Hydropower station in a green river valley
About Sikarmi

Engineering progress that respects the river.

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Hydropower dam in a forested landscape

Practical advice for projects that have to work in the real world.

Sikarmi Consults is an independent engineering practice focused on hydropower. We work across the gap between a promising site and a power project that can be financed, built, tested, and operated with confidence.

18+Projects supported
320 MWGeneration enabled

Building a practice around better project decisions.

2016

Field first

We began with survey teams, river data, and a simple belief: the best design starts by listening to the site.

River and hydropower dam
2019

Widening reach

Our work expanded from site studies into owner’s engineering and multidisciplinary design coordination.

Hydropower dam spillway
2022

Delivery discipline

We built a repeatable project rhythm for design reviews, package interfaces, and construction decisions.

Turbine installation
2025

Taking the lead

Today, we help hydropower teams turn uncertainty into a sequence of clear, buildable moves.

Hydroelectric power station

The standards behind our work.

Useful over impressive

We make recommendations people can use in a meeting, a tender, or on site.

Curious and rigorous

We question assumptions, test the numbers, and keep the logic visible.

Long-term thinking

We design for the operating life of a project, not just the next milestone.

Meet the people behind the decisions.

Aarav Karki

Aarav Karki

Managing consultant
Maya Thapa

Maya Thapa

Director of projects
Nischal Rai

Nischal Rai

Lead hydraulic engineer