Shri Kamal Kishore — Member Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Co-chair, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), New Delhi — released the Main Conference Paper, and also delivered the Keynote Address in the “Inaugural Session” on Day One of the Vice Admiral KK Nayyar Fellowship Conference 2023.

About the Speaker:

Shri Kamal Kishore has worked on disaster risk reduction and recovery issues for over 22 years at the local, regional, national, and global levels. Prior to joining the National Disaster Management Authority, he worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for nearly 13 years in New Delhi, Geneva, and New York. At the UNDP headquarters, he led global advocacy campaigns to address disaster risk reduction concerns in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 development agenda. As programme advisor, he also led the development of disaster and climate risk management-related elements of the UNDP Strategic Plan (2014-17).

Previously, as the UNDP’s regional advisor for South and South-West Asia, he supported more than 10 countries on a range of public policy- and institutional development issues, while also advising them on the use of appropriate risk reduction tools and methodologies. Shri Kamal Kishore has supported post-disaster recovery through strategic advice, needs assessments, programme development, and coordination after major disasters in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. Shri Kamal Kishore has a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and a Master’s degree in Urban Planning, Land and Housing Development from the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok.