Dr. Bhanu Neupane, UNESCO, Paris

ITRA is unique and it somehow essentially dismantles the long existing hierarchical research structure and it brings very senior professors and then at the same time the ones who have just joined the academia as young students, which is a phenomenal contribution of ITRA in changing the mindset of people about higher education. ITRA has brought individuals, stakeholders together in one family for role to play in a collective idea of development that essentially leverages the power of information technology and one of the most scarce resources in the world i.e. Water.