Thematic Cluster A :Geologically Related Disasters

A1/1

Feasibility of Seismic Alert Systems in India 

P.K.S. Chauhan and Y. Pandey

A1/2

Assessing the Seismic Hazard of the Stable Shield regions: An Example of Bangalore

T.G. Sitharam, P.Anbazhagan and K. Rajendran

A1/3

Understanding Earthquake Recurrence: A Step Towards Hazard Mitigation

K. Rajendran and C.P. Rajendran

A1/4

Role of Space Technology in Short Term Earthquake Prediction

A.K.Gwal and S. Sarkar

A1/5

Possibilities of Earthquake Prediction Using Ground and Satellite-Based Techniques

S. Bhattacharya and A.K. Gwal

A1/6

Seismo-Electro-Magnetic and other Precursory Observations from Recent Earthquakes

A. Bapat

A1/7

A1/8

Experimental Investigation on Rehabilitation of Beam-Column Knee Joint Using GREF Sheets

A. Patel, B. Aravind Kumar and S.K. Sahu

A1/9

Modern Techniques for Earthquakes Resistant Design of Earth Retaining Structures

D. Choudhury

A1/10

Structural Measures for Improving Performance of Buildings and Structures Against Earthquakes

N. Lakshmanan

A1/11

Estimation of Seismic Vulnerability of Existing Buildings of Delhi Municipal Area

S. K. Agrawal and A. Chourasia

A1/12

Overcoming School Seismic Vulnerability in Delhi

M. Kaur and E. Jafar

A1/13

A1/14

Earthquake Risk Mitigation: Role of India Meteorological Department

S.t Prasad, A.K. Shukla,R.S. Dattatrayam, P.R.Baidya and G.Suresh

A1/15

Risk. iitb – A GIS-Based Seismic Risk Assessment System

A. Gupta and R. Sinha

A1/16

A1/17

Comprehensive Revision of Building Byelaws for Mangalore City – A case Study

A.G.Bhatt and Katta Venkataramana

A1/18

N. Bharati and Md. A. Abid

A1/19

Socio- Economic Clustering in Seismic Risk Estimation of Dehradun City

J.S.R. Prasad, Y. Singh, Amir M. Kania and C. Lindholm

A1/20

Damage to Ports and Lifelines in Tamil Nadu due to Indian Ocean Tsunamis of December 2004 

BK Maheshwari, ML Sharma and JP Narayan

A1/21

A1/22

Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential of Jabalpur Urban Area 

M. Chandradas,  S. D. Pimprikar and P.S.Mishra

A1/23

Seismic Risk Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Framed Structures

K. Balaji Rao and M.B. Anoop

A1/24

Earthquake Risk Mitigation Demonstration Project – Case   Study in Delhi

H. Kumar

A1/25

Earthquake Risk Mitigation – A Holistic View

A. S. Arya

A1/26

Seismotectonics and Seismic Event Prediction in the North-Eastern India by Radon Monitoring Near the Hot Spring

A1/27

G. R. Dodagoudar  and  A. Boominathan

A1/28

A1/29

Evaluation of Amplification Hazard for Chennai City 

A.  Boominathan,A.  Suganthi,R. Uma Maheswari, G. R. Dodagoudar

A1/30

Site Response – a Vital Parameter in Earthquake Hazard Evaluation

A1/31

Static Coseismic Ground Movements in Andaman Area due to Sumatra-2004 Earthquakes

S. K. Ray  and A. Acharyya

A1/32

A1/33

A1/34

Influence of Q_s Factor over the Complex Geological Formation - A Case Study of Ohchigata Fault in Japan

A1/35

Seismic Hazard Assessment Based on Attenuation Relationship for Tamil Nadu State, India

S. Rajarathnam and G.P. Ganapathy

A1/36

Role of Site Conditions on Built-Environment of Delhi

Y. Pandey and P.K.S. Chauhan

A1/37

Remote Sensing Based Precursory Studies for Earthquakes

S. Choudhury and A. Saraf

A1/38

Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential of Delhi Sub-soil

C. Ghosh, P. S. Mishra,

A.K. Shukla and Kishor Kumar

Seismic Hazard and Risk Microzonation of Jabalpur Urban Area - Lessons Learnt

S. D. Pimprikar,  M. Chandradas , P. S. Mishra,  A.K.Shukla and N. Purnachandra Rao

A1/40

Coping Mechanism and Technologies For Earthquake Risk Reduction

B.S. Dhaliwal and G. Singh

A1/41

Post Earthquake Reconstruction Programmes in India

 Amir A. Khan

A1/42

Earthquake Risk Mitigation and Management- An Overview

Ritu Raj

Thematic Session A2: Landslide, Avalanche and other Mass Movements

Chairperson: Dr. R. K. Bhandari
Chairman, Centre for Disaster Management, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu

