Motilal Ghimire

Motilal GHIMIRE

Dr. Motilal Ghimire is an Associate Professor at the Central Department of Geography, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Dr. Ghimire has achieved his Master’s degree in Geography from Tribhuvan University, PG Diploma in Earth Observation/Remote Sensing and GIS from CSSTE-AP Dehradun, and M. Tech. in Geoscience, Andhra University, India. He  received Ph.D. degree in Geomorphology from the Graduate School of Environment Sciences, Hokkaido University Japan in 2010

Dr. Ghimire has more than 20 years’ work experience in mountain hazard and risk assessment including GLOF, land use and climate change-related risk and vulnerability, and natural resource management. He has provided  his expertise on several projects of national importance – a few of them closely relevant to the  proposed study are listed below:

2021 Team Leader. Operational System design and establishment of daily, seasonal and annual Snow and Glacier Monitoring. Government of Nepal, Department of Hydrology and Metereology.

2021 Team Leader.  The study on identification and mapping of vulnerable settlements in Chure region. President Chure-Terai Madhesh Convservation and Development Board. Government of Nepal.

2020-21 Deputy Team Leader. Assessing Forest Encroachment in the Chure region of Nepal.  President Chure-Terai Madhesh Convservation and Development Board. Government of Nepal.

2019- Disaster Risk Reduction Expert (National). Regional (subnational) Urban Development Plan – Consultant for Strengthening Capacity for Urban Planning, Urban Design, and Investment Planning. TA-9384 NEP. ADB Project.

2018-2019. River Morphologist. Preparation of priority river basin flood risk management project in Nepal. Water Resource Project Preparatory Facility. Government of Nepal. ADB Project.

2017- 19. National Land Use Planner: Irrigation Master Plan Preparation through Integrated River Basin Planning. Government of Nepal. Ministry of Water Resources, Irrigation Department, Kathmandu.

2016. Team Leader: Preparation of study report on relocating the settlement at existing risk-zone to the zone of safe areas in the Himalayan Districts. National Land Use Project, Government of Nepal.

2015-2016. Team Leader: Watershed condition assessment and Prioritization in the Gandaki River Basin. Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management. Government of Nepal, WWF, Nepal.

2015. Collaborator. Identification of temporary evacuation sites and relocation of dangerous Settlements in the Dolakha District: An approach by hazard mapping (Includes GLOF).

2014-15. GIS and RS Expert. Preparation of Master Plan for Conservation and Development for Chure Tarai Landscape. Government of Nepal.

2014.  Geomorphologist and GIS expert: Preparation of GLOF hazard-zonation and safety and evacuation plan for settlements 50 km downstream of Imja Lake. Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Government of Nepal/UNDP Nepal.

2007. Geographer and RS expert: Assessment of vulnerability to climate change impact on High Altitude Lakes of Nguzompa Valley and GLOF hazard.WWF Nepal.

His recent and relevant publications

Timalsina, N., Ghmire M (2021). Assessment of denudation rate and erosion susceptibility in the upper Tamakoshi basin in the higher Himalayas, Nepal. Geographical Journal of Nepal, 14, 41-80. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3126/gjn.v14i0.35548

Ghimire, M., and Timalsina, N. (2020). Landslide Distribution and Processes in the Hills of Central Nepal: Geomorphic and Statistical Approach to Susceptibility Assessment. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 8, 276-302. https://doi.org/10.4236/gep.2020.812017

Ghimire, M., (2020). Landslide Processes and their Role in Landform Development in the Siwalik Hills, Nepal. Geografiska. (Under 2nd review)

Ghimire, M (2020). Landscape Characteristics and Cultural Pattern and Processes in the Siwalik Hills: A Geographical Perspective. SINHAS special issue on NEPAL GEOGRAPHIES. . 

Ghimire, M. (2020). Basin Characteristics, River Morphology, and Process in the Chure-Terai Landscape. Geographical Journal of Nepal, 13, 107-142.  https://doi.org/10.3126/gjn.v13i0.28155

Ghimire, M., Chapagain, P. S., Shrestha, S. (2019). Mapping of groundwater spring potential zone using geospatial techniques in the Central Nepal Himalayas: Doi: 10.1007/s12040-018-1048-7

Ghimire, M. (2017). Historical land cover change in the Chure-Terai landscape in the last six decades: Drivers and environmental consequences. Doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-2890-8_5

Ghimire, M. (2011). Landslide occurrence and its relation with terrain factors in the Siwalik Hills. Doi: 10.1007/s11069-010-9569-7

Ghimire, M. (2014). Multivariate morphological characteristics and classification of first-order basins in the Siwaliks, Nepal. Doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.08.004

Mirza, M. M. Q., Patwardhan, A., Attz, M., Marchand, M., Ghimire, M., Hanson, R., ...& Simons, H. (2005). Flood and storm control. Ecosystems and human well-being: policy responses, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. 3, 335-352. https://www.millenniumassessment.org/documents/document.316.aspx.pdf

Ghimire, M. (2004). Review of Studies on Glacier Lake Outburst Floods and Associated Vulnerability in the Himalayas. https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/HR/article/view/2414