Dr. Sangam Shrestha is assistant professor of Water Engineering and Management (WEM) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand, and a visiting faculty of the University of Yamanashi, Japan. His research interests are in the field of water resources, climate change and adaptation in water. After completing his PhD, Dr. Shrestha continued his postdoctoral research in the Global Centre of Excellence (GCOE) project at the University of Yamanashi in Japan.. He has published nearly two dozen peer-reviewed articles in refereed journals and regularly reviews articles for several international journals.