A2/1

Phata Landslide – Geotechnical and Geological Study

A.Ghosh, S.Sarkar, D.P.Kanungo, Dinesh, S.K.Jain and Dalip Kumar  

A2/2

Sonapur Landslide: Massive Landslide at km141.740 on Road Section Jowai – Badrapur of NH-44 

P.H.K. Singh

A2/3

Slope Stability Study around Serchhip Hmarveng, District Serchhip, Mizoram

R.N. Ghosh,  

A2/4

Rainfall Induced Landslides of Konkan Coast – An Over view

R.Nagarajan 

A2/5

Extreme Rainfall Events  and their Consequences in Indian Himalayan Region: Needs an In-Depth Study  

Varun Joshi

A2/6

Geotechnical Considerations of Hill Slope Stability and Landslides

Nitin Som  

A2/7

Expertise, Infrastructure and Highlights of R&D Works at CRRI in the Area of Landslides

G K Vij, Jai Bhagwan and P K Nanda

A2/8

Retreat of Himalayan Glaciers: Some Examples from Garhwal Himalaya

H.C. Nainwal, Mahesh Chaudhary and B.D.S. Negi 

A2/9

Large Scale Mapping and Monitoring of Patalganga Landslide  

Kishor Kumar, P.S.Prasad, Sudhir Mathur and P.K. Nanda 

A2/10

Landslides Hazard Zonation Along National Highway (NH-1A) From ‘Mour’ To ‘Nashri Batote’ in Jammu and Kashmir, India 

Rajnish Ranjan

A2/11

Landslide Hazards Along NH-39 in Manipur, India 

Arun Kumar

A2/12

Role of Remote Sensing & Gis in Landslide Susceptibility Studies

S. Sarkar & D.P. Kanungo

A2/13

Landslide Hazard Zonation for Disaster Mitigation in Himalayas 

A.K.Pachauri

A2/14

Landslide Hazard Zonation of India using GIS Techniques 

S.Rajarathnam and G.P. Ganapathy

A2/15

Earthquake Induced  Landslide Management on Uri – Kaman Post Road in Kashmir Valley – Immediate Challenges 

S. S. Dasaka

A2/16

Importance of Earthquake Induced Landslides in Landslide Hazard Mapping

R.K. Bhandari

A2/17

Numerical Modelling of Earthquake Triggered Landslide in Jointed Rock Slope

D.K.Paul and Shilpa Pal 

A2/18

Methods for Evaluation and Mitigation of Earthquake-Induced Landslides

Deepankar Choudhury

A2/19

Formation and Breaching of Landslide Dams and Related Aspects: Documented Examples from the Himalaya

Vikram Gupta and M. P. Sah

A2/20

Early Warning Systems against Landslides 

R.K.Bhandari

A2/21

Landslides – It’s Time they are Prevented 

G.Venkatachalam and Mallika Sreedharan

A2/22

Synchronous Disaster Planning for Immediate Reopening of Snow Avalanche Ravaged Jammu –Srinagar Highway: Challenges

S. S. Dasaka

A2/23

Assessment and Mitigation of Landslides in the Himalayas 

A. K. Dhawan, R. Chitra and Manish Gupta

A2/24

Optimization of Soil Nails for Slope Stabilization Using Different Softwares  

V M Sharma 

A2/25

Nailed Soil Wall for Landslide Protection at Nainital  

Satyendra Mittal and Meenal Gosavi

A2/26

Framework of Comprehensive Guidelines for Siting of Human Settlements in Landslide Prone Hilly Terrains of India

Surya Parkash

A2/27

Techno-Legal and Techno-Financing Regime for Disaster Risk Mitigation  

V. Suresh

A2/28

Research Studies in Landslides — Re-Setting Priorities

R.K.Midha

Thematic Cluster B : Hydro Meteorological Disasters

Session B1: Climate Change

Chairperson: Ms. Preety Bhandari
Director (Policy Analysis Division), The Energy &  Resources Institute , New Delhi

B1/1

Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Impacts and Mitigations

Sudip Mitra

B1/2

Ignoring Local Ecology, Inviting Disaster Risk  

Rani Sahay

B1/3

Recent Trends in Climate and Impact of Climate Change on Food Security of North West India.

V. K. Sehgal,Surabhi Jain and P. K. Aggarwal

B1/4

Climate Change and Its Impact On Himalayan-Ganga Ecosystem: Past, Present and Future

R.B.Singh and Subodh Kumar 

B1/5

Mainstreaming Adaptation to climate change in Planning/projects

Kalipada Chatterjee

B1/6

Addressing vulnerability to climate variability and climate change – an integrated modelling system development

Satya Priya, Murthy Bachu and Annes Hassankunju

B1/7

Addressing Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change through an Assessment of Adaptation Issues and Options          

Preety Bhandari, Suruchi Bhadwal, Nilanjan Ghosh, Kadambari Anantram, Souvik Bahttacharya, Sreeja Nair

