Chief, Disaster Risk Reduction UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Thailand
Dr. Srivastava is presently the Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction at UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). He leads and guides ESCAP’s analytical policy research on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation that feeds into the UN intergovernmental meetings, negotiations, and agreements. Prior to the present position, he was the ESCAP Regional Adviser on Disaster Risk Reduction; Head of SAAARC Disaster Management Centre – New Delhi; Scientist/Engineer and Deputy Project Director of Disaster Management Support Programme at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) at ISRO HQ Bangalore since 1991. He has more than 150 publications to his credit. He is the lead author of the UNESCAP’s Asia-Pacific Disaster Report, WMO’s State of Climate in Asia and State of Climate Southwest Pacific. He has received Ph D (Remote Sensing) from IARI, New Delhi.
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