

back to school and

protect them from

abuses

4Help the affected

communities to

overcome their trauma

5Limit the risks of abuse

and protect them from

other risks by

disseminating key

messages.

Key Partner:

Planete Enfants

Study Team

Dr. Manjeshwori Singh, Team Leader

Anita Khadka, Project Coordinator

Kriti Shrestha, Researcher


Establishing baseline information on local governance

NDRI focused closely on empowering communities of six highly earthquake affected districts to

devise a structure that would help to direct their own development while advancing responsiveness

of local governance. In this regard, a baseline survey, to assess the situation of local governance

and governance led recovery process, is crafted by NDRI in collaboration with Sajhedari Bikaas

(SB). Following the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) recommendations and the outputs

generated, the baseline survey is expected to support SB‟s interventions in 107 sample VDCs of

affected districts. i.e. Gorkha, Lamjung, Dhading, Makwanpur, Dolakha and Ramechhap.

Key Findings:

HELPING TO UNDERSTAND

Responsiveness of

government to

citizen needs

Satisfaction level

of citizen with the

service delivered

by VDC

Recovery efforts

in affected

districts

Key Partner:

Sajhedari Bikaas

Perception of this survey is assessed based on three types of

respondents as male, female and youth, which accounts to

35.8%, 34.9% and 29.3% respectively.

Analysis of respondents as household head by type of

respondent indicates colossal percentage of male dominant

household head (90%) while nearly one in 10 respondents is

female headed household. The percentage of female headed

household in baseline study is comparatively lower than that of

national average of 25.73%.

More than half of the respondents ,during the survey, were

found to be living in temporary shelter after earthquake, while

2/5th of the respondents are living in their own house. This

indicates delay in reconstruction process by government .

Disability after earthquake is most prominent in female

respondents (65%) compared to male (35%).

Study Team


Anita Khadka, Senior Research Associate


Impact of earthquake on women and their socio-economic status

In order to assess the impact of Nepal‟s earthquake on socio-

economic status of women in affected districts (Gorkha,

Sindhupalchowk, Lalitpur, Lamjung, Nawalparasi and Chitwan)

including issues related to rights to land, property and citizenship

that contributed or hindered their progress in recovering from the

disaster, NDRI in collaboration with UN Women initiated this

project, with the aim to identify and recommend sustainable

policy and programmatic options to the relevant agencies.

Less

Damag

ed

(1

District)

Selection

of

target

househol

ds

(1152

HHs)

Selection of

affected VDCs

(33 VDCs)

Strati

ficati

on

Severely

Damage

d

(3

Districts)

Moderately

Damaged

(2 Districts)

Selection of Sample

Districts

Key Findings:

As out migration of male population is high, the household

workload on women has increased.

32.7% of the earthquake affected household still lives on the

same dilapidated house which increase the vulnerability of women

as they are the one who stays on house more for household

chores.

Temporary shelter are unsafe in terms of induced disaster,

weather extremities, sexual and gender based violence to the

women.

17.36.9% male headed household and 44.6% female headed

household’s annual income was found to be less than 30K.

Citizenship certificate was the main problem to access the

properties for women.

Female members of 20.7% male headed households and

40.5% female headed households were found to have ownership

of land. Similarly, female of 5.7% male headed and 29.1%

female headed households have ownership upon house.

93.3% of the total respondents were willing to take the skill

related trainings where 15.7% male and 84.3% female

respondents showed eagerness.

Public participation of women was seen better than men with

68.5 % household having women involved in public institutions

viz., women farmer group, mothers groups, community awareness

centre etc.

Among the receiver of earthquake affected support card.

households, 29.1% were female headed household only.

Key Partner:

UN Women

Assess and evaluate the present socio-economic status of women in the study districts.

Focus on comparison of current socio-economic status between male-headed and female-headed households and remittance receiving and not receiving households respectively

Identify the most vulnerable groups and the causes of their vulnerability

Highlight more on land and property rights and citizenship rights after earthquake 2015

The study aims to:

Study Team


Sheela Sharma, Researcher

Ramesh Acharya, Researcher,

Manoj Khatri, Researcher

Drama “Mother’s Immortal Love” for Awareness

Why is the drama for awareness raising? Theatre and drama have been a form of expression and

an effective instrument to express social issues. It turns out into an imprinted mark and a lot to

realize when the truth is presented in the dramatic way.

