Registration

Inaugural Session

Invocation of the National Meet

• Welcome by: Dr K Vinod Kumar, DD-RSA, NRSC
• Opening Remarks : Dr. Prakash Chauhan, Director, NRSC
• Address by: Shri Hitesh Kumar, IAS, Additional Secretary, MHA
• Address by: Shri Atul Karwal, IPS, Director General, NDRF
• Address by: Shri Kamal Kishore, Member Secretary, NDMA

Release of National Landslide Atlas of India

• Address by: Shri S Somanath, Secretary, DoS and Chairman-ISRO
• Vote of thanks: Dr. K H V Durga Rao, GD-DMSG, NRSC

Tea Break

Session 1: Disaster Risk Management - Best Practices

Lead Talk –Disaster Risk Management – Trends and Technologies -20 min

Shri Kamal Kishore, Member Secretary, NDMA

1. DMS programme of ISRO for Disaster Risk Reduction-15 min
   Dr. Santanu Bhatawdekar, Scientific Secretary, ISRO
2. New Technology in Relief and Rescue Operation-15 min
   Shri Atul Karwal, IPS, Director General, NDRF
3. Best practices in Disaster Risk Reduction – Experience of Odisha-15 min
   Dr. Gyana Ranjan Das, IAS, Executive Director, OSDMA
4. Geospatial technology in Disaster Management -15 min
   Shri Manoj Rajan,IFS Commissioner, KSDMA

Session Summary by Chair

Chair: Shri Kamal Kishore, Member Secretary, NDMA
Co Chair: Shri Atul Karwal, IPS, DG, NDRF

Lunch Break

Session 2: Hydrological Disasters

Lead Talk – Storm Surge Modelling & Tsunami Early Warning - 20 min

Dr. Srinivasa Kumar, Director, INCOIS

1. Floods & Cyclones: Early Warning– Response – Mitigation -15 min
   Dr. KHV Durga Rao, Group Director DMSG, NRSC
2. Urban Flood Modeling -15 min
   Prof. BalajiNarasimham, IIT Chennai
3. Flood Early Warning -15 min
   Shri Girishar, Director, CWC
4. Glacial Lake Outburst Flood -15 min
   Dr. S K Jain, NIH

Session Summary by Chair

Chair: Dr. K Radhakrishnan, Member, Space Commission & Former Secretary, DOS
Co Chair: Shri SK Jindal, IAS, JS-DM, MHA

Tea Break

Session 3: Meteorological Disasters

Lead Talk - National Cyclone Risk Mitigation - 20 min

Shri Harsh Gupta,IAS, Joint Secretary, NDMA

1. Extreme precipitation, in a changing climate -15 min
   Prof. Subimal Ghosh, IIT Mumbai
2. Lightning - Disaster Risk Management -15 min
   Dr. Sunil Pawar, IITM
3. Cyclogenesis and Cyclone Forecasting -15 min
   Dr. Sathi Devi, Scientist G, IMD, New Delhi
4. Lightning Detection Sensor Network - 15 min
   Dr. AlokTaori, Head ASD, NRSC

Session Summary by Chair

Chair: Shri Shantanu Bhatawdekar, Scientific Secretary, ISRO
Co Chair: Shri Harsh Gupta, IAS, JS, NDMA

Session 4: Geological Disasters

Lead Talk - Landslide susceptibility, Early warning and Seismic Hazard Zonation - 20 mins

Dr Saibal Ghosh,Deputy Director General, GSI

1. Tectonic Geodesy – How better we understand earthquakes now - 15 min
   Dr. V Gahalaut, Chief Scientist, CSIR-NGRI
2. Geohazards in Western Ghats - New challenges and technology Response - 15 min
   Dr. V Nandakumar, Group Head CDG, NCESS
3. Space data in landslide and Earthquake disaster management - 15 min
   Dr. Tapas Martha, Head GGD, NRSC
4. High Altitude geohazards – Glacier and snow avalanches - 15 min
   Dr. PK Srivastava, Additional Director, DRDO-DGRE

Session Summary by Chair

Chair: Dr. Saibal Ghosh,DDG, GSI
Co Chair: Shri Manoj Rajan, IFS, Commissioner, KSDMA

Tea Break

Session 5: Forest fire and Drought

Lead Talk - Forest Fire Disaster Management and the National Fire Policy - 20 min

Shri Kunal Sathyarthi, IFS, Advisor (Policy & Plan), NDMA

1. EO for Forest Fire Management - 13 min
   Shri P K Mallick, CEO, ORSAC
2. Forest Fire Management - 13 min
   Dr.Sunil Chandra, DD (P&AD), FSI
3. Enhanced NRT Services for Forest Fire Management - 13 min
   Shri G Rajashekar, Gr Head FEG, NRSC
4. EO for FarmFire Management - 13 min
   Dr. Anil Sood, Scientist, PRSAC
5. Drought Risk Management - 13 min
   Dr. V M Chowdary, NRSC
6. Forest Fire Danger Rating System - 13 min
   Dr. Arijit Roy, Head DMSD, IIRS

Session Summary by Chair

Chair: Dr VV Rao, AD, NRSC
Co Chair: Shri Kunal Sathyarthi, IFS, Advisor, NDMA

Lunch Break

Session 6: Climate Change Impact, Geospatial Services and Capacity Building

Lead Talk – Impact of Climate Change on Disasters - 20 min

Shri R Krishnan, Director, IITM

1. National Disaster Emergency Management - 15 min
   Smt. P Srilakshmi, Head EDSS, NRSC
2. Impact of Climate Change on Disasters – North-East Perspective - 15 min
   Dr S P Aggarwal, Director, NESAC
3. Capacity Building - NIDM - 15 min
   Shri. Rajendra Ratnoo, Executive Director, NIDM
4. MOSDAC – The geospatial weather product of ISRO - 15 min
   Dr Nitant Dube, Group Director MOSDAC, SAC

Session Summary by Chair

Chair: Dr R Krishnan, Director, IITM
Co-Chair: Shri Rajendra Ratnoo, IAS, ED, NIDM

Panel Discussion and Concluding Session

Tea