Prakat Karki is a PhD scholar at the Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), He has been part of the Cognition, Affect and Behaviour Lab (CABLab) at CHRIST since its inception in 2016. His research interests include adolescent mental and physical health, substance use and risky behaviors. For his PhD thesis, he plans to explore the prevalence and risk factors for substance use among youths in India and Nepal.