Between 2008 and 2013 I served on the International Advisory Board Member for Patan Academy of Health Sciences, helping establish the vision and mission, the policies, the curriculum, and the admissions procedures of a new rural-service-oriented medical school in Nepal.
Arnico Panday, “Figuring out what to do: Air Pollution data is needed for an informed public and responsive decision making”, Nepali Times, Kathmandu, Nepal, 10 February 2017.
Arnico Panday, “Daring to Dream: International Universities and World-Class Hospitals in Nepal”, Kathmandu Post, Kathmandu, Nepal. October 12, 2003.
Soka University of America, Invited Seminar. Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, 2 December 2021. “Towards a College of Liberal Arts, Science & Technology in Nala, Kavre, Nepal”
Harvard University Nepali Students’ Association, Invited Seminar. Cambridge MA, USA, 28 November 2021. “Towards a College of Liberal Arts, Science & Technology in Nala, Kavre, Nepal”
Ullens Education Foundation, Presentation to the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, Lalitpur, Nepal, 8 July 2021, “Towards a Liberal Arts College in Nala”
Ullens Education Foundation, Opening presentation at brainstorming workshop, Lalitpur, Nepal, 28 May 2019. “Towards a college in Nala”
Yangon City Development Committee, Invited Seminar, Yangon, Myanmar, 1 June 2018. ”ICIMOD’s Atmosphere Programme & Potential Collaborations in Myanmar”
Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) Bangkok Office, Brownbag Seminar. Bangkok, Thailand, 22 January 2018. “The Atmosphere Programme at ICIMOD: The first 5 years and the plan ahead”
Government of Nepal, Department of Environment, Invited Presentation, Lalitpur, Nepal, 23 September 2015. “Designing Nepal’s Air Pollution Monitoring Network”
Kathmandu University, Seminar. Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal, 3 September 2015. “ICIMOD’s Atmosphere Initiative and potential areas for collaboration with KU”
Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) Headquarters, Brownbag Seminar. Stockholm, Sweden, 6 February 2015. “ICIMOD’s Atmosphere Initiative: An Update to Sida”
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Presentation to the midterm reviewers. Khumaltar, Nepal, 26 January 2015. “ICIMOD’s Atmosphere Initiative: Achievements, Challenges & Roadmap Ahead”
Indian Institute of Science, Seminar. Bangalore, India, 25 November 2014. “ICIMOD’s Atmosphere Initiative: An Overview”
Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Invited Seminar. Trivandrum, India, 24 November 2014. “ICIMOD’s Atmosphere Initiative: An Overview”
University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Departmental Seminar.Charlottesville, VA, USA, 29 August 2014. “ICIMOD’s Atmosphere Initiative: Atmospheric Research, Policy and Pollution Mitigation in the Himalaya.”
National Institute of Meteorological Research, Korea Meteorological Administration, Invited Presentation, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea, 25 July 2014. “ICIMOD’s Atmosphere Initiative, An
Overview”
University of Tokyo, ABC-SLCP Symposium, Presentation. Tokyo, Japan, 21 July 2014. “ICIMOD’s Atmosphere Initiative: An Overview”
Government of Nepal, Department of Environment. Guest Presentation. Lalitpur, Nepal, 20 March 2014. “Imagining Nepal’s Future Air Pollution Monitoring Network”
ICIMOD Atmosphere Initiative Planning and Partnership Retreat. Presentation. Pokhara, Nepal, 2 February 2014. “ICIMOD’s Atmosphere Initiative”
Government of Nepal, Office of the Prime Minister. Presentation to the Chief Secretary. Kathmandu, Nepal, 6 December 2013. “Proposal for an Atmospheric Observatory at Ichhyakamana, Chitwan, Nepal”
Ministry of Education, Government of Rwanda, Presentation, Kigali, Rwanda, 29 January, 2013.“Opportunities Beyond Karisimbi: 5th Report to the High Level Team for the Climate Observatory Project.”
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presentation, Oslo, Norway, 13 February 2013, “Building up the Atmosphere Initiative at ICIMOD: Black carbon and other short-lived climate pollutants”
National Environment Commission, Presentation, Thimphu, Bhutan, 18 November, 2012. “Proposal for an atmospheric observatory in Bhutan focusing on black carbon and other short lived climate forcers”
Ministry of Education, Government of Rwanda, Presentation, Kigali, Rwanda, 23 April, 2012. “Proposal for Broadening Karisimbi Observatory Project.”
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Inception Workshop Presentation, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1 April, 2012. “From Commitment to Action: Designing ICIMOD’s new Programme.”
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Inception Workshop Inauguration Address Kathmandu, Nepal, 1 April 2012. “Atmospheric Science and Policy: Towards a new regional programme at ICIMOD”
Ministry of Education, Government of Rwanda, Presentation, Kigali, Rwanda, 24 January 2012. “Climate Observatory and Karisimbi Cable Car Updates.”
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Invited presentation, Kathmandu, Nepal, 14 December 2011. “Reducing impacts of black carbon and other short lived climate forcers: Envisioning the new program in atmospheric science and policy at ICIMOD”
India-ICIMOD Day, India Habitat Centre, Invited Speaker, New Delhi, India, 30 September 2011. “Atmospheric Changes in the HKH Region: Role of a Regional Organization like ICIMOD.”
Ministry of Education, Government of Rwanda, Presentation, Kigali, Rwanda, 17 June 2011. “Rwanda Climate Observatory: Updates & Issues June 2011.”
Atmospheric Brown Cloud Science Team Meeting, Presentation, Kathmandu, Nepal, 24 March 2011. “New observatories and aircraft soundings in the Annapurna Himalaya”
UNEP Regional Center for Asia Pacific, Invited Presentation at the Atmospheric Brown Cloud Observatory Group Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, 7 July 2009, “Central Nepal Climate Observatory: A Proposal.”
Atmospheric Brown Cloud Workshop & Science Team Meeting, Kathmandu Nepal, 4 December 2008, “Proposed new ABC observatories in the central Himalaya.”
Youth Environmental Summit, Evening presentation, Braunwald, Switzerland, August 2001: “Towards A New International University in Nepal.”