DRR Lecture Series

Sl No 

Name 

Position 

Institute 

Title of lecture 

Date 

1 

Prof Rajib Shaw 

Full Professor 

Keio University, Japan 

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

12.07.2021 

2 

Major General Manoj K Bidal 

Executive Director, NIDM 

NIDM, New Delhi 

NIDM’s role in capacity building for DRR 

12.07.2021 

3 

Prof Chandan Ghosh 

NIDM 

NIDM, New Delhi 

Disaster trends- global, national and regional 

18.08.2021 

4 

Dr M. Ariz Ahammed  

Principal Secretary, IAS 

Government of Assam 

Incident Command System for Disaster Management 

17.09.2021 

5 

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 

6 

Dr. Sumit Vij 

Post Doctoral Fellow  

at Wageningen University, The Netherlands 

Nepal and DRR 

27/09/2021 

7 

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 

 

8 

Prof Rajib Shaw 

Professor 

Keio University, Japan 

Role of academics, governance in DRR 

18-01-2022 

9 

Dr. MS Lakhsmi Priya 

Deputy Commissioner, IAS 

Bongaigaon, Assam 

-do- 

-do- 

10. 

Dr SP Aggarwal 

Director, NESAC 

NESAC, Shillong 

Space Technology Applications in Disaster Risk Management 

09-02-2022