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Dr.Michael H. Glantz,
is the Director of the
Consortium for Capacity
Building at the
University of Colorado,
USA. He served as a
researcher and a Senior
Scientist at the
National Centre for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR,
USA) for 34 years.
Glantz’s research
portfolio includes the
following issues:
African drought and
desertification and food
production problems and
prospects; societal
impacts of climate
anomalies related to El
Niño and La Niña events,
climate variability,
change and extremes;
developing methods of
forecasting possible
societal responses to
the regional impacts of
climate variability and
change; and the use of
climate-related
information for economic
development. http://ccb.colorado.edu.He
has published several
research reports, paper,
published articles and
books which already
acclaim International
publicity. Dr.Glantz has
been involved in various
early warning projects
since the mid-1970s. In
1976, he edited a book
on The Politics of
Natural Disaster: The
Case of the Sahel
Drought, which deals
with ways to understand
and avert future
drought-related
disasters. The book
contains solutions
proposed by experts in a
broad range of
disciplines for dealing
with drought, famine,
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DR.S.K. PATTANAYAK joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1982 and superannuated as Secretary to Government of India, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare, New-Delhi in September, 2018. He holds a Ph.D from Gulbarga University and earned his Master’s in Biological Science (Hons.) from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, PG Diploma in Environment Law from National Law School of India University, Bangalore, and Diploma (CIAP) from Ecole Nationale d' administration (ENA) Paris, France.
After superannuation, Dr S.K. Pattanayak briefly served as Director General, Administrative College of India, Hyderabad and at present is Adminstrative Member of Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore. He played significant role as Director of Watershed Development, Director of Horticulture, Secretary, Department of Ecology Environment, Government of Karnataka. He also served Mission Director, National Horticulture Mission, Government of India, Minister (Agriculture) & Alternate Permanent Representative of India to FAO, WFP and IFAD in Rome, Principal Secretary, Energy Department, Karnataka and Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore. In a career spanning over 36 years, Dr. Pattanayak, has made noticeable contribution to administration and development, especially in the field of agriculture and horticulture. As founder National Director of National Horticulture Mission, his contributions have impacted the accelerated horticulture development in the country. He is credited to have shaped the Indian perspective in international agriculture through engagement in governance of the three Rome based UN Food and Agriculture agencies, by membership and leadership of important governing bodies by providing functional guidance while working as Minister (Agriculture).He was elected as President of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme, Rome for the year 2012. As Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, GOI, his leadership resulted in India witnessing a sort of pulse revolution during the year 2016-17, when the production of pulses jumped from existing 17 million tons to that of 24 million tons and he has also been credited for the turnaround of NAFED by providing an enabling environment to the organization to realize its true potential.
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Anil Kumar Sinha, IAS (rtd.), Hony. Chief Editor, Know Disasters, Sr. Advisor (formerly), Centre for Disaster Management, LBS National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. Founder Executive Director, National Institute of Disaster Management, Govt. of India, New Delhi, Founder Programme Advisor, International Recovery Platform/UNDP, Kobe, Japan. As founder Vice-Chairman of Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister), Govt. of Bihar, Patna, he established the ethos of the organization lending it vision, goals and leadership.
Mr. Sinha has extensive experience and knowledge relating to disaster risk-reduction; including issues of environment and climate change with public policy analysis and programming. As Joint Secretary in charge of Disaster Management in Govt. of India, he handled major disasters as Orissa Super Cyclone 1999, Bhuj earthquake 2001 in Gujarat and several others. He was Member Secretary, High Powered Committee on Disaster Management set up at the behest of the then Prime Minister. Earlier, he founded National Institute of Disaster Management, Govt. of India at the national level and International Recovery Platform (IRP), UNDP in Kobe, Japan at the global level. In recognition of his exemplary services he was handed over Key to the city of Kobe on behalf of Governor of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan.
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Prof (Dr.) Sanjay K. Panda, formerly a career bureaucrat, has been teaching ethics, corporate governance, environment conservation, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030 related topics. He carries rich administrative experience as Secretary to Government of India in the Ministry of Textiles; Chief Secretary, Government of Tripura; Chairman, Executive Committee of the Tripura Skill Development Mission, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment; among other capacities in the Central and State Government(s) of Tripura and Odisha. Dr Panda dealt with promotion of handloom, handicraft, sericulture, jute, empowering the primary producers and the disadvantaged segments of the society .He is associated with the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Sri Sri University, National Institute of Fashion Technology, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management as adjunct professor/faculty. He had a brilliant academic career with University gold medal(s) as the Best Graduate and in Master (Chemistry), silver medal in Public Administration from IIPA, Diploma in Forestry from AIFC, Dehradun, and Ph. D in Economics. He was awarded the prestigious International Louis Pasteur award for outstanding contribution to sericulture and silk industry. Based on extensive study, he has a number of publications on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Promotion of Sericulture in new areas empowering tribal women and Making One plus One Eleven (Making changes Transformational), which have been cited by various scholars. He is an independent Director (DIN 02586135) on the Board(s) of Jute Corporation of India Ltd and Indo Count Industries Limited and Independent External Monitor of the Central Vigilance Commission in NALCO.
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Dr. John (Jack)
Shroder is currently
Regents Professor of
Geography and Geology at
the University of
Nebraska at Omaha USA ,
where he has taught
since 1969. Dr. Shroder
is an active
geoscientist with
plentiful research
experience in South Asia
(Afghanistan and
Pakistan), the Middle
East and Africa. Author
and editor of 11 books
and monographs, some 40
unpublished
environmental consulting
reports, over 100
professional papers, and
a similar number of book
reviews and published
abstracts of
presentations, Dr.
