Thematic Cluster A: Geologically Related Disasters

Thematic Session 1: Earthquake
Chairperson: Prof. A.S Arya
Professor Emiritious
IIT, Roorkee &
National Seismic Advisor,New Delhi
Email : anand.s.arya@undp.org

Thematic Session 2: Landslide
Chairperson: Dr. R. K. Bhandari
Chairman
Centre for Disaster Management
Vellore Institute of Technology,Tamil Nadu
Email : rajmee@yahoo.com

Thematic Cluster B: Hydro Meteorological Disasters

Session 3: Climate Change
Chairperson: Ms. Preety Bhandari
Director (Policy Analysis Division)
The Energy and Resources Institute,
New Delhi
Email : pachauri@teri.res.in

Session 4: Flood
Chairperson: Shri R. Jayaseelan
Chairman
Central Water Commission,
New Delhi
Email : cmanoff@cwc.nic.in

Session 5: Drought
Chairperson: Ms. Preety Bhandari
Director (Policy Analysis Division)
The Energy and Resources Institute,
New Delhi
Email : pachauri@teri.res.in

Session 6: Cyclone and Tsunami
Chairperson: Dr. U.C. Mohanty
Professor
Center for Atmospheric Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
Email : mohanty@cas.iitd.ernet.in

Thematic Cluster C: Human Induced Disasters

Session 7: Industrial and Chemical Disasters
Chairperson: Mr. K.C Gupta
Director General
National Safety Council of India, Navi Mumbai
Email : nsci@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in

Session 8: Nuclear Disasters
Chairperson: Dr. M. P. Chacharkar
Director
Defence Research & Development Organisation,
Jodhpur
Email : mpchacharkar@yahoo.com

Thematic Cluster D: Development, Governance and Cross Cutting Issues

Session 9: Disaster, Development and Governance
Chairperson: Dr. P. L. Sanjeeva Reddy
Director
Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi
Email : diriipa@bol.net.in

Session 10: Community Based Disaster Management
Chairperson: Dr. S. Parasuraman
Director
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Email : sparasuraman@tiss.edu

Session 11: Disaster Risk Financing and Micro-Finance
Chairperson: Mr. Vepa Kamesam
Managing Director
Indian Institute of Risk Management,Hyderabad
Email :

Session 12: Gender & Other Social Issues
Chairperson: Ms. Prema Gopalan
President
Swayam Shikshan Prayog, Mumbai
Email : sspindia@vsnl.net

Session 13: Role of Armed and Para Military Forces
Chairperson: Lt. Gen CB Vijan
DCIDS (Ops), HQ Integrated Defense Staff,
New Delhi
 

Session 14: Role of NGOs & Civil Society
Chairperson: Shri Mihir Bhatt
Director
All India Disaster Mitigation Institute, Ahmedabad
Email : dmi@icenet.in

Thematic Cluster E: Health Related Issues

Session 15: Disaster Health Management
Chairperson: Dr. N.K.Ganguly
Director General
Indian Council of Medical Research,
New Delhi
 

Session 16: Disaster Psycho-Social Care Management
Chairperson: Prof. K. Sekar
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences,Bangalore
Email : sekar@nimhans.kar.nic.in

Thematic Cluster F: Role of ICT in Disaster Management

Chairperson: Prof. K K Agarwal
Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanak Indrparastha University, New Delhi
Email : kka@ipu.eau

Thematic Cluster G: Private-Public Partnership in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (This session shall be held as a Round Table at Taj Palace Hotel. Participation in this session shall be by separate invitation only).