B1/9

Integrated Climate Risk Management

Kamal Kishore

Session B2: Flood

Chairperson: Mr. R. Jayaseelan
Chairman, Central Water Commission, New Delhi

B2/1

Real Time Flood Warning – An Experience 

K. N. Lal

B2/2

Community Participation in Flood Management

S. K. Sinha

B2/3

Flood Warning System of Irrigation and Waterways Department

Raj Kapoor Sharma

B2/4

Flooding Processes in Small Scale Drainage Basins 

Rafi Ahmad

B2/5

Kosi – A review of Flood Genesis and Attempts to Solve this Problem 

Awadhesh Kumar Jha and D. P. Mathuria

B2/6

Floods and Flash Floods in Himachal Pradesh: A Geographical Analysis  

D. D. Sharma

B2/7

A Real- Time Urban Rainfall Monitoring and Flood Warning and Disaster Management System for Mumbai, India  

Kapil Gupta

B2/8

Observational, Climatological and Forecasting aspects of the Unprecedented Rainstorm that caused 26^th July Deluge in Mumbai in 2005

Rajendra Kumar Jenamani

B2/9

Flood Mitigation by Recharging Ground Water

S. K. Sinha and R. R. Prasad

B2/10

Role of Large Dams in Flood Moderation – Case Studies  

S. K. Sinha and Rishi Srivastava

B2/11

Structural Measures of Flood Management  with Special Reference to NE Region 

Dinesh Barman

B2/12

Flood Plain Zoning and Regulation  

Ramesh Panwar

B2/14

Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Flood Management  

R. K. Khanna, C. K. Agrawal and Praveen Kumar

B2/15

Flood Disaster Management and Mitigation with a Special Reference to upstream of Farakka Barrage  in Malda District in West Bengal

M. U. Ghani

B2/16

Modelling Flood Attenuation in the Natural Polders of Brahmaputra River 

Tapas Karmaker, Markus Fisher and Subashisa Dutta

B2/17

Rationalizing Flood Management  

Chetan Pandit

B2/18

Drinking Water Management in Disaster Scenario: Microbiological issues

Antaryami Singh, S. K. Jain and P. K. Khatri

B2/19

Flood Plain Zoning and Regulation

R. Rangachari

B2/20

Reforming Flood Management Sector 

Suresh Chandra

B2/21

Management of Human Settlements in Flood-Prone Urban Areas – A Case Study 

DVS Bhagavanulu and P. Jothimani

B2/22

Identification of Flood Affected Areas Need for a Scientific Approach 

G.S.Purba, B. Chakravorty and Mukesh Kumar Singh

B2/23

Flood Management in Bhagmati Basin

S.K.Agarwal, A.K.Kharya and Ritesh Khattar 

B2/24

Flood Forecasting in River Yamuna-A Mathematical Model Approach 

S.K.Agarwal, A.K.Kharya and P.K.Gupta

B2/25

Community Approach to Flood Management  

N.J.Verman

Session B3: Drought

Chairperson: Prof. V.S Vyas
Chairman, Institute of Development Studies Jaipur

B3/1

Assessment of Drought Indicators and Vulnerability 

R. Nagarajan

B3/2

Downscaling Disasters to Resource Sustainability – Case of Drought Mitigation Challenges 

Anil Gupta and Pallavi Tyagi

B3/3

Drought Mitigation Looms in Bundelkhand Region 

Anand Rai and Divya Sharma

B3/4

Drought Characterisation in Dry Farming Regions of Bihar State in Relation to Growth Phases of Rice and Wheat 

A. K. Srivastava, C.V.S. Sastri and P. Kumari

B3/5

Wetland Mechanisms and Values for Drought Mitigation – Scientific and Community Interventions 

Pallavi Tyagi and Anil Gupta

B3/8

Recurrent Droughts in Great Indian Desert and Possible Solutions

Kuldeep Singh and S.M. Mohnot

Session B4: Cyclone and Tsunami

Chairperson: Dr. U.C. Mohanty
Professor
Center for Atmospheric Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

B4/1

Disaster Management and Vulnerability Reduction Plan in Respect of Cyclones for the Coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh

A.D.Rao

B4/2

Inter-annual Variation of Frequency of Cyclonic Disturbances Land Falling Over India

M. Mohapatra and S. K. Subramanian

B4/3

Multi-Hazard Early Warning System: Conceptual Review

Biswanath Dash

B4/4

Rebuilding Lives:Post Tsunami Recovery And Reconstruction In Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Neeraj Bharati and Mohmmed A. Abid

B4/5

Rehabilitation and Change in the Aftermath of Tsunami: A Return to Little Nicobar Island

Manish Chandi

B4/6

An Ecosystem Approach for Managing Environment, Health in the Tsunami Affected Slum: A Case of Anjukudisai, Chennai

V. Madhu Suresh and V. Gunaselvam

B4/7

Predicting Cyclone Tracks in the North Indian Ocean: An Artificial Neural Network Approach

 M. M. Ali , Sarika Jain and C. M. Kishtawal

B4/8

Numerical Simulation of the Intensification and Movement of Tropical Cyclones over Bay of Bengal: A Case Study