Shroder has published on
a variety of scientific
topics dealing with
landslides, glaciers,
water supplies, floods,
natural resources,
development, and
geoarchaeology. In the
1972 Dr. Shroder and
another faculty member
initiated the
Afghanistan Studies
Centre, as well as a
project with Kabul
University and the
Government of
Afghanistan to produce a
National Atlas of
Afghanistan. Support for
the project was supplied
from the US Department
of State through the
SEED (Scientists &
Engineers in Economic
Development) Grants
Program run by the US
National Science
Foundation. In addition,
Dr. Shroder was made
advisor to the Kabul
University Seismic
Station by the US
Geological Society and
the US Embassy. In the
1990's to the present
day, Dr. Shroder has
also focused much of his
research on surface
processes and natural
hazards in the western
Himalaya and Hindu Kush.
For this he has received
extensive grant support
from National Science
Foundation, National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration, National
Geographic Society, and
Smithsonian Institution,
and a number of private
foundations. Elected a
Fellow of the American
Association for the
Advancement of Science
(AAAS), the Geological
Society of America
(GSA), and the Explorers
Club, Dr. Shroder has
also been awarded a
Distinguished Career
Award from the Mountain
Specialty Group of the
Association of American
Geographers, the UNO
Award for Distinguished
Research and Creative
Activity for 1988, the
Aksarben Outstanding
Educator Award for 1991,
and the Golden Key
National Honor Society
in 1994. As Co-Director
of the GLIMS (Global
Land Ice Measurements
from Space) Project at
UNOmaha, Dr. Shroder is
responsible for the
GLIMS Regional Centre
focus on Afghanistan and
Pakistan, which is
actively dealing with
ice, snow, and
melt-water resources in
commonly drought-torn
South Asia. Dr. Shroder
is also extensively
involved in voluntary
managerial aspects of
several of the
professional
organizations to which
he belongs, being Chair
of the Quaternary
Geology and
Geomorphology Division
of GSA, and immediate
past Chair of the
Geology and Geography
Section of AAAS, the
organization to which he
represents the
Association of American
Geographers as an
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Professor Robert (Bob) Wasson
is a geomorphologist who has studied desert dunes, palaeoenvironmental change on centennial to millennial timescales, fluvial systems, mass movements, cross-disciplinary methods, and extreme flood histories and flood mitigation strategies. He has held senior positions in Australia’s CSIRO, and at the Australian National University (Head of Geography, Director Centre for Environmental and Resource Studies, Dean of Science) and Charles Darwin University (Deputy Vice Chancellor Research). He joined the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2011 where he carried out research in India and Thailand on flood history and mitigation policy. He has also done research in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, China, and Myanmar. |
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Dr. DeMers
is a Professor Emeritus of Geography specializing in GIS Science, Geographic Education, and Landscape Ecology. Professor Emeritus of Geography/ Applied Geography, New Mexico State University USA. Mike is the 2018 winner of the Wheeler Peak Lifetime Achievement Award given by the New Mexico Geographic Information Council and a 2010 winner of the Anderson Medal of Honor in Applied Geography; the highest award given by the Applied Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). He has over eighty research articles, and six geographic information systems (GIS) texts. His research focuses on GIS institutional design, GIS for natural resources analysis geospatial thinking and expertise, and heutagogy in GIS education. |
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Professor Sheng-Lung Peng
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Dr. Sheng-Lung Peng
is now the Director of the Department of Creative Technologies and Product Design, National Taipei University of Business, Taiwan. He is also a Director of Chinese Association of Public Affairs Management, Information Service Association of Chinese Colleges, Taiwan Association of Cloud Computing, and ICPC Asia Taipei-Hsinchu Site; the Secretary General of the ICPC Contest Council for Taiwan; and a Supervisor of Chinese Information Literacy Association, Association of Algorithms and Computation Theory, Taiwan. He served as a Professor of National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan 2015-2020 and Dean of Library and Information Services Office, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. He did his PhD. in Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 1999. Master of Science in Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, 1992. Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 1988. He now a Professor of National Taipei University of Business, Taiwan, an Honorary Professor of Beijing Information Science and Technology University, China, a Visiting Professor of Ningxia Institute of Science and Technology, China, and an Adjunct Professor of Mandsaur University, India. His research interests are in Designing and analysing algorithms for Bioinformatics, Combinatorics, Data Mining, and Networks. |
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Dr. Karen Sudmeier-Rieux
is a Senior Advisor, Disaster Risk Reduction with the United Nations Environmental Programme’s (UNEP) Disasters and Conflicts program in Geneva. Karen has over a decade of experience researching, teaching and publishing on the topic if ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction. She is currently coordinating a global project on ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction, which includes the development of a post-graduate course and two Massive Open Online Courses on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction. She is also a scholar of ecosystem-based landslide management, with expertise from Nepal. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland and Masters’ degrees in international development and forest ecology from Switzerland and the United States. |
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Dr. Manish Kumar Goyal
is JSPS Fellow, Commonwealth Fellow, Erasmus Fellow, P.E.(Int), Indo-US WARI Fellow, Inspire Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore. Dr Manish Kumar Goyal is Dean of Infrastructure Development at Indian Institute of Technology, Indore. He is recently featured in the list of Top 2% scientists in the world (prepared by Stanford University). Also in the top 500, the leading researcher in field of Environmental Engineering (Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences). His research interests include Agriculture, Climate, Water, Artificial intelligence and GIS-remote sensing applications. He worked as research Assistant at University of Waterloo, Canada. He went to pursue further research as postdoctoral fellow at Nanyang Technological University Singapore and McGill University, Canada. He was visiting Professor at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Dr Goyal holds 04 books, 25 book chapters and more than 120 technical research publication in various refereed journals. He serves as an Associate Editor for the ASCE-Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste. He has supervised 10 PhD and 08 postgraduates’ students in last 10 years. His contribution fetched him Recipient of Prof S N Gupta Memorial Lecture Award, Indian Society of Hydraulics, 2021, Best Researcher of the Year Award 2020 by Institution of Engineers (India), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE’s) Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) Visiting International Fellowship (VIF) -2019, Prof R J Garde Research Award, India Society of Hydraulics, 2019, Recipient of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)-Best Theoretical-Oriented Paper Award 2018, NVIDIA GPU Research Grant 2018, IEI Young Engineers Award in Civil Engineering Division, 2017-18, Indo-US WARI Fellowship Award (2016), DST –SERB Young Scientist-fast track grant (2015), Inspire Faculty award, 2014, Erasmus Mundus Interweave Award, Europe 2014, JSPS fellowship award, University of Tokyo, Japan (2013) and Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Award.
