Ms. Shreya Bajimaya

Senior Research Associate

Ms. Shreya Bajimaya is currently working as a Senior Research Associate at Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI). She holds post-graduate degree in Interdisciplinary Water Resources Management (IWRM) from Nepal Engineering College (affiliated with Pokhara University) under South Asia Water Fellowship (SAWA) awarded by South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERS). She completed her undergraduate degree in Environmental Science from Kathmandu University.

Over the past four years, Ms. Bajimaya has been actively involved with NDRI, primarily focusing on research and project management across various areas such as water and climate, nature based solutions, agriculture and livelihood, gender and social inclusion, and enterprise development. Prior to working in NDRI, Ms. Bajimaya was involved in development of emergency WASH plan for Panauti Municipality and baseline assessment of Integrated Watershed Management Activity (IWMA) as a consultant.

Ms. Bajimaya has presented her work in national and international forums, as well as contributed to the publication of conference paper, book chapter, journal article and case studies. She has worked on different community WASH projects, rainwater harvesting initiatives, and waste and wastewater management. Furthermore, she has nine years of experience in conducting field activities including Focus Group Discussions, Key Informant Interviews, Consultative meeting and workshops, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, coordinating with stakeholders across multiple levels and sectors, and preparing reports and other documents.

Research Interests:

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), water resources management, disaster risk management, Nature based Solutions, Climate change, and social issues including GESI.

Publications:

• Bhattarai R.K., Shrestha N., Bajimaya S., Khatri R., Mulmi R.S. & Shrestha S. (2023). “Ensuring business innovation fundamentals: exploring equity, diversity and inclusion in small and medium sized enterprises (MSMES) of Nepal”. Available on https://idl-bnc-idrc.dspacedirect.org/bitstream/handle/10625/61869/2023-01-23_IDRC-EI-Report_Jan%2023.pdf?sequence=1

• Basnyat D.B., Shrestha D., Thapa S., Bajimaya S., Maharjan M., Shrestha S. & Dhungana S. (2020). “Post-flood assessment of the 2019 flooding in the Bagmati River Basin, Nepal”, published in Journal of Development Innovations (Vol 4, No. 1, 2020, Pg-20-47) on July, 2020. Available on https://www.karmaquest.org/journal/index.php/ILGDI/article/view/67/51.

• Dongol R., Kansakar L.K., Bajimaya S., Maharjan S. & Shrestha D. (2012). “Overview of water markets in the Kathmandu Valley”, published as a chapter in a book- Kathmandu Valley Groundwater Outlook published by Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Small Earth Nepal (SEN), Center of Research for Environment, Energy and Water (CREEW) and International Research Center for River Basin Environment –University of Yamanashi (ICRE-UY) in 2012.

• Basnet, M. and Bajimaya S. (2012) “Study of different modalities of public toilet in Kathmandu Metropolitan City”, presented by author and published online on https://www.ircwash.org/resources/study-different-modalities-public-toilets-kathmandu-metropolitan-city-paper-prepared-south of Asia Regional Practitioners Workshop (By all and forever: improving sustainability, equity, monitoring in WASH) organized by IRC, BRAC, WaterAid and the Water and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), Rajendrapur, 31 January-02 February 2012

• Bajimaya, S and Amatya, P (2010) "Community led integrated waste and wastewater management: Case study of Khokana Village in Kathmandu valley", published in the proceeding of International Conference on Sustainable Water Management (SWM 2010) during 15-17 September 2010 at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.

• Bajimaya, S (2009) "Healthy and Beautiful Siddhipur", An article published in Sanitation from the field: A compilation of Case studies on Sanitation in Nepal published by WaterAid-Nepal

Honors and awards:

• South Asia Water (SAWA) Fellowship for the entire M.Sc. in interdisciplinary Water Resources Management awarded by South Asia Consortium for interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs)

• Outstanding poster award presented for the poster titled “Community-led Integrated Waste and Wastewater Management” in WASH conference 2011 organized by Australian Government AusAID, WaterAid, International Water Centre, International Water Forum, Institute for Sustainable futures and University of Technology Sydney, Brisbane, Australia, May 16-20, 2011

• Best Student Paper awarded for the paper titled “Community-led Integrated Waste and wastewater management: Case study of Khokana village in Kathmandu valley” in International Conference on Sustainable Water Management organized by Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan, Sep 15-17, 2010.

• Grant awarded for conducting M.Sc. thesis titled “Evolution of groundwater market in Kathmandu Valley: Analysis of actors, market and regulations” by Center of Research for Environment, Energy and Water (CREEW), Kathmandu, Nepal, August 2011.