 D. V. Bhaskar Rao  and D. Hari Prasad

Early Warning System Capabilities in India Meteorological Department

B. Lal, H.R.Hatwar and B. Mukhopadhyay

Prediction of Trak and Intensity of Tropical Cyclones over the Bay of Bengal with Mesoscale Models

U.C. Mohanty, S. Pattanayak and M. Mandal

Simulation of Tropical Cyclone Mala over Bay of Bengal with Mesoscale Model HWRF

Tsunami Travel Time Prediction using Neural Networks

Rahul Barman, B. Prasad, P. C. Pandey and S. K. Dubey

Impact of Sea Surface Temperature in Modulating Movement and Intensity of Tropical Cyclones

P. Sinha, U.C. Mohanty,M. Mandal and M.M. Ali

B4/20

Importance of Integrated Coastal Zone Management in India

S. Guleria ,E.V. Muley 

Thematic Cluster C: Human Induced Disasters

Session C1: Industrial and Chemical Disasters

Chairperson: Mr. K.C Gupta
Director General, National Safety Council of India , Navi Mumbai 

C1/1

Status of Chemical Disaster Management

Indrani Chandrasekhran & Chhanda Chowdhury 

C1/2

Disaster Preparedness in Fertilizer Industry 

P M C Nair

C1/3

Mine Disasters in India: A Critical Look

Rahul Guha & Bhaskar Bhattarjee

C1/4

Emergency Medical Response to Road Transportation Chemical Hazards: Case Study

N V Vaidya, V G Vaidya & K Rakshe

C1/5

Safety Plan for Disaster Preparedness for Offshore platforms 

K V Ramanayya

C1/6

Disaster Preparedness in Oil Sector in India  

J B Verma

C1/7

Contribution of Mutual Aid Response Groups (MARG) to Disaster Preparedness – Maharashtra Experience 

Vijay Bukkawar

C1/8

Industrial Hazard Reduction through Risk Perception within Environmental & Economic Policy Instruments  

Anil K Gupta & Pallavee Tyagi

C1/9

Communication of Risk to Community 

Rakesh Dubey

C1/10

Incident Management and Command System for Response to Industrial Accidents

G S Saini

C1/11

Preventing Disasters Arising out of Tank Farms by Ensuring their Safety

R Siddharthan & K P Mohammed 

C1/12

Role of Process Safety Management in Disaster Control of Chemical Industries 

K P Mohammed & R K Elangovan

C1/13

Role of Safety Audit in Preventing Disasters in Chemical Industries 

V Sriram

C1/14

Safety & Emergency Issues in Transportation of Hydro-carbon and Compressed Gases 

Ajai Nigam

C1/15

Testing of Emergency Plans – What needs to be done in Indian Scenario 

R P Bhanushali

Disaster Prepardness in Chloro-Alkali Plant - Case Study

C1/18

Elimination of Railway Accidents on Level Crossing

A. K. Manocha, Shiv Om Dwivedi

Session C2: Nuclear Disasters

Chairperson: Dr. M. P. Chacharkar
Director, Defence Research & Development Organisation, Jodhpur

C2/1

GIS based Hazard Prediction and Management Tools for Countering Nuclear Emergencies 

A R. Reddy

C2/2

Nuclear Emergency and Medical Management 

M.P. Chacharkar

C2/3

Response to Nuclear Disaster

GS Saini 

C2/4

Development of Novel Formulations for Radioactivity Decorporation 

Aseem Bhatnagar, Ajay K Singh and Gaurav Mittal           

C2/5

INMAS Initiative on Nuclear Disaster Medical Management Networking In Delhi Cluster Zone 

Aseem Bhatnagar, Ravi Shankar, Mitra Basu, G Sripathy, Vinod Kaushik and R P Tripathy 

C2/6

Management of Nuclear Accidents: Safety Aspects 

S.C. Jain

C2/7

Radiation Disaster: Ecological Perspective

H.C.Goel

C2/8

Simulation and Modelling of Chemical Disaster Scenarios 

Chitra Rajagopal

C2/9

Operational Management of Nuclear Emergency Mitigation 

DK Goyal and GK Jha

C2/10

Challenges in Combating Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Disasters 

G C Mohanta and Aftab Ahmad,

C2/11

Rapid Investigation of Suspicious Materials and Environmental Samples for the Presence of Anthrax Spores 

AK Goel, Shweta Bhadauria, D.V. Kamboj and Lokendra Singh

C2/12

Challenges and Technologies in Combating the NBC Disasters 

S Saravanan

C2/13

Establishment of a Model Radiation Injury Treatment Center (RITC) 

