Ambika P. Adhikari

About Ambika P. Adhikari

I have a wide experience in professional, management and leadership-levels in urban planning and design; community, economic, business and international development; environmental and conservation policy; and program management.Besides USA, Nepal and Canada, I have professionally worked in other countries including Mexico, India, Singapore, Thailand, Korea, Fiji, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Experience

1. Honorary Distinguished Adjunct Fellow

   Institute For Integrated Development Studies Iids

   Jul 2021 — Present · Kathmandu, NP

   I am now a retired life while spending time with family, friends, and doing some reading, writing, and volunteering work.I am affiliated to the Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS) as an honorary Distinguished Adjunct Fellow to voluntarily contribute to the work of IIDS occasionally.\"Since its inception in 1979, the Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS) has built a reputation of an independent think tank and an empirical research center.Its vision is to foster greater development effectiveness through policy research, advocacy, and incubation of innovation.as one of the region’s leading institutes that contributes to evidence-based policymaking, trains professionals, and broadens public understanding of sustainable development challenges.\"- From the IIDS website

Education

• Tribhuvan University

  Intermediate of Science (I. Sc.), Physics, Chemistry, Math, Humanities

• The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

  B. Arch., Architecture

• University of Hawaii at Manoa

  M. Arch., Architecture and Urban Planning

• Harvard University

  Doctor of Design (DDes.), Urban Planning and Design

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  SPURS Fellow, Urban and Regional Studies

Skills

• Land Use
• Development Impact Fees
• Site Planning
• Environmental Policy
• Climate Change
• Sustainability
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Public Speaking
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Transportation Planning
• Program Evaluation
• Community Outreach
• Community Development
• Sustainable Development
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Land Use Planning
• International Development
• Program and Project Management
• International Relations
• Proposal Writing
• Environmental Awareness
• Environmental Planning
• Management
• Zoning
• Project Planning
• Qualitative Research
• Economic Development
• Project Management
• Business Development
• Policy Analysis
• Research
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Policy
• Urban Design
• Urban Planning
• Public Policy
• Teaching and Research
• Environmental Management