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Dr. Santanu Kumar Bal
is presently leading the coordinated research program on Agrometeorology as Project Coordinator at ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, India. He has also served at ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Pune and Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana for more than 18 years. He was trained in Israel on Database Management in Meteorology & Hydrology.
His research portfolio includes the following issues:
Developed Dynamic Crop Weather Calendar (DCWC) a DSS for predicting optimum time for sowing and applying irrigation water for major crops in India; establishing crop weather relationships in various agroecosystems and linking it to Agro-advisory services; developing algorithms for weather-based decision support systems; agroclimatic characterization especially in the areas of dry spell analysis, agricultural/meteorological drought monitoring, onset of crop/rainy season; evaluating crops’ performances using crop simulation models, hyperspectral remote sensing-based crop stress estimation, temperature-based insect-pest phenology modelling; developing prediction models for frost and various insect-diseases; Assessing impact of climate variability, change and extremes on major crops; etc. He has been involved in various projects since 2003. He has published several research reports, papers, books and book chapters which already acclaim International publicity. He has been honoured with fellowship by Association of Agrometeorologists, Anand and Indian Ecological Society, Ludhiana.
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Dr. Asha Hans
is Professor of Political Science and Women’s Studies Emerita at Utkal University India. Has taught and carried out research at various National and International Universities is Director Development Research Centre, Recent Member Board UN Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund; Member Board Women Enabled International (USA). Completed a three year inter-university research project Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA).Has authored books and articles on gender, and climate change, peace and conflict and disability. Her recent books are 2021 Engendering Climate Change Learnings from South Asia ed., Routeledge New York New Delhi ,2021 Migration, Workers and Fundamental Freedoms: Pandemic Vulnerabilities and the Exception of States. ed Routeledge New York Delhi .2020 -2021 Women Reinventing Development ed 2020 Aakar Publishers/ Routeledge New Delhi 2020 Asha Hans Disability, gender, and the trajectories of power (Japanese edition) by Asha Hans, London, Sage, 2019 Reardon Betty and Asha Hans 2nd ed The Gender Imperative: Human Securty vs State Security. Routledge Publications. New York & New Delhi. |
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Dr. Milap Chand Sharma
presently working as
Faculty member at Centre
for Study of Regional
Development, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New
Delhi-India. He is
belong to state of
Utarakhand and did
number of international
and National publication
on glassier and snow
research. Recently He
coordinated
comprehensive research
on Snow & Glaciers in
Miyar Basin in Lahul and
Palaeoenvironmental
Reconstruction and
Glacial Chronology in
Bhagirathi Valley,
Garhwal Himalaya. His
research publication
related to snow and
glassier study were
widely acclaimed, As a
member of the Sikkim
Glacier Commission
delivered a presentation
to Minister for Science
& Technology, and
Secretary, at Sikkim
House regarding the
glacier studies which he
has carried out in
Sikkim. He did number of
training and facilitate
several workshop and
research based field
study in north eastern
Indian states and his
reports are published in
national and
international journals
and university
publication. |
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Prof. Bipin K. Jojo,
working as faculty &
Chairperson, Centre for
Social Justice &
Governance, School of
Social Work,
Chairperson,
International Students
Office, Tata Institute
of Social Sciences, (TISS)
Mumbai-India. He did his
PhD from Tata Institute
of Social Sciences.
Prof. Jojo has been a
faculty at Tata
Institute of Social
Sciences since 1997 and
he has been associated
with teaching at Post
graduate level,
Research, Training and
with various regional
and national level
organizations
professionally. He has
been supervising M.Phil/PhD
scholars, MA
dissertations. He has
research interests on
Tribal Issues, Good
Governance, Resettlement
and Rehabilitation of
Internal Displaced
People, Communities'
Informal Care and
Welfare Systems,
Voluntary
Organizations/NGOs/Community-Based
Organizations,
Participatory planning
and Development. He has
done several research
studies, the consultancy
reports on the above
areas and has presented
many papers at National
and International
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Prof Vishwambhar Prasad Sati
(b. 1966), D.Litt. and Ph.D., a professor of Geography and Resource Management, is currently working at the Mizoram University (A Central University), Aizawl, India. With a teaching career of about three decades, he has served in several higher education institutions within and outside India, some of them being ‘Eritrea Institute of Technology’, Asmara, Eritrea (NE Africa), ‘Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment’, Chengdu, China, ‘Madhya Pradesh Higher Education’, and ‘HNB Garhwal University’, Srinagar Garhwal. In the same field, he has deeply been involved in research, and has worked as a Visiting Professor and Visiting Scholar in the world’s various renowned research and academic institutions, including ‘The World Academy of Sciences’, ‘Chinese Academy of Sciences’, ‘Indian National Science Academy’, ‘Indian Council of Social Science Research’, and ‘Indian Institute of Advanced Studies’. Besides, he has travelled widely – 36 countries and all over India. He has an impactful expertise in the fields of Natural Resource Management, Environment-Development Interface, Climate Change, Rural Livelihoods, Disaster-Related issues, and Culture of the Himalayan region. He has developed several models and action plans for environmental conservation and economic development of the fragile Himalayan ecosystems/landscapes. More than a dozen of national individual projects and projects with international collaboration have been conducted by him. With more than 150 research papers and articles, and more than 31 books published, his academic contribution is well-documented at national and international levels. |
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Dr Gopal Krishna Panda