Rajnish Sharma

C2/14

Emergency Planning for Dirty Bomb Attack 

Sreejesh K

C2/15

NBC Protection: Efforts at BEL 

SE Sawant

C2/16

Dosimeter Glass Luminescence Origin & its Monitoring 

Arup Kumar Atta

C2/17

Bio Terrorism: Consequence Management 

T Venkata Rao

C2/18

Challenges & Technologies in Combating NBC Disasters

Manmohan Singh, S Ramakrishna 

C2/19

An Overview on NBC Protective Ensemble for the Aircrew

MS Subbulakshmi, TM Kotresh, R Indushekar & SN Vijayalakshmi 

C2/20

The Role of Protective Equipments in Combating the NBC Disasters 

GS Singh, TV Sreekumar, Anurag Srivastava

C2/21

Managing Chemical Disasters

SK Raza and K Sekhar 

C2/22

Liaison & Resource Management in Nuclear Defence Preparedness 

PK Bhatnagar, Dinesh Bohra, Lalit Panwar & P Narayan

C2/23

Gamma Irradiated Allografts: Role in the Nuclear Disaster Management 

Rita Singh and MP Chacharkar

C2/24

GIS Based NBC Disaster Management Software 

Rajesh Kumar and G.L. Baheti

C2/25

Integrated Control Panel for Nuclear Disasters

A.P. Mathur, Deepak Gopalani and G.L. Baheti 

C2/26

Microbes for Decontamination of Fission Products 

Rita Singh, Sumita Purohit, Pawan Kumar and M.P. Chacharkar 

C2/27

Testing and Calibration of Radiological Instruments  

P. Narayan, D. Bohra, S. G. Vaijapurkar, GL. Baheti and P K Bhatnagar

C2/28

Gamma Radiation Monitoring Through Tissue Equivalent Organic Semiconductor Based Thin Film Devices 

M.S. Roy, Anil Gautam, Manish Kumar, Narottam Prasad and Y.S.Deol

C2/29

Nuclear Emergency Preparedness: Strategy and Challenges

G L Baheti, D K Tripathi and Nisheet Saxena 

C2/30

Training and Simulation Needs for Management of Nuclear Disaster / Radiological Emergencies

G.L. Baheti, D.K. Tripathi, Deepak Gopalani, N Saxena and Chander Mohan 

C2/31

An Approach to Mitigate Effects of EMP

A.S. Rathore and P. K. Bhatnagar 

C2/32

Radiation Detection, Measurement and Control Unit for Nuclear Disasters

AK Yadav, AS Rathore, M Prasad, C Singh, M Lal, V.K. Chouhan and A Vyas 

C2/33

Surveillance Methodologies for Responding Nuclear Threat

Deepak Gopalani, A S Jodha, S S Bhati and G L Baheti 

C2/34

Environment Radioactivity Monitoring Using Mobile Nuclear Field Laboratory 

S. S. Barala, D. Gopalani, S.S. Bhati and G.L. Baheti

C2/35

Nuclear Radiation Shielding Efficacy Evaluation in Context of Radiological Protection

M K Das, D Gopalani, A S Jodha and G.L.Baheti

C2/36

Superheated Emulsion Detectors in Nuclear Emergency 

S.G. Vaijapurkar, K.R. Senwar, J.P. Meena and A. Parihar

C2/37

Protection of Agricultural and Farm Products from Nuclear Fall-Out

Antaryami Singh and MP Chacharkar 

C/38

Solvent free Resin Systems for Adhesives and Composites in the light of Environmental Disaster Management issues: A Green Technology approach 

G.S. Mukherjee

C2/39

Process Approach to Manage Nuclear Disaster 

R.K. Misra

C2/40

Water Purification challenges in Industrial & Natural Disasters

Khatri P.K., Patidar Deepesh, Bairwa S.P., Meena T.R. 

C2/41

Recent Trends in Radio Decontamination – An Overview

Rajeev Goel, Vinod Kumar, Vinod Ambardar, A. Bhatnagar and R.P. Tripathi 

C2/42

Challenges and Technologies in Combating the NBC Disasters 

 J K Bansal

Thematic Cluster D: Development, Governance and Cross Cutting Issues 

Session D1: Disaster, Development and Governance

Chairperson: Dr. P. L. Sanjeeva Reddy
Director, Indian Institute of Public Administration,  New Delhi 

D1/1

Disaster, Development and Good Governance: Institutionalization Strategies and E-Tools of Good Governance for Effective Management of Disasters

P.K.Mohanty and M.Bhaskar Rao

D1/2

Relief Vs Development Approach – Visible Vs Invisible Approach 

Santosh Kumar

D1/3

Public Control on Governance Functions : A Tool for making Disaster Management Efficient and Effective  

Sachin Warghade

D1/4

Disaster, Development and Governance 

R.G. Shukla

D1/5

Inclusion of Disability in Disaster Management and Response  

Ashok Hans

D1/6

Disaster Management Laws in India – A critique  

Priya Sharma

D1/7

Planning Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction  

Sarbjit Singh Sahota

D1/8

Organisational  Level Disaster Preparedness (OLDP) in Gujrat  

M. K. Agarwal

D1/9

Safety of Humanitarian Aid Workers 

ADEPT

D1/10

Disaster Reduction and Local Self Government: The West Bengal Experience 

Jerome D’Souza and Colin Fernandes

D1/11

Public Private Partnership in Disaster Risk Reduction 

Swati Mitra

D1/12

Consequent Management Strategies for the Mountain Regions 

 Prakash Tiwari

Linking Development With Disaster Reduction - A Case of Surat Floods 2006

Vinod K. Sharma

Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response (Peer) - An Initiative of USAID in Six Asian Countries