NDRI felt out an urgent need to redress the current policies related to natural disasters, with

emphasis on preparedness, rescue, relief management, and reconstruction., therefore, organized a

drama presentation, titled “Mother’s Immortal Love”, to evoke the facts and findings we

experienced in the 2015 earthquake. The play was staged at Sarwanam theatre, Anamnagar from

April 22-26, 2016. The main objective of the drama show is to analyze the existing proactive

policies from grassroots‟ perspectives and set the stage for embarking on the implementation of

sustainable reconstruction agenda for the future.


In its 45 minutes, the drama show tackles the state of mother on earthquake, issues

and challenges on the reconstruction and mitigation and necessity of inputs for

national implementation and awareness raising at public level. The show after its

critically praised premiere, is in the way for radio presentation.

“History explains that successful shows are

praiseworthy when viewers thank them

with one of these three elements: Laughs,

Tears and Claps. And I am pleased that

this drama show achieved all of these

remarks from its viewers. It is an

encouragement to NDRI and a sign of our

achievement in conveying objective of the

drama.”

Dr. Nawa Raj Khatiwada

WATER RESOURCES


Adaptation to Climate Change in

the Hydroelectricity Sector in Nepal

With funding from Climate & Development Knowledge Network

(CDKN), NDRI is leading this two-year project in partnership with

Practical Action Consulting, Nepal and Global Climate Adaption

Partnership, UK. Current climate variability and extreme events are

believed to cause major impacts and economic costs in Nepal. Climate

change could further exacerbate these impacts. A key risk of climate

change concerns the hydroelectricity sector, which is critically important

as Nepal has a very large potential for hydroelectricity. However,

responding to these climate-related risks – with adaptation - involves

decision-making in very high uncertainty. This study has thus selected

Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) methodology, taking a "bottom up"

decision-scaling approach. The study aimed to:


Vulnerability

Assessment

Develop a solid evidence bas on the

vulnerability of the hydroelectricity sector

to climate change

Identify viable adaptation options that

enhance resilience

Understand and address the challenges

of mainstreaming adaptation in the sector

Build capacity and help enable

adaptation action amongst policy makers

Key Findings Nepal‟s current hydropower system (especially smaller ROR projects) is ill-prepared to address

current variability of climate and flows;

Hydrological variability is influenced by catchment elevation, size of catchment and location;

Hydropower generation based purely on water availability especially from medium and large

projects are overall robust for future climate scenarios (2040-2059);

Climate induced hazards – sediment, extreme floods, GLOFs more important. Climate change is likely

to aggravate these climate induced hazards;

Smaller projects are likely to be more affected by Climate Change as design based on limited data,

more variable flow conditions and adverse impacts of upstream interventions;

As majority of climate models predict increased precipitation, positive gain generally expected in

energy generation;

Potential impacts of climate change are outweighed by other issues and deep uncertainties plaguing

the power sector, including current climate variability (baseline) and uncertainty regarding

institutional and regulatory issues, financial-economic issues related to pricing, export opportunities,

construction costs and project financing, and frequently occurring delays in construction.

NDRI Team: Dr. Divas B. Basnyat (Team Leader), Dr. Jaya K Gurung, Dr Laxmi P Devkota, Johan Grijsen, Prof. Hari Pandit,

Gopal Bhattarai, Dibesh Shrestha, Sindhu Devkota, Saurav Pradhananga and Shiva Gopal Shrestha

PUBLIC HEALTH & HYGIENE


United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) Nepal , in its 7th programme cycle

(2013-2017), is working with the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) to support the

strengthening of the national family planning program, both at national and at below-national

levels, for increasing demand as well as utilization of family planning services. For this, NDRI

supported UNFPA while conducting a survey for subsequent monitoring of progress in Nepal.

The survey was conducted in representative sample of different types of Service Delivery

Points (SDPs) in government, private and NGO/Mission sector, Outlets of FPAN, Marie Stopes

and PSI located in all the five development regions of all three ecological belts and according

to urban and rural setting. The study covered :

Facility Based Assessment for Reproductive Health Commodities and Services, 2016

Key Findings:

Key Partner:

United Nations

Population Fund (UNFPA)

214

35

43

23

85

90

25

37

Health posts

Primary health care centers

Health clinics (urban, institutional , polyclinics)

Hospital (district, zonal, sub-regional , Marie Stopes

and NGO )

Sangini outlets

Medical centers

Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN) centers

PSI outlets.

