Er. Bibhab Mani Panthi is a Water Resources professional with interest and expertise in Surface Water Modelling mainly hydrological modelling, hydrodynamic modelling and Integrated River Basin modelling. He also has experiences in Decision Support System (DSS) development for flood forecasting and IRBM purpose. He is currently associated with RIMES as a Hydrologist. Before joining RIMES, Er. Bibhab was actively involved in developing surface water models for various water resources projects in Nepal as a modelling expert. He has more than a decade of experience in Water Resources field.

After completing his Bachelors in Civil Engineering in 2010 from Kathmandu Engineering College (KEC), Kathmandu, he started his professional career as a Civil Engineer working on different water infrastructure projects, mainly in hydropower sector. After a few years as a Civil Engineer, he found his interest for water resources modelling and hence pursued his master’s degree (MSc.) in Hydroinformatics and Water Management (EuroAquae, Erasmus Mundus program) from University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France), Newcastle University (UK), Brandenburg Technical University (Germany) and Danish Hydraulic Institute, DHI (Denmark). Besides Water Resources modelling, his interests are music, sports and travelling.