Ozmen Institute for Global Studies Award 2021

Ozmen Institute for Global Studies Research Award

Birendra Rana (College of Science, UNR) is awarded the Ozmen Institute for Global Studies Research Award 2021, for his research on How Is Rural Development Affected in Nepal in the Context of Local Equity Shareholding (LES) for Small Hydropower Projects Implemented since 2010. For more information

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AAG Water Resources Specialty (WRSG) Award 2020

WRSG AAG Specialty Awards

Birendra is awarded the Olen Paul Matthews and Kathleen A. Dwyer Fund for Water Resources award, and he is invited to join for the WRSG Business Meeting to formally recognize his achievement. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and cancellation of the face-to-face annual AAG meeting this year, the Awards Committee would like to honor his achievement at the 2021 WRSG Business Meeting in Seattle, Washington.

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Open Society Foundation - Civil Society Scholar Award 2020

Congrats for some summer accomplishments of two of our outstanding PhD students: Lauren Phillips (left) was awarded a NASA/Nevada Space Grant Fellowship and Birendra Rana (right) was a was awarded a Civil Society Scholar Award from the Open Society Foundations. Way to go Birendra and Lauren! For more information

Beahrs ELP Fellowship 2015, UC Berkeley

Birendra was awarded a Fellowship to participate in this consultancy program.

The Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program (Beahrs ELP) at the University of California, Berkeley is a rigorous, unique learning experience that transforms mid-career environmental professionals into exceptional leaders. Through exposure to innovative approaches and case studies, ELP participants develop the skills necessary to tackle complex and dynamic environmental issues.

https://beahrselp.berkeley.edu/alumunus/birendra-rana

Success Story – Asia Forum for Clean Energy Financing 2015, Singapore

First runner up award in AFCEF-5 Business Plan Competition.

Consultancy from professional experts on how to create a financially, socially and environmentally viable business plan. AFCEF-5 was sponsored by the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI), the CTI Private Financing Advisory Network (CTI PFAN), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), USAID Private Financing Advisory Network-Asia program (PFAN-Asia) and the Energy for All Program (E4A) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with support from the International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT).

Weidenfeld Hoffman Trust Scholarship, Oxford

Birendra was awarded WHT-Louis Dreyfus Award to participate in this competitive program.

There's no better way to help than to partake in scholarly discussions around most trans formative ideas and contribute to the dialogue in one of the oldest institutions as a leader. The Weidenfeld-Hoffmann trust not only transforms the lives of the scholars who come to Oxford, it also transforms Oxford by enriching the rest of the university with the perspectives of these dynamic leaders.

https://www.whtrust.org/alumni-profiles/birendra-rana