Arjun Gautam

Associate Professors(Study Leave)
School of Engineering, Pokhara University
Email: arjun.gautam@pu.edu.np
Mobile: 9856034309

   

M.Sc. (Water Resources Engineering)
Bachelor (Civil Engineering)

Water resources assessment and water security, with a focus on environmental change and GIS-based hydrological modeling using SWAT+.

A: Patent

Inventor: “PRESSURIZED ELECTRIC VESSEL FOR COOKING LOKTA BARK” patented to Pokhara University by Department of Industry, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Suppliers, Government of Nepal (2023).

B: Journal

  1. .  K.C., B., Baniya, A., Poudyal, R., Awasthi, K. D., Baniya, M. B., Gautam, A., & Pandit, K. C. (2025). Evaluating the Sustainability of Community-Based Water Supply Systems: Insights from the Deurali-Hupsekot Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project, Gandaki Province, Nepal. Himalayan Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 5(2), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.3126/hijase.v5i2.74776
  2. Gautam, A. (2021). Determination of Manning’s Roughness Coefficient in Bijayapur Irrigation Canal, Kaski, Nepal. Himalayan Journal of Applied Science and Engineering (HiJASE), 2(2), 14-23. https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/hijase/article/view/43879/33138
  3. Choi, E., Kim, S., Mam, S., Gautam, A., Bhandari, R., Kim, J.Y. (2021): Maize straw and rice husk-derived biochars produced in a simple metal kiln: characteristics and effects on crop productivity in three fields. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 2 September 2021. Springer Japan KK, part of Springer Nature 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-021-01294-5
  4. Mishra, B.K.; Kumar, P.; Saraswat, C.; Chakraborty, S.; Gautam, A. (2021): Water Security in a Changing Environment: Concept, Challenges and Solutions. Water 2021, 13, 490. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13040490
  5. Gautam, A. (2020): Performance Assessment of Selected Farmer Managed Irrigation System in Kaski District, Nepal. Himalayan Journal of Applied Science and Engineering (HiJASE), 1(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3126/hijase.v1i1.33535
  6. Pant, R.R., Bishwakarma, K., Ghimire, A., Shrestha, K., Maskey, R., Joshi, B.R., Gautam, A., Koirala, M. (2020): Disaster management and role of academic institutions in Nepal: Current status and way forward. Himalayan Biodiversity 8:27-35 https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/hebids/article/view/40238
  7. Mishra, B.K., Mebeelo, K., Chakraborty, S., Kumar, P. and Gautam, A. (2019): Implications of urban expansion on land use and land cover: towards sustainable development of Mega Manila, Philippines. GeoJournal. Spatially Integrated Social Sciences and Humanities. First Online: 16 November 2019. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10708-019-10105-2
  8. Mishra, B.K., Mansoor, A., Saraswat, C. and Gautam, A. (2019): Climate change adaptation through optimal stormwater capture measures. APN Science Bulletin. First published Online: 21 June 2019. https://www.apn-gcr.org/bulletin/article/climate-change-adaptation-through-optimal-stormwater-capture-measures
  9. Gautam, A. (2012): Phewa Lake’s Watershed and Their Effect on Lake, Technical Journal OODBODHAN, Year 1, Issue No 1, July 2012. Publisher: Tribhuvan University

C: Book Chapter

  1. Arjun Gautam, Ravi Bhandari, Binaya Kumar Mishra, Basanta Baral, Chapter 31 – Sustainable utilization of natural resources for socio-environmental resilience and transformation in the mountains of Nepal, Editor(s): A.L. Ramanathan, et al., Environmental Resilience and Transformation in Times of COVID-19, Elsevier, 2021, Pages 357-372, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85512-9.00021-8.