Vinod K. Sharma

Humanitarian Futures Programme Planning from the Futrure

E. Dessau

Session D2: Community Based Disaster Management

Chairperson: Dr. S. Parasuraman
Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences , Mumbai
 

D2/1

Social Transformation Model – The Concept and Its Application in Tsunami Affected Villages  

U Gauthamadas

D2/2

Integrating Technological Interventions and Community Centric Approach for Disaster Risk Reduction 

Sanjay Srivastava

D2/3

Community Safety Plan for Managing Disasters 

Ranabir Dey

D2/4

Community Based Disaster Management: Experience of SEEDS 

Shivangi Chavda

D2/5

A Methodology for Community Based Disaster Risk Management

Surya Prakash

D2/6

Community-Household Processes in Tsunami Rehabilitation

Jamshedji Tata Centre for Disaster Management 

D2/7

Community Based Disaster Management: Principles and Practices

Rajesh Kumar Kaushik 

D2/8

Institutionalizing CBDRM – Role of Youth Led Organizations

Chaitali Dave

D2/9

Community Involvement in Flood Response And Rehabilitation

Sonia Garcha 

D2/10

Communities Lead in Cost Effective Preparedness and Recovery              

Gurudutt Prasad Meda

Supporting Loacal Capacitits: Making An Impact In Community Based Disaster Mitigation

All India Disaster Mitigation Institute

D2/13

Strengthening Community Initiatives Through Gram Panchayats For Rehabilitation In Tsunami Affected Areas in Nagapattinam District In Tamil Nadu

G.Palanithurai

Session D3: Disaster Risk Financing and Micro-Finance

Chairperson: Mr. Vepa Kamesam
Managing Director, Indian Institute of Risk Management, Hyderabad 

D3/1

Role of Micro finance Institutions in the Wake of Natural Disasters

A. K. Sabat,  A. K. Sabat

D3/2

Risk Factor in Micro-Financing

Prabhakar 

D3/3

Efficient Financial Planning And Resources Utilization For Disaster Management

Purnendu Tripathi and Siran Mukerji 

D3/4

Disaster Risk Financing, Risk Transfer, Insurance & Micro finance 

C. Joslin Thambi

D3/5

Disaster Risk Financing, Risk Transfer, Insurance & Micro finance

 Ajit Kumar Maity 

D3/6

Disaster Risk Micro Financing: Precautionary measures for development and financing agencies

 Prados Kumar Pati

D3/7

Disaster Risk Financing risk transfer, insurance & micro finance 

Annie Raja

D3/8

Micro finance based Disaster Mitigation: A study in Earthquake hit Kutch district of Gujarat

H. S. Shylendra, K. Bhirdikar and S. Guha 

D3/9

Disaster and Poverty: Rethinking Mitigation

Nivedita Abraham, Namrata Vasudeo 

D3/10

Disaster Finance and Risk Reduction Private Sector Participation – A realistic Assessment  

N. Ramachandran

D3/11

Disaster Risk Management – A Few Thoughts

Vepa Kamesam 

D3/12

Integrated Social Protection (ISP) for Livelihood Security for Informal Sector Workers 

Reema Nanavaty

D3/13

Disaster and Insurance Claim Policy 

P. Rajendran

D3/14

Community Based Risk Transfer: a Case Study of Afat Vimo 

Mihir R. Bhatt 

D3/15

Reducing Risks in a Disaster Situation – Micro-finance and Social Security Initiatives with the Elderly 

Shahsi S. Narayanan

D3/16

Disaster Risk Financing, risk Transfer, Insurance and Micro Finance 

Rajeev Kumar

D3/17

Disaster Risk Financing, Risk Transfer, Insurance & Micro Finance

P. C. James

Session D4: Gender & Other Social Issues

Chairperson: Ms. Prema Gopalan
President, Swayam Shikshan Prayog, Mumbai 

D4/1

Sustainable Relief And Reconstruction and Involvement Of Grassroots Women and Governance 

Prema Gopalan

D4/2

Disaster Relief Services in India: Equitability and Effectiveness Across Gender  

Ajinder Walia

D4/3

Inclusion of Disability and Gender in Disaster Management and Response           

Asha Hans

D4/4

Overcoming Trauma: Women Rebuild Lives and Communities 

K.C. Malick 

D4/5

Rebuilding Opportunities and Promoting Gender Equality: Strengthening Social Capital 