Family planning services was provided by all types of

SDPs surveyed. Nearly 61% of the facilities were

located in rural areas and 39% of the facilities were in

the urban area. All of the primary level care SDPs (HP

and PHCC) offered at least three modern contraceptives.

All the FPAN/Marie stopes surveyed and majority of

sangini outlets offered at least three contraceptives. All

tertiary level care government hospitals and majority of

secondary level care government hospitals offered at

least five modern contraceptives.

The availability of seven essential life-saving maternal

and RH medicines (including two essential drugs) was

found in only about 56.21% of the facilities.

The main reasons for SDPs not being able to provide

certain life-saving maternal and reproductive health

medicines were delays on the part of the district store

/warehouse to re-supply the medicine.

The main reason for not providing IUDs, Implants and

other permanent contraception methods was

predominately (more than 53%) due to lack of trained

staffs in those SDPs to provide the services.

The SDPs having stock out of any of the modern

contraceptives during survey was low. All tertiary level

government SDPs included in the survey had full stock of

modern contraceptives at the time of survey.

. Routine communication was the main purpose for

which the ICT was used in majority of SDPs (more than

50% of the government SDPs). More than half of SDPs

(57%) managed their waste products by burning; nearly

20% SDPs managed by buried the waste in special

dump pits, few SDPs (4%) used incinerators.

High positive responses from the clients were observed

regarding the family planning services they received in

the SDPs.

The research assesses the service availability, distribution

and stock-out of essential lifesaving Reproductive Health

(RH) commodities, contraceptives and family planning

services at public, private and Non-Governmental

Organization (NGO) sectors across the country and

explore the availability of national guidelines, protocols,

standards and job-aids on provision of quality RH

services in the health facilities. NDRI Annual Report 2015/16 14

Study Team

Dr. Basu Dev Pandey, Team Leader

Sujata Karki, Researcher

A Camp of Care for Nanglebhare

NDRI has always been keen in serving and giving back to the community by volunteering their time,

effort and expertise. As a part of a corporate social responsibility and earthquake response, NDRI

with assistance of its supporting partners organized a health camp utilizing its earthquake relief

fund. The one day health camp was organized on December 12, 2015 in Naglebhare-2 ,

Shankharapur Municipality, Kathmandu.

The main objective of the health camp was to provide free healthcare and health information to the

community as well as to identify their common problems and find ways to address them. Free health

checkup, counseling and medicine were provided for patients of general medicine, eye, dental and

gynecology.

TOTAL BENEFICIARIES OF HEALTH CAMP = 368

GENERAL MEDICINE = 86

GYNECOLOGY = 60

EYE = 167

DENTAL = 55

No of ring

pessary

transplanted –

4No of

reading

glasses

distributed -

22No of

cataract

surgery –

26

NDRI Member and staff – NRs. 37,355

NDRI core fund – NRs. 40,005

Total expenditure – NRs. 77,360

ContributionNDRI Member and staff

NDRI core fund

The highest patient inflow was seen

in General Medicine category

followed by ENT while the dental

department recorded the lowest

patient influx. It is observed that a

large number of patients in Eye

Checkup; majority of them

comprising of elderly

population(42.5 %). Gynecology

patient inflow was comparatively

low with no any critical cases

although high level of unawareness

exists on risks related to

contraceptive measures among

women. Almost 1/3 of our

beneficiaries were 60 yrs or above

while children beneficiaries was low.

The age range of our beneficiary

was 1.5 yrs old to as high as 90 yrs

old.

Key Partner:•Kantipur General and Dental Hospital

•Nepal Eye Hospital and Nepal Turkey

Foundation


Flyer: Building Strengthening Generation and Dissemination of Climate

Based Agro-advisories Service to Smallholder Farmers in Nepal

Report : Nanglebhare Health Camp

Annual Report 2014/15

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

Gyawali, D.R., Devkota, L.P.(2015) „Dam Break Analysis using HEC-RAS: A case study of proposed Koshi High Dam‟. Proceedings of the Seminar on Water

and Sustainable Development, National Academy of Science and Technology, Khumaltar, Lalitpur,(1-10)

Khadka, A., Devkota, L.P., Kayastha, R.B. (2015) „Flow Characteristics in Climate Change Scenario: A case study of Tamakoshi sub-basin of Koshi River‟.

