DRR Lecture Series

Sl No 

Name 

Position 

Institute 

Title of lecture 

Date 

Prof Rajib Shaw 

Full Professor 

Keio University, Japan 

Paradigm Shift in Disaster Risk Reduction: Role of Academics, Research, Innovation and Policies 

12.07.2021 

Major General Manoj K Bidal 

Executive Director, NIDM 

NIDM, New Delhi 

NIDM’s role in capacity building for DRR 

12.07.2021 

Prof Chandan Ghosh 

NIDM 

NIDM, New Delhi 

Disaster trends- global, national and regional 

18.08.2021 

Dr M. Ariz Ahammed  

Principal Secretary, IAS 

Government of Assam 

Incident Command System for Disaster Management 

17.09.2021 

Prof Manish Kumar 

Professor 

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun 

Has wastewater surveillance of covid-19 helped in disaster risk reduction?  

10.02.2022 

Dr. Sumit Vij 

Post Doctoral Fellow  

at Wageningen University, The Netherlands 

Nepal and DRR 

27/09/2021 

Dr. Joyita Roy Chowdhury 

Assistant Professor of Economics, FLAME University 

Does Inequality-Adjusted Human Development reduce the impact of Natural Disasters? A Gendered Perspective 

06/08/2021 

 

Prof Rajib Shaw 

Professor 

Keio University, Japan 

Role of academics, governance in DRR 

18-01-2022 

Dr. MS Lakhsmi Priya 

Deputy Commissioner, IAS 

Bongaigaon, Assam 

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10. 

Dr SP Aggarwal 

Director, NESAC 

NESAC, Shillong 

Space Technology Applications in Disaster Risk Management 

09-02-2022