Kiran Shakya works as Geospatial Application Development Specialist for ICIMOD. He has over 17 years of experience in the field of Geographic Information Technology (GIT) delivering pioneering geospatial technology solutions.

At ICIMOD, Kiran has spearheaded the development of sophisticated GIS-Enabled Decision Support Systems (DSS) across various domains such as climate and environmental change, cryosphere monitoring, flood and flash flood systems, and air quality systems. Notably, as the GIT Lead, he played a pivotal role in establishing and managing the GIT infrastructure for the SERVIR-HKH initiative. Leveraging High-Performance Computing servers, Kiran has executed multiple models and generated products like HIWAT, RAPID, and atmospheric model runs (WRF-CHEM), disseminating datasets through various channels such as web mapping applications, dashboards, Decision Support Systems (DSS), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and data servers.

Additionally, Kiran has developed web-based GIS applications accessible through the ICIMOD website, and conducted training sessions on GIS, Remote Sensing, data visualization, and Regional Database Systems across the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. His contributions to various publications aim to improve stakeholder decision-making with earth observation and modeling data, and hydrologic modeling as a service (HMaaS).

He previously worked as a Senior GIS Specialist at the Survey & Land Registration Bureau (SLRB) in Manama, Bahrain and as Senior System Administrator at Himalayan InfoTech Services in Kathmandu Nepal.

Kiran earned his master’s degree in Photogrammetry and Geo-Informatics from Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart, Germany, and a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from Kathmandu University, Nepal.