My research work has been mainly focused on school infrastructure because safer and resilient schools are fundamental in achieving the ‘Quality Educationfor All’, the fourth of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. My doctoral research developed a methodological framework for the data collection,classification of typologies and seismic vulnerability evaluation of school buildings and this research work has significantly contributed to the development of the Global Library of School Infrastructure (GLOSI) of the World Bank. Besides my PhD research, winning an EEFIT research grant from the Institution of Structural Engineers UK in 2018, I also carried out a research project that assessed the resilience of reconstruction and retrofitting in the aftermath of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake. My current role is a Research Fellow with the UNESCO Chair in DRR-RE at UCL where I lead a collaborative research project that aims to develop a methodology to assess the structural safety as well as functional adequacy of school infrastructure, currently focusing on developing countries such as Nepal. Besides this, I am also engaged in the design and delivery capacity building activities (online course, training, workshop and seminar) as part of the UNESCO Chair activities.