is former Emeritus Professor and Head of the Dept of Geography and Chief Executive of the Population Research Center, Utkal Univ., Bhubaneswar, Odisha and a physical geographer. He was awarded Emeritus Fellowship of UGC in 2016, Senior ICSSR Fellowship in 2019, British Council Fellowship in 1995 and National Scholarship in 1977. He was also the Chief Executive of the Population Research Center. His teaching and research is in the areas of on natural hazards and disaster management, climate change and coastal hazards and geospatial technology focusing on programme evaluation, capacity building and value addition. Under his guidance “Odisha State Natural Hazards and Disaster Vulnerability Analysis and Risk Assessment Report” for the state was prepared sponsored by UNDP and OSDMA. Currently he is working on a major research project on CHRV with special reference to coastal erosion of Odisha coast.. Under his guidance 15 students have been awarded Ph.D degree in geography and environmental science.. He was involved with the evaluation of ongoing RCH programs and was associated with large scale demographic surveys like NFHS – 3 and DLHS-4 of the H & F W Dept. of Govt. of Odisha and India. He was a member of the Advisory Board for the World Bank supported ICZM project of the state., Executive Committee member of the State Spatial Data Infrastructure Development project of Govt. of Odisha. |
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Garry de la Pomerai
DOB 1-4-59. A British Citizen Presently based in Kathmandu Nepal. Project Consultant for Water Resource Management and Enhancement and waters associated needs and Project development Consultant for Advanced Earthquake Early Warning. “His Primary goal is to identify the challenges and to ensure we coordinate the most efficient strategy from within technology, social science, government administrations and the UN to provide effective sustainable and resilient solutions now!". Independent DRR consultant to UNISDR, UNESCO, UNCRD, EAC . 2005 Co-Pioneered Safe Schools Strategy & Resilient Cities Initiatives .Programme Advocate for INRULED Education for Rural development and Sustainability & to IFRC for legislative mechanisms to support the integration of DRR with H&S. 2009 to present promoted AEEWS development of the Advanced Earthquake Early Warning System And supported P-wave EEWS development since 2009 assessing global EEW systems and their implementation. Advocate and field implementation scientist practicing and publishing for Water Resource Management Strategies Chair of UNESCO Global Task Force for the Built Environment. Co-founder of the Coalition for Global School Safety. Member of UNICEF MENADR and UNISDR GADRRRES . |
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Dr. Kushani De Silva,
PhD in Disaster Management, University of Huddersfield (UK) , Master in Gender Studies, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Hon’s Srilanka . She is a visiting lecturer at the Universities of Sri Jayawardanapura, Colombo and Peradeniya in Sri Lanka in the discipline of Disaster Risk Management (DRM). She is the founder of Gloir. K. and also a member of Centre for Women’s Research (CENWOR), Director-Lions Club Mid-City, steering committee member of International Conferences related to DRM and panelist in Global Disaster Risk Reduction forums. She is an editor of DRM books, reviewer of International Journals and comprised with 14 plus years of work experience in the field of technology and gender sensitive Disaster Risk Management (DRM). She has 35 national and international publications related to DRM. Her main national level contributions include the development of Sri Lanka Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (2014-2018), first set of school books on disaster management and first integrated post flood damage and loss assessment in Sri Lanka. She represents Sri Lanka in international seminars, workshops and conferences as a speaker. She has worked with foreign Universities, UNDP, World Bank, GFDRR, UNISDR, UNICEF, IUCN, JICA, etc. in the capacity of a consultant/staff member/researcher. |
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Dr Bala Kishan ,
is a Professor of Geography and Dean, faculty of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad. He holds L.L.B., M.Sc., with Geography, PG Diploma in Geographical Cartography and earned a Ph.D in Urban Environmental Studies from Osmania University. His area of interest includes – Remote Sensing, GIS, Geo-political issues concerning the Indian Ocean Region, Disaster Management apart from Urban Environmental Studies. Presenntly Prof Bala Kishan is the Vice-President, National Association of Geographers India (NAGI) and President, Indian National Cartographers Association (INCA) Hyderabad Chapter. Earlier, he served as the Director, Centre for Indian Ocean Studies (CIOS) and Director, UGCHRDC (formerly known as the Academic Staff College), Osmania University. During his tenure as the Director, UGC-HRDC, OU he got sanctioned a special grant of Rs 7 cores from RUSA – 2 with his dedicated efforts and brought special honour and recognization for HRDC, OU in the country. Prof Bala Kishan has participated in various national, International conferences and presented several research papers. He delivered invited guest lectures, special talks, key note addresses etc. at several seminars, conferences and at public fora. He had also been invited as resource person at several Academic staff colleges (UGC-HRDC’s), across the country. Further, Prof. Bala Kishan extended his services as Associate Editor for “Indian Ocean Digest” a biannual journal published from Centre for Indian Ocean Studies, Osmania University, and “India - Asia” journal published by Institute of Asian Studies. He has published over 40 research papers on different topics and has authored few books. Prof. Bala Kishan is on the Board of Studies in several academic bodies and institutes. He is a life member in several academic and research organizations. He was invited by the Royal Geographical Society, London and was also invited to Sri Lanka by the Indo-Sri Lankan foundation, Colombo. Apart from his scholarly interests, Prof. Bala Kishan is advisor to Indian Red cross Society, and also well known for his active participation in the “Consumers Rights Protection Movement” in both the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. |
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Prof. Krishnaveni
is Dean of Anna University Regional Campus Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, India. She has 20 years of research and teaching experience in Water resources, GIS and Climate change. She has guided 25 B.E students,75 M.E students and 10 PhD students in Water resources, Agriculture and Climate Change. She has carried out research and consulting projects funded by Ministry of Water resources and Water Resources Organisation of Public Works Department. Delivered many guest lectures to the Public works engineers, TWAD water supply engineers, and to the Students of various Engineering Colleges.
Dr. Krishnaveni has published more than 100 papers in National and International journals and conferences. She had organized two National conferences and chaired many technical events conducted by the Engineering colleges. She had attended many international and national level training programmes. She had visited Iran, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka for attending training workshops and for presenting the research papers. She is the member of many national and International professional societies.
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Col Sanjay Srivastava
was served for Indian Army and having illustrious disaster management practitioner and learner. His current area of engagement is in the field of Covid-2019 response and pandemic knowledge management, climate change, early warning, earthquake early warning and response and leverage of technology in disaster and development.
