Dr Sisir Kumar Dash — Scientist ‘F’, Ministry of Earth Sciences, GOI — delivered on Inundation Resulting from Sea Level Rise: Adaptation Options for Critical National Coastal Infrastructure during the Professional Session II — Second NMF-KAS Symposium.

About the Speaker

Dr Sisir Kumar Dash, Scientist-F, National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India

 Educational Qualifications

• D. (Image & Information Sciences) – Mar, 2006 – “Two-direction method on atmospheric correction in ocean color algorithm: Direct estimation of surface reflectance and aerosol optical thickness.” – Graduate School of Science & Technology, Chiba University, JAPAN.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science – 1996-1997 – C, C++, ORACLE 8.0, Unix etc. – Lakhotia Computer Center.
• Phil. (Oceanography) – Jul 1996 –- Chemical Oceanography –- Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, INDIA
• M.Sc. (Oceanography) – Nov 1994 –- Chemical Oceanography –- Berhampur University, Berhampur, Odisha, INDIA

Experience

• Started Career as Project Scientist in MARSIS Project under Dept of Ocean Development for “Identification of Potential Fishing Zone along Indian Coast” during 1998-1999
• Subsequently, Joined as Junior research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow under IGBP programme to estimate primary productivity over Bay of Bengal during 1999-2002
• Awarded Monbukagakusho fellowship from of Japan in 2002.
• Worked as Research Student at Centre for Remote Sensing, Chiba University in 2003
• Completed D in Chiba University in 2006.
• Worked as Assistant professor at Yamaguchi University for two years from 2006-2008.
• Worked as Programme Manager at iWave Japan Inc upto
• Joined as Scientist-C in Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt of India in
• Currently served as Scientist-F at National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Ministry of Earth Sciences.

Achievement

• Significant achievement made in developing Integrated Flood Warning System for Chennai and Mumbai.
• Developed DRR related tools and
• Developed Marine Spatial Planning for Puducherry and UT Lakshadweep incorporating Shoreline
• Conducted 50+ training

Award

Awarded Certificate of Merit for his outstanding contribution in the field of Ocean Science in the year 2015.

Publication

Published 30+ publications in National and International Journals