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Governance Now Tech Innovations in Disaster Management Virtual Summit

Global Climate Risk Index report 2019 says that India is the 14th most vulnerable country in the world, due to extreme weather-related events. The country has been dealing with various disaster such as covid-19 pandemic, cyclones, locust and other industrial disasters over few months and every year the country witnesses the severe loss of lives, infrastructure, resources to disasters such as cyclone, floods, droughts, heatwave, Tsunami, landslides, earthquakes, various epidemics, Industrial and chemical disasters, mines disasters and rail and road accidents.

Technology plays a critical role in responding to the disaster well and its reduction too. To create a knowledge-sharing platform to discuss how advances in technologies can save billions of lives and socio-economic damage from various natural and accidental disasters. Governance Now Tech Innovations in Disaster Management Virtual Summit aims to create a platform for knowledge exchange on the integration of Information technology-based solutions and services in disaster management and risk reduction across the country.

Key Discussion Areas

Key Attendees: Disaster Management authorities from the centre and states, IT department, Academic institutions, and Technology Experts.

Key Technology focus

Chief Guest



Shri G Kishan Reddy *

Hon'ble Minister of State
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India


Key Speakers



Shri G.V.V. Sarma, IAS

Member Secretary
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)

Shri S N Pradhan, IPS

Director General
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)

Dr M Mohapatra

Director General of Meteorology
India Meteorological Department


Dr. Neeta Verma

Director General
National Informatics Centre (NIC)


Shri Sharad Chandra

Director - Flood Forecast Monitoring Directorate
Central Water Commission

Major General Manoj Kumar Bindal

Executive Director
National Institute of Disaster Management

Dr SK Som

Deputy Director General
Geological Survey of India

Shri Vyas ji

Vice Chairman
Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA)


Prof Vinod K. Sharma

Senior Professor, Disaster Management, IIPA, New Delhi &
Vice-Chairman, Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority

Dr Sekhar Lukose Kuriakose

Member Secretary
Kerala State Disaster Management Authority

Ms Mahima Kaul

Director, Public Policy
Twitter India



Shri Lokesh Lohiya

Business Transformation Leader
Cisco



Shri Rohan Verma

CEO
MapmyIndia


Dr Anshu Sharma

Co-founder
SEEDS

.......and more


Glimpses



​Dr Neeta Verma, DG, NIC | GovernanceNow Tech Innovations in Disaster Management



GVV Sarma, Member Secretary | GovernanceNow Tech Innovations in Disaster Management



Dr SK Som, Dy Director General, Geological Survey of India​ | GovernanceNow Tech Innovations in Disaster Management



Fireside chat: Mahima Kaul, Director-Public Policy, Twitter India & Kailashnath Adhikari, SAB Group | GovernanceNow Tech Innovations in Disaster Management


Programme Schedule

10.00 am – 10.15 am

Login to the event Site and brief guidelines for the attendees

10.15 am – 10.25 am

Welcome Address by Shri Kailashnath Adhikari, Managing Director, Governance Now

10.30 am - 11.30 am

Plenary Panel Discussion on Leveraging new technologies for Disaster Management
  • Moderator: Shri NSN Murty, Partner & Leader - Smart Cities, PwC India
  • Shri S N Pradhan, IPS, Director General, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)
  • Dr M Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department
  • Shri Sharad Chandra, Director, Flood Forecast, Monitoring Directorate, Central Water Commission
  • Major General Manoj Kumar Bindal, Executive Director, National Institute of Disaster Management


11.30 am – 11.40 am

Keynote Address by Shri GVV Sarma, IAS, Member Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority

11.45 am – 12.05 pm

Fireside Chat with Ms Mahima Kaul, Director, Public Policy, Twitter India

12.05 pm – 01.05 pm

Session: Application of New Technologies in Disaster Management, and Risk Reduction
  • Moderator: Dr Anshu Sharma, Co-founder, SEEDS
  • Shri Vyas Ji, Vice Chairman, Bihar State Disaster Management Authority
  • Prof Vinod K Sharma, Vice Chairman, Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority
  • Dr Sekhar L Kuriakose, Member Secretary, Kerala State Disaster Management Authority
  • Shri Rohan Verma, CEO, MapMyIndia
  • Shri Lokesh Lohiya, Business Transformation Leader, Cisco


01.05 pm – 01.25 pm

Keynote Address by Dr Neeta Verma, Director General, NIC

01.25 pm – 01.40 pm

Special Address by Dr SK Som, Dy Director General, Geological Survey of India

01.35 pm – 01.45 pm

Tech Talk by Shri Prateek Srivastava, Prateek, Co-Founder and CEO, Terra Drone India


[There will be live interactions with Attendees after each session]