Bharti Patel

D4/6

Women-Led Sustainable Recovery and Reconstruction  

Suranjana Gupta

D4/7

Gender Intervention in Disaster Management

Milind Bokil and Neelam Gorhe 

D4/8

Women as Disaster Managers: A Gender Sensitive Approach To Risk Reduction of Communities in Uttarkashi District of Uttaranchal 

Nisheeth Kumar

D4/9

Women as Disaster Preparedness Managers 

S. Kavitha and Chandrima Biswas 

D4/10

Reduction of Vulnerability of Indian Women: A Key Mitigation Process 

Maitreyee Chakrabarty

D4/11

Towards Disaster Resilience

Kumar Shailabh 

D4/12

Women’s Role in long term sustainability

S.Kichenamurthy

D4/13

Impact of Disaster on Social Issues in Migration in North Bihar 

Rajiv Kumar Jha and Anand Vijeta

D4/15

Disaster that Highlighted Hidden Social Disaster 

J.P. Saulina Arnold

Session D5: Role of Armed and Para-Military Forces

Chairperson: Lt. Gen CB Vijan
DCIDS (Ops), HQ Integrated Defense Staff,
New Delhi

D5/1

Police as First Responder:  Experiences Extracted from Tsunami in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands 

V K Porwal

D5/2

Envisaged Role of IAF in Disaster Management  

Wg Cdr R. K. Singh

International Humanitarian Assistance By The Military

D5/11

Air Force Capability to respond to Disasters and Measures to Improve the response

S. Jakhade

Session D6: Role of NGOs & Civil Society

Chairperson: Mr. Mihir Bhatt
Director, All India Disaster Mitigation Institute, Ahmedabad 

D6/1

Disaster Reduction and the Role of NGOs

M.P.Sajnani 

D6/2

The Role of NGOs in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Humanitarian Action in Disaster Management

R.J.Jadav

D6/3

Role of NGOs in Disaster Management and Sustainable Development 

A. Thanvi, U.Bandhu and A. Chaturvedi 

D6/4

Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Disaster Management

R Vi Mukherjee, K. L. Mirchandani 

D6/5

Civil Society and Disaster Management Practices in Orissa 

D6/6

Making NGO’s Coordination in Reality 

Anuj Tiwari

D6/7

NGOs – A Major Stakeholder in Reducing Disasters in Himalayan Region

Arvind Kumar Sinha

D6/8

Role NGOs Played in Kashmir Earthquake – Lessons learnt 

G.A.Dar

D6/9

NGOs and Coastal Area Disaster Mitigation 

G.P.Meda

D6/10

Role of NGOs in Knowledge and Technological Empowerment in Rural Areas 

P.C.Kesavan and M.S.Swaminathan

D6/11

Role of NGOs and Disaster Risk Reduction – A Perspective of Human Trust 

Shylet Moni

D6/12

Widening Gap between Demand And Supply of Public Goods in Emergencies: Role Of NGOs in Protecting Rights of Vulnerable Citizens 

Khurshid Alam

D6/15

Recent Floods in Thar & NGO Efforts

S.M. Mohnot, J. Shrama and K. Singh

Session E1: Disaster Health Management

Chairperson: Dr. N. K. Ganguly
Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi 

E1/1

Disaster health management 

R Manivelan

E1/2

New Delhi’ s coping capacity in the eventuality of a major earthquake: a SWOT analysis of the status of emergency health care services 

S Satapathy

E1/3

Drinking water management in disaster scenario: microbiological issues

Antaryami Singh, S. K. Jain and P. K. Khatri 

E1/4

Telemedicine: a tool for disaster management

 V.K. Singh 

E1/5

Delhi serial bomb blasts: a hospital’s response to a MCI 

Anand R T, S. Sathpathy, J.P.Prasad

E1/6

Altered Standards of Care in Mass Casualty Events, HAZMAT, CBRN , UK

Ashwini Vanarse

E1/11

Disaster Management : GTB Hospital Experinece

L. Shrama

Session E2: Disaster Psycho-Social Care Management

Chairperson: Prof. K. Sekar
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore 

E2/1

Psychosocial care survivors of disasters Past, present and future

K. Sekar 

E2/2

Psychosocial support through trained community level workers in tsunami affected populations.

Cherian Varghese 

E2/3

Psycho social care training for persons working with tsunami survivors in Tamil Nadu

D. Nagaraja, R. Parthasarathy, R. Dhanasekara Pandian 

E2/4

Psychosocial care for survivors of tsunami NIMHANS care India initiatives

Arvind Raj, Grace Henry and Sekar Kasi

E2/5

Andhra Pradesh tsunami psychosocial response program

Pavitra, R, Nagaraju C, Rajashekhar, Yashasvini, Sekar, K

E2/6

Psychosocial care experiences & experiments from Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Ghandi Doss. L.S and Chris Thiagarajan

E2/7

Integrated psychosocial care programme for tsunami affected community in Alappad panchayat in Kollam  

G. Placid 

 E2/8

Psychosocial care capacity building programme for GOs and NGOs of Kashmir earthquake survivors