A techno-managerial skilled dynamic professional, he is highly qualifying with two Masters each in technology and management. He has worked in India in National and state governments level as well as abroad in U.S.A and South Korea. he is abreast with the dynamism of risk and advocates a futuristic and deterministic approach with technology driven pro-active management of disasters. His research-oriented community science approach has been instrumental in bridging the gap between academia, governance and community. Salient achievements of Col Srivastava are 112 Single emergency number in India, lightning forecast and safe grid management system, Crowd Management Technology, Coal Mining Monitoring systems etc. For his outstanding work in the field of lightning, he was given center stage to present his work to word by UNDRR during Global Platform 2019 at Geneva. Currently he is Chairman of climate Resilient Observing Systems Promotion Council (CROPC) an intergovernmental organization and he is convener of Lightning Resilient India Campaign. His work since COVID2019 has been incredible in policy level interventions, scientists and doctors collaboration in patho-physiology based clinical response, advisory and advocacy on Covid protocols and aide to covid affected families.
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Dr.Rekha Jagannath
one of the eminent Development Economist and Social reformer from South India . More than 34 years teaching & research experience out of which 13 (1990-2003) years service as a UGC faculty at Christ College; Bangalore University, At Christ College Bangalore 13 years (1989-2003) of UGC teaching service and 1st UGC minor Research project taken PhD Guidance to three students . She has Masters Degree, M. Phil and PhD in Economics: Bangalore University. She has Diploma in ‘Health Informatics’: Auckland University, New Zealand 2000-2004 also ‘Epidemiology and Economics of Corona Virus’ from Sustainable Development Solutions Network of Global Initiative for United Nations (GIUN) 30th March 2019 . She awarded ICSSR Senior Research Fellow 2010-2011 . Nomination as a Member of ‘Karnataka State Planning Board’ in two Governments in Karnataka . Independent Director of Smart City Tumakuru Board (GOK-GOI) Government of Karnataka –Government of India). Published Sixty five papers in all both Conferences and research papers including book ‘Elements of Indian Economy’ with a Professor of Economics KC Shivananjaiah .She Executive Committee Member of UN Women (UNIFEM) Auckland in 2003-2004 and certified by World Bank group for Economic development and Women empowerment in South India.
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Laxminarayan Padhi A development professional with more than thirty years of working experience in Government and International Donor projects, programs and schemes in the areas of agriculture, water management, livelihoods, promotion of science education and communication. Earned my Masters in Natural resources planning and management from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. Also professional post graduate diploma in Environment, Rural development and agricultural extension management. He is also adviser to number of High level Technical Committee focussed on Agriculture promotion Development, Food Security, Green Energy promotion, Water Resource Management, Technology application of Rural Entrepreneur Skill Development. He has supervised number of applied projects (minor and major academic projects) for the OUAT and other reputed university students as well as published numbers of articles and Research paper during his government assignment. He is Advisory member and mentor to the CEED since long.
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Prof (Dr.) Raj Kumar Singh
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Prof (Dr.) Raj Kumar Singh
has done his Schooling from Kendriya Vidyalay(BHU), B.Sc. (Hons) (Institute of Science, BHU), MBA (Institute of Management Studies , BHU), PhD (VBS Purvanchal University), UGC-NET , PG Diploma in Export Management (IIEM) , PG Diploma in Journalism & Mass Communication and CYP (BHU) and University Grant Commission Merit Scholarship Holder for being Topper in BHU. The topic of his PhD has been “A Study of Strategic Issues of Brand Management In The Healthcare Sector With Special Reference To The Varanasi City” . Presently he is serving in the School of Management Sciences (SMS), Varanasi, which is UGC NAAC “A” Graded Institute and comes India’s Under Top 50 , leading B-School of India, as a Member of Academic Council, Professor, Dean (R&D) and Head of Department of Department of Commerce of SMS, Varanasi and also as a Chairperson of Centre For Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Skill Development (CEISD) , Also the member of Startups Mentor Team of FIED ( Foundation of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development) , an Incubation Centre of IIM Kashipur and in the Panel of Mentors in Startup India of Ministry of Commerce and Industry , Govt. of India , Institutional Member of National Innovation and Startup Policy and Institution Innovation Council of Innovation Cell of Ministry of Education, Govt. of India He is an Expert of Startups Business Plan , Case Writing , Case Analysis and Case Teaching apart from Qualitative Research and Conceptual Model Building, Curriculum Designing and Pedagogy Development. He has published over 30 Research Papers in various National and International Journals and presented over 15 Research Papers in several National and International Conferences, Summits and Workshops.
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Eng. Loy Rego
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Eng. Loy Rego
is a Practitioner with 40 years of leadership and technical work on governance, program development and implementation on Disaster Preparedness, Risk Reduction (DPRR), Resilience and Adaptation to manmade and ‘natural’ risks, and their Mainstreaming into Sustainable Development, particularly in partnership building, advocacy, mobilization and action at regional, national, sub-national, city and community levels He worked 5 years with Tata Motors (1981-86), 10 with India’s National Safety Council as Joint Director (1986-96), and 15 with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Bangkok (1996-2011) as Director and later Deputy ED, partnering with international and regional organizations, national and local governments, civil society n labour organizations, Red Cross n Crescent, private sector, and development partners. Since 2011 he serves as Technical Advisor and volunteer in the US, Myanmar, Egypt and India on DPRR, Rio+20, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other international agendas of 2015-16. He worked to establish the MARS Practitioners Network (2012) and VERVE Volunteers Program (2014). His 3 degrees are a B Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Safety from Central Labour Institute, both in Bombay, and an Ll.B in law from Pune, and specialized short term courses on disaster management.
