Sudan Bikash Maharjan is a geologist and has been working as a Remote Sensing Analyst specialising in cryosphere and geohazard research at ICIMOD since 2009. In this role, he is leading the remote sensing-based glacier and glacial lake mapping and monitoring in the HKH and is also involved in the analysis and investigation of various geohazards in the region such as GLOFs and landslide/landslide dam. Sudan has also expertise in hydrogeology, river dynamics, morphology, and geomorphology. He has authored/co-authored over forty scientific research papers and reports related to glaciers, glacial lakes and their associated hazards, landslides, and hydrogeology.

Prior to joining ICIMOD, he was a Research Assistant with WaterAid Nepal where he was involved in monitoring, modelling, designing, and analysing data on shallow groundwater recharge through rainwater harvesting in Patan, Nepal. He has also worked as a consultant and hydrogeologist in various private research companies in the area of groundwater feasibility study and groundwater exploration in Nepal.

Sudan holds a master’s degree in geology from Tribhuvan University, Nepal.