DIPAK GYAWALI, former Minister of Water Resources of Nepal, is Pragya (Academician) of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology; guest senior research scholar with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria; former Chair of Nepal Water Conservation Foundation; and current chair of Inter Disciplinary Analysts. He conducts interdisciplinary research at the “wicked problems” interface of technology and society from perspectives of Cultural Theory, generating “uncomfortable knowledge” sometimes leading to “clumsy solutions”. A hydroelectric power engineer (Moscow Energy Institute) and a political economist (UC Berkeley, CA), he initiated community electricity as well as the first in-country review of the World Commission on Dams report in light of Nepali laws. He has chaired or served in advisory boards and review missions of various international organizations including EU’s water research review between FP4 to FP6, UNESCO’s International Hydrological Program IHP-6, UNESCO IHE-Delft, Coca Cola’s  international environmental advisory board, US Pacific Northwest National Lab's study of Human Choice and Climate Change, Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady IRBM, Mekong River Commission’s Basin Development Plan, World Bank’s Inspection Panel, Stockholm International Water Institute’s Stockholm Water Week, UNESCO’s World Water Assessment Program and IDS Sussex’s STEPs Center. His latest major publication is Aid, Technology and Development: the lessons from Nepal ( https://www.routledge.com/Aid-Technology-and-Development-The-Lessons-from-Nepal/Gyawali-Thompson-Verweij/p/book/9781138656918 ) and The Water-Energy-Food Nexus (https://www.routledge.com/The-Water-Food-Energy-Nexus-Power-Politics-and-Justice/Allouche-Middleton-Gyawali/p/book/9780415332835 )