Arun Pratihast
Senior Data Scientist
Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolArun Pratihast is a Senior Data Scientist and GEO-ICT specialist with a PhD in Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing and over a decade of experience translating remote sensing, citizen science, and mobile data into operational environmental monitoring solutions. Based in Wageningen, he has led research and implementation for near real-time forest monitoring, community-based REDD+ systems, and EU spatial projects while coordinating tool development and training across Akvo and Wageningen Environmental Research. He blends strong technical roots in geo-information, Python and mobile application development with practical program design and capacity building in developing countries. A Google Earth Engine award winner (2015), Arun is notable for bridging academic research and scalable, community-driven monitoring platforms that influence policy and on-the-ground conservation.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
MSc, Geo-informatics, MSc, Geo-informatics at Twente UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geo-Information Science and Remote sensing, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geo-Information Science and Remote sensing at Wageningen UniversityBachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering at Himalaya College of Engineering, Tribhuvan University,Kathmandu, Nepal
Nepali, Hindi, English, Dutch
Github Skills (3)
django7
python6
javascript6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
pratihast/MobIFM
Apr 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 1 month
pratihast/Interactive-forest-monitoring-system
Jan 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 18 days
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