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Dr Bijaya Kumar Rath
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Dr Bijaya Kumar Rath
is an Ex General Manager Geology, ONGCL (A National Maharatna Oil Company of India)On deputation to (Directorate General Of Hydrocarbons) DGH a technical arm of (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) MoPNG, Govt. of India since 2014.Presently working as Consultant in (Secondary Data Centre-National Data Repository) SDC-NDR,DGH in Bhubaneswar, Odisha after superannuated from ONGC. More than 30 years of experience in Oil exploration in active Indian Sedimentary Basins.Out of 30 years around 15 years dedicated for exploration and production of Hydrocarbon and rest of the period in various capacities like Administrative, Finance, Leasioning and other misclaneous works. After joining ONGC did Ph.D in Marine sciences, MBA (HR), MGIS remote sensing , Gis and Gps, Also Six Sigma both belts in management. Certified (Project Management Professionals)PMP from PMI(Project Management Institute)USA with Good Standing. Attended a short training on “Communication and Skill Development” from India”s Top Management Institute IIM, Indore. Project Management and Portfolio management has been carried out by me very effectively (time,cost,quality output), utilising PMP and Communication skills. Mentored Research scholars, MSc/MTech students from different IITs, Universities, other Institutes to ONGC premier institutes KDMIPE & IMD, Dehradun. Involved in Location Generation, Drilling and Production of Oil & Gas from many fields in ONGC as team leader and some times as team member. Delivered skills regarding Data Acquisation, Processing and Interpretation prior to drilling and production of Hydrocarbons from a field to freshers inducted as new Graduate Trainees in ONGC. Exposure to many International and National Technical/Scientific conferences/seminars like SPG(Society of Petroleum Geophysicsist), (Society of Petroleum Engineers)SPE,(Association of Petroleum geologists)APG,PETROTECH and also presented papers and posters. Published many papers Basin specific in In-house ONGC Billet-in.Attended Training on Disaster Management thru GIS and Remote sensing sponsored by ISRO, organised by (Geological Survey of India)GSI, Hyderabad. Presently Maintaining smooth interface between SDC Bhubneswar and NDR,DGH,Noida(Delhi-NCR)
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Dr Manoranjan Sharma
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Dr Manoranjan Sharma
Chief Economist, Infomerics Ratings, Delhi has a brilliant academic record. He was the Chief Economist of Canara Bank for 17 years, General Manager for 6 years and Chief Learning Officer for 5 years. Widely traveled both in India and abroad, he is globally recognized as an expert in Indian economy, banking, MSMEs, rural credit, financial inclusion, etc. He has made presentations and Chaired sessions at national and international Conferences. His papers have repeatedly been globally accepted, viz., Global Finance Conference-Las Vegas, USA (April 2004); Emerging Issues in Business and Technology-Western Illinois University, USA (Oct. 2004); Applied Business Research Conference, Florida USA (Jan. 2005); International Symposium Economy & Business, Bulgaria (Sept. 2005); International Business Research Conference- Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (March 2005); Global Business and Economic Research Conference-Istanbul, Turkey (Aug. 2005); International Conference on Globalization, Technology and Sustainable Development-Abu Dhabi, UAE (Nov. 2005); Max Planck Indian Institute of Science (IISc) International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth-Bangalore (Oct. 2007).He has been nominated a member of over a dozen Advisory Councils in six States, viz., Member, Governor’s Advisory Council, Rajasthan; Chancellor’s Nominee on Senate, Rajasthan University, Jaipur; Chancellor’s Nominee on Board of Management, Kota University; Expert Member, AIMA, Delhi; Vice Chairman, Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD). He is associated with banks, Universities, leading institutions, viz., Terrapinn Pte Ltd. (Singapore); Marcus Evans (Malaysia); Naseba (Paris/Dubai); Government of India and State Governments, IICA of Corporate Affairs Ministry, NIEPA of Education Ministry, NIDM of Home Ministry, RBI, IIMs, IITs, IGIDR, Mumbai, NIRD, Hyderabad, etc. He has been on over 100 Selection Panels of Canara Bank, Bank of India, Union Bank of India and Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank (TMB); Expert Evaluator for the prestigious BML Munjal Award (Hero Honda Group) and JS Juneja Award (AIMA), Expert by the Indian Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), Mumbai. His papers and books, viz., Global Financial Meltdown; Leading Issues in Indian Economy; Studies in Money, Finance and Banking; India’s Transforming Financial Sector; Dynamics of Indian Banking; and Indian Economic Policies and Data figure in Libraries of almost all top Universities of the world, viz., Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, London School of Economics, Library of Congress, Washington; Harvard, Princeton, Yale, etc. He has 300 publications. Professional Banker (ICFAI, Hyderabad), Analyst (ICFAI, Hyderabad) Yojana (Information and Broadcasting Ministry), Property World (global London-based UBM group, Mumbai), The Economic Times, Financial Express, Times of India, Hindu Business Line. His views have been repeatedly cited in The Associated Press (New York), Dow Jones (New York), International Herald-Tribune (New York), Wall Street Journal (New York).
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Dr Béla Albert Marosi,
international researcher
and academician from
Rumania ,Europe
currently working as
Professor in Mongolia
International,
University under Dept.
of Biotechnology and
Food Science. He lead
the department and
supervise students
specially Lab
experiment, research and
field bas scientific
experiment. He did his
PhD Molecular Biology
Centre, Institute for
Interdisciplinary
Experimental Research,
“Babes-Bolyai”
University, Cluj-Napoca.
The PhD project was
acrried out under the
scientific supervision
of Prof. Univ. Dr.
Octavian Popescu. The
title of the PhD thesis
is: Molecular markers
for amphibian and
reptilian population
genetics. Course of
Evolutionary Genomics of
Natural Populations at
the Biology Education
Centre, Uppsala
University, Sweden. He
has published number of
international jurnal
paper and Book chapter.
He dedicated to work
internationally on the
field of Micro biology ,
Human and Animal health,
molecular biology and
genetics, water qualty
Management Research etc.
Major Publications are
follows; 1.Béla A.
Marosi; Karen M.
Kiemnec-Tyburczy; Ioan
V. Ghira; Tibor Sos;
Octavian Popescu. 2014.