Vivyn Mathew, Sheikh Yasir Arafat, Subhasis Bhadra, Sekar Kasi

E2/9

Implementing the Indian Red Cross society/American Red Cross psychosocial support program in India

Dr. Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz and Ms. Anjana Dayal 

E2/10

Contours of psychosocial care in Disaster relief programs 

C. Balaji Singh 

E2/11

Post tsunami health care in rural areas 

Natteri V. Chandran, Benita Marian, G. Selvam, Paramasivan and A. Chandra 

E2/12

Effectiveness of a psycho-physiological trauma treatment/education/self-help strategy among tsunami survivors in Tamil Nadu

Raja Selvam, and Beth Nielsen

E2/13

Trauma counseling training and its application 

 U. Gauthamadas 

E2/14

Sri Lankan refugees in India 

Paul Newman 

E2/15

Mental health vulnerabilities in Sri Lankan refugees: Need for psychosocial interventions  

Imran Khan and Sekar Kasi

E2/16

Psychosocial issues, concerns & support for children and adolescents in disaster situations

Cherian Varghese, Jitendra Nagpal, Divya S. Prasad, Swati Y. Bhave, & Sheema Sen Gupta 

E2/17

Psychosocial care in tsunami disaster management - NGO experiences

Ramappa, Kavitha Manoj, Arulselvi, Malarmathi, T Prabu Guruprasad, Sr. Lilly, K Sekar 

E2/18

Psychosocial care for children affected by tsunami through peer Jeevans

Lucas Babu 

E2/19

Psychosocial care by teachers for school children affected by tsunami 

Sekar Kasi, Susan Becker, Krishnaveni, and Deepta Desikan.

E2/20

Emerging need of community based disaster psychosocial care: experience of Kumbakonam school fire tragedy

Sujata Satapathy 

E2/21

Impact of disaster and life events among survivors 

Subhasis Bhadra and Sekar Kasi

E2/22

Traditional methods of mass catharsis and its utilisation in disaster management.

C.Nambi 

E2/23

Disaster mental health to District mental health programme 

C. Ramasubramaniam

E2/24

Net-working and information sharing on psychosocial care

Preethi Krishnan, Shalini,G, Vinodhini KB, Topaz, K, Arul Roncalli, and Sekar K

E2/25

Stress management for community level workers in disaster rehabilitation services.

Jayakumar C and Sekar Kasi

E2/26

Where there is no psychiatrist: Community based volunteerism in providing psycho-social care

R. Parthesarathy 

E2/27

Intermediate disaster and Gujarat experiences

 Dhanesh K. Gupta 

E2/28

Tsunami experience in Tamil Nadu 

JahanaraM. Jendragad

E2/29

Evolving trends in disaster mental health research in India, and integration with service delivery

 Nimesh G. Desai 

Session F: Role of ICT in Disaster Management

Chairperson: Prof. K K Aggarwal, 
Vice Chancellor
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University,Delhi

F/1

Role of GARUDA Grid Towards Building Up Nationwide ‘Integrated Disaster Management System’

R. Manavalan, Mr. N. Mohanram and S. Ramakrishnan

F/2

LiDAR DEM Applications in India

K. Kalyanaraman, V. Raghu Venkataraman, ASRKV Murali Mohan, PVSSN Gopala Krishna, CVKVP Jagannadha Rao, B. Sadasiva Rao, G Anil Kumar and NMS Reddy.

F/3

Application of ICT in Disaster Management – An Overview

A. K. Sahat, A. K. Sabat and  A. K. Sabat

F/4

GIS Technology for Disaster and Emergency Management

Seema Jundale  and Shashank Joshi

F/5

Strengthening Communication during Disaster using Amateur Wireless Operators

S. K. De

F/6

The Natural Hazards Locator System – Database Mapping Solutions for Hazards Records in Jamaica

Parris Lyew Ayee, Suzanne Stanley, Varun Baker and Rafi Ahmad

F/7

Channel Change of the Brahmaputra River during 1990-2004 based on Multi Data Satellite Data

S. D. Naik and G. P. Singh

F/8

Technology, Communications, Early Warning: Building “Alive” Systems

Vijaya Pratap Singh Aditya and Rohit Magotra

F/9

Disaster Management Support (DMS): in Pursuit of Enhancing National Response Mechanisms to the Natural Disasters

V.S.Hegde

F/10

Vulnerability Analysis based on Systematic Disaster Databases

Sreeja Nair

F/11

Space Technology for Decision Support in Natural Disaster Management – Decision Support Centre Initiatives 

V. Bhanumurthy, G. Behara and B. Simhadri Rao

F/12

National Emergency Communication Network

Pramod Sarpotdar

F/13

Development of a GIS Based Flood Hazard Model to Prevent Disasters

Murthy Bachu and Edida Rajesh

F/14

Remote Sensing and GIS Approach for Flood Management

T. Kiran Kumar, P. Satyanarayana, G. Srinivasa Rao and V. Bhanu Murthy