Proceedings of the Seminar on Water and Sustainable Development, National Academy of Science and Technology, Khumaltar, Lalitpur,(11-21)

Basnyat, D.B., Gurung, J.K. .(2015) „"Bottom-up" Climate Risk Assessment for Sustainable Hydropower Development‟. Proceedings of the Seminar on Water

and Sustainable Development, National Academy of Science and Technology, Khumaltar, Lalitpur,(33-43)

Khadka, A., Devkota, L.P., Kayastha, R.B. (2015) 'Impact of Climate Change on Snow Hydrology of Koshi River Basin', Journal of Hydrology and

Meteorology,Vol. 9 (1), pp. 28-44

NDRI RESEARCH IN EXTERNAL PUBLICATIONS

NDRI GENERAL PUBLICATIONS

Biannual Newsletter


Roopa Bhandari

Pabitra Bhatta Rimal

Krishna Karki

Dibesh Shrestha

Anita Khadka

Sindhu Devkota

Saurav Pradhananga

Shiva Gopal Shrestha

Snehalata Sainjoo

Yuwaraj Guragain

Surya Dhungana

Kriti Shrestha

Ramesh Acharya

Sheela Sharma

Rajendra Khatri

Ram Prasad Devkota

Sujata Thapa

Rojina Kunwar

Manoj Khatri

Shreejan Shah

Hydro-informatics

Environment Science

Water Engineering

Water Engineering

Water Engineering

Environment Science

Environment Science

Agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture

Environment Management

Database Management

Field Research

Health & Nursing

Communication Officer

Web Designing

Front Desk Officer

Administration and Finance Officer

Finance Assistant

Office Assistant

Prof. Madhav Prasad Pokharel, Ph.D.

Hari Dahal, Ph.D.

Prof. Gopal Bahadur K.C., Ph.D.

Prof. Tara Nidhi Bhattarai, Ph.D.

Nawa Raj Khatiwada, Ph.D.

Jaya Kumar Gurung, Ph.D.

Manjeshowri Singh, Ph.D.

Rabita Shrestha Mulmi, Ph.D.

Girija Shrestha, Ph.D

Jagan Nath Adhikari, Ph.D

Bhuwaneshwor Pd. Sah, Ph.D

Krishna Pahari, D.Eng.

Prof. Punya Prasad Regmi, Ph.D.

Basu Dev Pandey, Ph.D

Sunil Babu Shrestha, Ph.D

Divas Bahadur Basnyat, D.Eng

Laxmi Prasad Devkota, D.Eng.

Mahesh Raj Gautam, D.Eng

San Mukesh Amatya

Linguistics & Communication

Agriculture & Food Policy

Crop Production & Plant Protection

Engineering Geology/Disaster Risk Reduction

Environmental Engineering & Management

Gender and Livelihood

Development Studies

Geo-informatics & Natural Resources

Policy Studies

Public Health & Hygiene

Urban & Regional Planning

Water Resources

Sabita Rai Gautam Beena Poudel

NDRI Members and Staff in 2015/16



Details of Income and Expenditure during the Fiscal Year (FY) 2072/73 are given on Table 1. All illustration of these figures is given on Figure 1 to 4.

Comparative financial report during FY 2068.69 to 2072.73 is shown in Table 1.

