Career Background

Education ___________________________________________________

2015 - 2017                             Muenster University at Muenster, Germany, Master.  

                                                Major: Geoinformatics  

Advisor: Edzer Pebesma and Rohini Devkota                       

2009 - 2013                             Kathmandu University at Dhulikhel, Nepal, Bachelor

Major: Geomatics Engineering

2007- 2009                              Kathmandu University at Dhulikhel, Nepal, I.S.C

                                                Major: Science

Employment ________________________________________

January 2017 – present  Geoinformatics Expert, Integrated Management Engineering and Consultancy, Kathmandu, Nepal

May 2016 -                             Internship, International Training Center, Enschede, Netherlands

October 2016

Feb 2014 -                               Geoinformatics Expert, Laxmi Shrestha & Co. (Pvt) Ltd.

Mar 2015                                Geospatial analysis and modeling, development of   geospatial Databases, information systems design, Map production, Geospatial Data Management & Processing, GIS Model design, Spatial Analysis, Site Selection using Multi-criteria Evaluation

Oct 2013 -                               Surveyor and Geographic Information System

Jan 2014                                  Expert, Lumanti Support Group For Shelter, Lalitpur, Nepal

Developed and executes GPS survey of Kiritpur district’s local communities to create an interactive map for vulnerability, emergency and other uses.

Assessed and analyzed the vulnerabilities and capacities to earthquake of the communities of Kirtipur.

             

May -                                      Internship, Land Information System and Archive Kathmandu,

Aug, 2013                               Nepal.                        

honours and awards ___________________________________________

2016                DAAD Graduation Support for Developing Countries

Awarded for Dissertation entitled: “ Vulnerability Assessment of Indigenous Communities to Climate Change in Nepal.”

2016                Erasmus Exchange Student

Awarded by University of Twente, International Training Center, Enschede, Netherlands.

2009                Government of Nepal Award

Awarded by the Land Management Training Center for Bachelor of Engineering (Geomatics Engineering).

2008                Community Scholarship

Awarded by the community of Bakhundole, Dhulikhel for Bachelor Study.

                                   

Professional affiliations and services _________________________

                       

            Professional Organisation Member

Lifetime member of Nepal Engineers Association (NEA)

Member of Nepal Engineering Council (NEC)

Member of Geomatics Engineering Society (GES)

            Committee Member

Student Representative for Geomatics Engineering study (2010-2012)                   

Member of Red Cross Society (2010)

Vice president in Student Council during Bachelor study (2010)

Member of Discover Muenster Group.

Manuscripts in preparation/submitted for review ________________

·      Thapa P, Devkota R.P, Pebesma E, Vulnerability assessment of indigenous people to climate change in Nepal (Under submitting phase).

·      A mobile and web platform for creating and sharing integrated land and climate change

information for mountain communities (Dolkha district, Nepal).

·      Thapa P, Kuikhel L, Need of web map services in Nepal (In preparation).

Conference Presentations ____________________________________

Attended

·      Attended the education seminar: The acquisition of a new learning system

·      (LMS).

·      Workshop “Machine Learning for Remote sensing Data Analysis”.

·      Attended the training session of Here Map held in the Muenster University.

·      Attended seminar Sense box and the smart cities.

                        Attended education seminar 2- year MSC at ITC (22 June 2016).

Talks

Thapa, P., Sergey, M., Stefan, F. Oleg, S. & Fahad, J. (2016). Applying Direction Map Criteria to a Complex Large Scale Environment Talk presented at the Direction Maps- Producing and Visualizing Schematized Location Maps Automatically, Institute of Geoinformatics (Ifgi), Muenster, Germany.

Thapa, P.  (2010). A mobile and web platform for creating and sharing integrated land and climate change information for mountain communities (Dolkha district, Nepal), Institute of Geoinformatics (Ifgi), Muenster, Germany and International Training Center, Enschede, Netherlands.

Thapa, P. & Lohoff, L. (2015). Model of Spatial Cognition Talk presented at Institute of Geoinformatics (Ifgi), Muenster, Germany.

Thapa. P, Stefan, F. & Roy, A. (2016). OpenPICMap Talk presented at Institute of Geoinformatics (Ifgi), Muenster, Germany.

Posters

Thapa, P., Sergey, M., Stefan, F. Oleg, S. & Fahad, J. (2016). Applying Direction Map Criteria to a Complex Large Scale Environment Talk presented at the Direction Maps- Producing and Visualizing Schematized Location Maps Automatically, Institute of Geoinformatics (Ifgi), Muenster, Germany.

Language __________________________________________

ENGLISH - Fluent, writing and verbal (language of study)

NEPALI - Competent writing, fluent verbal

GERMAN- Learning in A2.2 Level

teaching interests __________________________________________

Lectures: Introduction to Geoinformatics and Geomatics, Spatial Information Infrastructure, Location Based Service, Research Methods/Statistics, Spatial Cognition, Spatial temporal analysis, Reference system, Geodesy, Analogue and Digital Cartography, Qualitative and Quantitative analysis, R programming, Geographic Information system, Sense box, Directional Map.