Identification and
characterization of
major histocompatibility
complex class IIB
alleles from three
species of European
ranid frogs. Molecular
Biology research
Communications (MBRC)
3/4: 215-222; 2.Marosi
AB, Sos T, Ghira IV,
Popescu O. 2013. COI
Based Phylogeography and
Intraspecific Genetic
Variation of Rana
dalmatina Populations in
the Vicinity of the
Carpathians. GERMAN
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
RESEARCH (GJZR) 1: 7-16,
3.Marosi AB, Zinenko OI,
Ghira IV,
Crnobrnja-Isailović J,
Lymberakis P, Sós T,
Popescu O. 2012.
Molecular data confirm
recent fluctuations of
northern border of dice
snake (Natrix tessellata)
range in Eastern Europe.
North-Western Journal of
Zoology 8(2): 374-37,
4.Marosi A. B., Ghira I.
V., Sós T., Popescu O.
2011. Identification of
partial MHC class II B
exon 2 sequences in two
closely related snake
species: Natrix
tessellata and Natrix
natrix. Herpetologica
Romanica 5: 1-6. |
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Dr Béla Albert Marosi,
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Isabela Battistello Espíndola ,
is an International Researcher and lives in São Paulo (Brazil). She graduated in International Relations (B.A.) and Economics (B.A.) from FACAMP School of Economics (FACAMP) and a master’s degree in Environmental Sciences (M.Sc.) from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar). She is a Ph.D. candidate in Human Geography at the University of São Paulo (USP), where she researches transboundary water management in the La Plata Basin, through conflict and cooperation relations, and according to the theories and structures of hydropolitics, hydrodiplomacy, and international relations. The scope of her Ph.D. research includes the 2030 Agenda, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Transboundary Environmental Issues, as well as international water legislation, the structure of river basin organizations (RBOs), and efficiency indicators for transboundary water management. She is a fellow from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP scholarship no. 2017/17997-9), receiving a scholarship to develop her Ph.D. research. In addition, she is a researcher member of the Political Geography Laboratory (GEOPO-USP) and a member of the Water Youth Network, the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative, United People Global, Climate Reality Project, International Studies Association, Latin American Studies, World Youth Parliament for Water, and is part of the Brazil Steering Committee at the BRICS CCI Young Leaders. Since her M.Sc. degree, she has worked in the area of international relations and the environment, with a focus on transboundary water resources. Through her work and research, Isabela has participated in numerous national and international events such as the Youth Assembly (2018), the Tsukuba Global Science Week (2018), the World Youth Forum (2019), the International Student Festival of Harkat (2020), the Youth 20 Summit (2020), the General Assembly of the World Youth Parliament for Water (2021), among others”. |
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Isabela Battistello Espíndola,
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Priya Behrens-Shah, A
dual citizen of Germany
and the UK, of East
African and Indian
origin,. She did her MSc.
Water Management from
Cranfield University,
United Kingdom
Specialising in global
water policy and
management and BSc.
International Studies
Grant from the UK
Department of Trade,
Industry and Commerce .
Priya was Candidate,
2009 European
Parliamentary Elections
Green Party of England
and Wales 2007/2008,
Priya is a multicultural
and multilingual project
and organisational
development consultant
with over ten years of
work experience spanning
the public, private and
non-profit sectors. She
is keenly interested in
sustainability issues,
equality, equity and
innovation. Asides from
thematic specialisations
in water policy,
governance and
international
development and a strong
research interest in
water rights and water
allocation mechanisms,
Priya's professional
experience encompasses a
wide range of skills,
including: programme
development, monitoring
& evaluation, strategy
development, business
development,
communication,
networking, negotiation,
training and research &
analysis.
Priya previously
worked at Transparency
International's HQ in
Berlin, Germany, where
she contributed to the
organisation, growth and
global positioning of
the 'Water Integrity
Network (WIN)', a
pioneering, pro-poor
programme focused on
improving governance in
the international water
sector. Her
responsibilities
included From the
operationalisation of
the pilot phase of the
WIN Small Grants Fund, a
pioneering fund aimed at
reinforcing the base of
anti-corruption tools,
methodologies and
actions for fighting
corruption in the
worldwide water sectors;
research and
communications and media
relations. Before
joining WIN, Priya
worked at Stakeholder
Forum for a Sustainable
Future (UK), where she
reviewed the scope of
achievements towards
international water and
agricultural targets, in
preparation for input
into the GPPN for
CSD-16. She worked for
Welthungerhilfe (various
locations): Germany:
Editorial and
Translation services for
the WASH Orientation
Framework and donor
proposals Pakistan:
Strategy Development
Consultant, supported
Alliance 2015 partner
organisations in the
development of a
strategy for a
countrywide WASH
governance programme.