ItemsFiscal Year 2072.73

A) Income

Research Grants 19,097,017.86

Consultancy 15,900,530.83

Other (General) 175,162.42

Total Income (A) 35,172,711.11

B) Expenditure

Administrative & Others Activities 6,551,263.50

Research Activities 38,257,159.80

Total Expenditure (B) 44,808,423.30

C) Assets

a) Current Assets 20,469,973.83

Cash & Bank Account 17,579,919.43

Advance/Prepaid Expenses 2,890,054.40

b) Fix Assets 1,628,288.60

Office equipment 1,276,858.97

Furniture 2,53,809.01

Others 97,620.62

Total Assets (C) (a+b) 22,098,262.43

Financial Report

Fig 4: Fixed Asset in FY

2072/73

Fig 3: Current Asset in FY

2072/73

Fig 2: Expenditure in FY

2072/73

Fig 1: Income in FY

2072/2073

Table 1: Details of income and expenditure of Fiscal Year 2072/73

15%

85%

Administrative & Others Activities

Research Activities

S/No Particular Fiscal Year Remark

2068/69 2069/70 2070/71 2071/72 2072/73 % Change

between FY

07172 &

072/73

1 Total Income 8,135,728.18 19,779,501.99 35,035,115.93 47,728,248.28 35,172,711.11 -26.31%Decreasing

2 Total Expenditure 10,629,232.45 15,557,627.90 29,151,960.63 30,026,931.52 44,808,423.30 49.23%Increasing

3 Surplus

(2,493,959.27)

4,221,874.09 5,883,155.30 17,701,316.76 9,635,712.19 -154.44%Decreasing

4 General Income 178,949.88 43,396.48 109,362.08 135,296.89 175,162.42 29.47%Increasing

5 Project Income 7,956,778.30 19,736,105.51 34,925,753.85 47,592,951.39 34,997,548.69 -26.46%Decreasing

6 Administrative

Expenses

4,253,950.11 4,306,452.65 5,494,637.15 5,795,177.37 5,729,726.26 39.52%Increasing

7 Project Expenses 6,386,489.25 11,251,175.32 23,657,323.48 23,508,972.30 38,257,159.80 51.83%Decreasing

8 Total Assets (Net) 3,602,753.73 8,014,957.58 13,999,717.87 31,761,222.46 22,098,262.43 -30.42%Decreasing

9 Cash, bank balance

and deposits

2,137,174.02 6,025,800.64 11,911,324.30 28,759,698.20 17,579,919.43 -38.87%

Decreasing

10 Capital Fund 2,809,126.31 2,999,456.07 3,022,456.07 3,032,456.07 3,042,456.07 0.33%Increasing

Comparative Financial Report



NDRI PARTNERS IN 2015/16

Ministry of Agriculture and Development (MOAD)

Department of Agriculture (DOA)

Ministry of Health and Population

National Planning Commission (NPC)

GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL

NGOs/INGOs

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)

Common Wealth Scientific and Industrial Orgniztion CSIRO)

International Center for Integrated Mountain Development

(ICIMOD)

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Sajhedari Bikaas/USAID Nepal

UN Women

Planete Enfants

MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN 2015/16

Orientation program on “Midline Survey Data Entry” on September 24, 2015

Presentation on Steam Flow Analysis of Bagmati at ICIMOD, October 6, 2015

Presentation of selected Project Concept Notes, November 2, 2015

A talk program on UC Davis Global Exchange for Action Research (GEAR)

Program, November 26, 2015

QMS-Interactive Training, December 4, 2015

Organized a Health Camp on Nanglebhare, Kathmandu on December 12, 2015

International Conference-Humboldt Kolleg , Living Under Thread of

Earthquake “Short and Long Term Management of Earthquake Risk And Damage

Prevention In Nepal”., February 21, 2016

Presentation in 7th National Symposium "Challenges and opportunities for

sustainable Management of Ground water Resources of Nepal”, March 20, 2016

Mid-term Workshop on "Adaptation to Climate Change in Hydroelectricity

Sector in Nepal“, April 5-6, 2016

Celebration of NDRI 12th Anniversary on April 12, 2016

Drama Presentation “Mother‟s Immortal Love” at Sarwanam theatre, April 22-

26, 2016

Midterm Finding Sharing Workshop, program organized by NDRI, Department

of Agriculture, Govt of Nepal and ICIMOD at Sauraha, Chitwan, August 22, 2016

National Maize Research Program in Chitwan for II phase incentive distribution

program for Gulmi and Palpa district , September 12, 2016

National Maize Research Program in Chitwan for II phase incentive distribution

program for Nepalgunj district , September 23-24, 2016

Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI)

Shree Durbar Tole, Pulchowk, Lalitpur

P.O.Box: 8975, EPC 2201, Kathmandu, Nepal

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: +977-1-5537362, 5554975

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