Institute of Himalayan Risk Reduction

Promoting Innovations and Science based Decision making in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

IHRR

Building a safer and more resilient world through innovative approaches to disaster, climate, and sustainable development challenges.


A Research Institute established with an objective to assess and understand the risk to contribute to sustainability. Complying with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), IHRR envisions to understand the risk and application of interdisciplinary knowledge with technologies to contribute for risk reduction and bridging of academic research with professionals and policymakers for sustainability. Team IHRR believes in coupling the enthusiasm and ambition of youth with the gardened knowledge of experience to work for change.

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Understanding the Risk Scenario

  • Multi-Hazards Risk Assessment
  • Climate Change Scenarios
  • Traditional, Local and Indigenous Knowledge (TLK)
  • Built Environment

Exploring Sustainable Solutions

  • Research and Development
  • Hackathon, Mapathon and Bootcamps
  • Interdisciplinary Lens
  • Nature Based Solutions

Promoting Innovations and Frontier Technologies

  • Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (AI / ML), AR/VR
  • Drones & Satellite Based Solutions
  • Internet of Things (IoT) & Sensor Networks
  • Big Data Analytics & Cloud Computing

Building Enabling Environment

  • Building Networks and Collaborations
  • Risk Informed Decision
  • Localization
  • Built Environment

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Understand challenges firsthand and help drive impactful solutions.

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Transect across the Living Lab of Himalayas

An immersive, field-based learning journey integrating science, community knowledge, and real-world risk insights across the Himalayan landscape.

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Learning Labs and Field Schools

Learning Labs and Field Schools

Internship & Training Programs

Internship & Training Programs

Capacity Building & Skills Transfer

Capacity Building & Skills Transfer

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IHRR Labs

Multidisciplinary innovation platforms designed to address complex environmental, social, and technological challenges through applied research, community engagement, and cutting-edge tools.

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Planetary Health Lab (PHL)

Planetary Health Lab (PHL)

Citizen Science Lab (CSL)

Citizen Science Lab (CSL)

Frontier Tech Lab (FTL)

Frontier Tech Lab (FTL)

Disaster and Climate Resilience Lab (DCRL)

Disaster and Climate Resilience Lab (DCRL)

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Join our fellowships, mapathons and hackathons, or pitch your own idea and help drive disaster risk reduction forward.

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Our Thematic Areas

Addressing disaster, climate, and development challenges holistically

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WISE – Women and Girls in Innovation, Science, Emergency & Leadership

Research on Climate Smart Technologies to Reduce Women's Drudgery and Time Poverty in Nepal supported by UNWomen Nepal

Women in rural areas, especially in developing countries like Nepal, face significant time poverty and physical labor burdens. Climate-smart technologies (CSTs) offer a powerful tool to reduce this burden and promote gender equality by addressing women’s drudgery and improving efficiency in tasks such as agriculture, energy use, and water management.

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Collaborators

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Featured Projects

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Impact-Based Forecasting (IBF)
Ongoing Kanchanpur District (Dodhara Chandani, Bheemdatta, Parshuram, Bedkot), Dolakha (Bhimeshwor, Shailung Rural Municipality), Bardiya (Barbardiya Municipality)

Impact-Based Forecasting (IBF)

Together with Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, IHRR has been implementing Impact-Based Forec...

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Rapid damage assessment of Melamchi Flood
Past Melamchi

Rapid damage assessment of Melamchi Flood

The project involves deploying drone technology for rapid damage assessment following the Melamchi F...

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Risk and Hazard mapping (including flood risk mapping study of major watershed)-3 Rivers/tributaries
Past Melamchi & Helambu Municipality, Sindhupalchowk

Risk and Hazard mapping (including flood risk mapping study of major watershed)-3 Rivers/tributaries

The project involved reviewing existing hydro-meteorological data, establishing flood hazard baselin...

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Landslide Susceptibility Map Assessing Rainfall Threshold for Landslide to trigger program
Past Shankharapur Municipality

Landslide Susceptibility Map Assessing Rainfall Threshold for Landslide to trigger program

The project focused on landslide risk management in Shankarapur municipality, involving detailed inv...

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Localization of BIPAD Portal in Rapti Sonari and Narainapur Rural Municipality, BankePage
Past Narainapur Rural Municipality, Raptisonari

Localization of BIPAD Portal in Rapti Sonari and Narainapur Rural Municipality, BankePage

The project achieved milestones in disaster preparedness by collecting data, stationing local DRR Fe...

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Household level landslide risk of the households inBalaucha, Owa and Khinnebhadi to prepare thelandslide vulnerability and susceptibility mapping
Past Aalital Municipality, Dadeldhura

Household level landslide risk of the households inBalaucha, Owa and Khinnebhadi to prepare thelandslide vulnerability and susceptibility mapping

The project aimed to develop landslide susceptibility maps, conduct household vulnerability surveys,...

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IHRR OPERATION IN NEPAL

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Ongoing Projects
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Completed Projects
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Our Coverage

IHRR in numbers

10
No. of Project/Municipalities Reached
100
No. of Government Representative
100
Capacitated No. of Digital Volunteers