Thakur Pandit

● Has academic qualifications (Masters) in Civil Engineering and Social Science: M. Eng. with specialization in Water / Wastewater, and Environmental Management; M.A. in Anthropology; ● Has 32 years specific experience in: Water/Environmental Engineering/Climate/Disaster Risk Management; Construction supervision and QA/QC of infrastructure projects; Multi-sector Coordination with Government Agencies; Infrastructure project governance at various levels; Baseline, Impact and evaluation assessments; Due Diligence, Technical Audit, CR-WSP Audits, Integration of social and environmental safeguards; Capacity building of local governments; Contract administration and management for large scale projects (water, wastewater/drainage); ● Has exposure to: theory and practice of IWRM, SWM, DRM and climate - resilient planning and design of civil, water /wastewater infrastructures; Decision making process in the sector; Water /Wastewater sector regulations and management; Small - scale irrigation and agriculture infrastructure projects at local level; ● Has completed training courses on WASH, climate, environment, safeguards, circular economy: Env and social safeguards, 5 weeks (World Bank Open Learning Campus); Global Environmental Management, 5 Weeks (Technical University of Denmark); Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (Swedish Meteorological & Hydrological Institute - SMHI), 6 weeks; Safeguards Precautions - Waste Management, 2 Weeks, WHO; Technical Audit (TITI/Nepal, 3 weeks); Water Supply and Sanitation (UNESCO-IHE); Management (NASC); CR-WSP Audit (WHO/DWSSM); Occupational Safety and Health (Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment) (OSH Training Centre, Govt of Nepal); Circular Economy E-Learning (ADBI); ● Is competent to: lead and coordinate for feasibility, detail design, design review and implementation of drinking water, wastewater, drainage, and SWM related projects; has full competency to assess the ground condition in order to reveal technological performance, service level and operational issues of infrastructure projects for drinking water, wastewater, municipal solid waste management systems; ● Has strong professional networks: with national (local) and international associations and agencies working in water, sanitation, drainage, solid waste andCurrent Position: environment sectors; Freelance Expert: Brief Outlines of Relevant Professional Experience: Environmental (Water, Wastewater, Solid Waste) Engineering; Project Design Senior Water Resources Engineer - Consultant - Design Review and Management; WASH