Tasks included: research
into the WASH governance
context in Pakistan,
planning and
facilitation of strategy
development workshops,
preliminary
needs-assessments, key
informant interviews,
identification of new
partnership potential
and the drafting of a
funding proposal to
AusAID Myanmar:
Evaluation Consultant
and Trainer, designed,
planned and managed
(including supervision
of teams) two regional
studies focused on WASH
sustainability and WASH
KAP. Also conducted two
training courses to
develop capacities of
enumerators and national
staff in social research
methods and
data-collection and
analysis Kenya:
Evaluation Consultant,
planned, implemented and
evaluated a pilot WASH
sustainability study of
100+ infrastructure
projects. Tested and
fine-tuned methodologies
and presented
opportunities for
enhancing impact of
interventions,
partnership development,
donor coordination, as
well as a mandatory
system for ex-post
monitoring Other clients
include: The
Transnational Institute,
FDCL and RWW (the RWE
Group) |
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Ms. Priya Behrens-Shah Water
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Adviser CEED |
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Dr. Manjula Ranagalage, PhD |
Dr. Manjula Ranagalage is working as a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management, Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities of the Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. Dr Ranagalage obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree with a Geography specialization and a First Class at the University of Colombo in 2006. Furthermore, he earned two master’s degrees in Geo-informatics and Geography at the Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, the University of Peradeniya in 2010, and the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2013 respectively. He has completed a PhD in Science (Geoenvironmental Sciences) in the Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences of the University of Tsukuba, Japan, in 2019. Dr Ranagalage has published more than 50 peer-reviewed index journal articles, including some in SCI, SSCI, ESCI journals and other peer-reviewed index journals, more than 50 conference publications, and more than ten books. His research disciplines are included urban geography, urban climate change, urban green volume and built-up volume, urban heat island, application of GIS and remote sensing for water resources management, disaster management, environment management, tsunami vertical evacuation, forest cover changes, land change science, and soil erosions management. It is also noteworthy that the geographical area he has chosen for conducting research covers Sri Lanka and Japan, India, China, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, and some countries in the African continent and the Middle-east of the Asian continent. By considering his research works, he was awarded several awards such as; Most Outstanding Young Researcher of Sri Lanka in Humanities/Aesthetics/Social science in 2018 and Research Excellency awards (Tsukuba University President Award) in 2019. |
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Dr. Pradeep Kumar Mehta, PhD |
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Mehta is currently Principal Scientist, - Rural Research and Development Centre at S M Sehgal Foundation, Gurugram, India. He holds a PhD degree in Economics from Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore; an MPhil degree in Planning and Development from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay; and MA and BA (honour’s) degrees in Economics from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He was a recipient of national scholarship during M.Phil and PhD. A development specialist, he has over 15 years of experience in teaching and research. Prior to joining S M Sehgal Foundation, he has worked at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad and taught Economics at Ohio-Christ University and Alliance University, Bangalore. His areas of expertise are rural development, agriculture, climate change, gender, water, impact evaluation, and quantitative research. |
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Reena Marwah, PhD |
Reena Marwah is
Associate Professor,
Jesus and Mary College,
Delhi University, India
and is an M. Phil and
PhD in International
Business. In addition to
several years of
postgraduate teaching at
management institutions,
she also lectures
frequently institutions
of higher learning in
India and abroad. Has
been teaching in the
college since 1982.She
has been the recipient
of fellowships including
the Robert McNamara
fellowship in 1999 as
well as the Asia
fellowship from the
Asian Scholarship
Foundation in 2002-2003.
Authored/co-authored and
co-edited five books,
three monographs in
addition to several
research articles,
conference papers and
has delivered over 50
lectures at different
institutions in India
and abroad on issues of
Indian economic
development, poverty and
governance, gender and
development. She is the
Secretary General of the
Association of Asia
Scholars and has
organised several
workshops and seminars
in Asian countries. Is
responsible for
publishing Millennial
Asia, the bianuual
journal of the
Association of Asia
Scholars. |
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Mrs.Agnes Rani Paul
from Chennai,
Tamilnadu, did her
master degree Social
Work from Stella Maris
Collage, Chennai and
batchler from the
College of Social Work,
Mumbai. Humanitarian
work from Institute of
Minorities-European
Academy Bolzano-Bozen-
Italy Her Professional
experiences are: 15
years professional
experience in the
humanitarian sector
began with grass root
organizations in South
India and slowly rose up
to managing and leading
programmes. Throughout
the professional
involvement my conscious
option of organizations
and programmes has been
one that stands and
promotes Human Rights,
Justice, Peace and Good
Governance. The
professional skills and
experiential knowledge
harvested by this
passionate involvement
are enumerated below. 14
years of experience in
planning, implementation
and managing of large
and complex multi-sector
programmes in
development and
humanitarian context,
experience in overall
Coordination (Human
Resources, Finance and
Field Operations). More
than 9 years experience
proposal writing, fund
mobilizing and adhering
to the compliance
requirements which
include project reviews,
impact analysis,
periodic reporting and
evaluation for the
various funding partners
and International
organizations such as
Oxfam, Action Aid, Care
India, Catholic Relief
Services, AEI –
Luxemburg, Caritas
India, Caritas Germany,
Malteser – Germany,
Cordaid, Save the
children, USAID,
UNICEF.Livelihood
programme management
experience in
Development as well as
post disaster recovery
process with hands on
experience mainly
through SHG approach.
Substantial management
experience in Disaster
Response and Recovery
Programmes: hands an
experience of working
for the relief and
reconstruction programme
of earthquake, floods
and communal carnage,
Tsunami in India and Sri
Lanka. Knowledge in
Project Cycle
Management, Good
understanding of
accountability
mechanisms and practices
Hands on experience of
using PRA approach. |
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Eng. Lana Panda
did her Bachelor in
Civil Engineering, Utkal
University, Orissa, and
Masters of Planning with
specialization in Urban
Planning, School of
Planning and
Architecture, New Delhi.
Presently working as
Technical Adviser for
mainstreaming Public
Private Partnership
(PPP), in Orissa.
Working as PPP expert in
State PPP Cell (Govt. of
Orissa), through
Department of Economic
Affairs, Govt. of India.
She is Responsible for
identification of
infrastructure projects
to be implemented
through PPP format,
capacity building of
various Stakeholders,
Appraisal and Review of
proposals and documents
submitted by various
Transaction Advisors,
finalization of Contract
Agreements, reviewing
and ensuring the quality
of financial analysis,
risk management analysis
and protocols, and
demand projections of
all project providers
for PPP funding .She has
more than 14 years of
experience in Urban
Planning and
Infrastructure
Development covering
aspects of project
identification,
feasibility studies,
demand analysis,
planning for provision,
issues related to Social
planning, preparation of
Comprehensive
Development Plans and
Structure Plans for
cities/ towns of various
sizes, preparation of
layouts plans for
residential and
industrial schemes,
preparation of
feasibility reports and
conducting various
surveys and analysis,
and formulation of
planning policies. She
has expertise on
Identifying and
analyzing urban
development trends,
selection of potential
projects in Urban
Planning, Feasibility
studies, development
analysis, forecasting
and conceptual planning
tasks required for
development projects,
preparation of detailed
study report, liaison
work in technical,
administrative and
financial matter with
Governmental bodies,
Consultancy
organizations and NGOs;
formulating, and
implementing policies
and strategies to meet
the challenges of rapid
urbanization of various
region |
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