He was educated the City University of New York. Nripal has since had extensive experience in Bhutan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Kenya, Uganda and Nepal. He has had many research projects, with organizations like INBAR, ICAR, IIT/Delhi and MIT. He aims to make bamboo and earth a mainstream building material. In the aftermath of the earthquake, Nripal and his team are dedicated to building owner-driven temporary and longer-term structure using quality material sourced locally.