Shisher Shrestha
National Researcher - Renewable Energy Water & Climate Change
Shisher has worked in Nepal’s renewable energy field with the private sector, government agencies, and development partners. He has technical project management experience and has led a number of solar energy project interventions in the health, education, and agriculture sectors. Shisher is a Tribhuvan University (Nepal) trained Electronics Engineer. He holds a M.Sc. degree in Biomimetics with a focus on Renewable Energy Technologies from Rhine Waal University of Applied Sciences (Germany).
Current projects
Latest news for Shisher Shrestha
Can solar power secure the future of fish farming?
Faced with high energy costs, Nepal’s growing fish industry could find a cost-saving, sustainable solution in solar technology ...
What happens when a marginalized village gets water?
In the hills of Sindhupalchowk in Nepal, a newly installed solar lift system carries water uphill to reach the fields and people of a highly marginalized community, bringing relief from ...
Water entrepreneurship can drive solar irrigation and climate mitigation in NepalÂ
Small solar pumps help individual farmers, but larger systems that serve collective fields could drive uptake and lift rural incomes across Nepal’s breadbasket, as lessons from its neighbor Indian state ...
Women in Nepalese farming community take lead to tackle disaster-induced challenges
A women-led agricultural initiative in Lalitpur, Nepal uses solar irrigation technology to boost the resiliency of their community ...
Latest publications by Shisher Shrestha
Brief
Strengthening local capacities for resilient agriculture water management in Nepal’s mid-hills: a case study from Bisdeutar, Indrawati.
International Water Management Institute | December 30th, 2025
Report
Deploying solar pumps at scale in South Asia: opportunities for solarizing agriculture in South Asia
International Solar Alliance; International Water Management Institute | December 3rd, 2025
Journal Article
Environmental and social considerations in hydropower development in the South Asian Himalayas: a NEXUS perspective
Springer | December, 2025
