Dr. Anil Aryal is currently working as Executive Director at the Center of Research for Environment Energy and Water (CREEW). Previously, Dr Aryal worked as a National Researcher in Water Resource Management at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). He has worked in a multi-cultural environment and multiple countries since 2010. He did his PhD in Integrated Water Resource Management from the University of Yamanashi (UY), Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan (2016–2019) and Master’s degree in Water Engineering and Management from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand (2014–2016). He has more than 15 years of working experience in the field of water resources and climate change in Nepal, Japan, Thailand, and many other countries. In the past, he worked with the University of Yamanashi from 2019 to 2022 and the Asian Institute of Technology from 2022 to 2023. Before that, he worked as a Civil Engineer and Lecturer for various other positions and organizations in Nepal after completing a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from Nepal Engineering College (nec), Pokhara University (2006–2010).