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PROFILE<\/div>\n
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND<\/div>\n
RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/div>\n
TEACHING<\/div>\n
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<\/div>\n
ONGOING AND COMPLETED PROJECTS<\/div>\n
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS<\/div>\n
RESEARCH KEYWORDS<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Dr. Indrajit Pal presently working as Associate Professor and Chair at Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation, and Management program at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Prior to joining at AIT, Dr. Pal served as a faculty member at Centre for Disaster Management at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, India (Premier National Institute for training Indian Administrative Services Officers). Dr. Pal having 21 years of extensive work on disaster risk governance and policy, vulnerability and risk assessment, capacity development of decision-makers, coastal and delta resilience, critical infrastructure functional risk, systemic and cascading risk. Dr. Pal has written 15 books and more than 100 articles in international and national peer-reviewed journals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  1. M. A. in Sociology \u2013 H.N.B. Garhwal University, India (2011)<\/li>\n
  2. Ph. D – on \u201cSeismotectonic and Earthquake Hazard Assessment in parts of East and North-East India\u201d, Vidyasagar University and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, INDIA. (2009)<\/li>\n
  3. Diploma in Management – Indira Gandhi National Open University, India.<\/li>\n
  4. M.Sc – Applied Geology, Jadavpur University, INDIA. (2001)<\/li>\n
  5. B.Sc – Geology, <\/i>(distinction in Mathematics and Physics), Jadavpur University, INDIA. (1998)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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    1. Disaster Risk Governance and Policy\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Resilience research<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. GIS \/ RS in disaster risk management<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Climate Change Adaptation<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. Community Based Disaster Risk Management<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. Critical Infrastructure Risk<\/span><\/li>\n
    7. Disaster Risk Science and Education<\/span><\/li>\n
    8. Systemic and cascading Risk\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    9. Public Health Risk assessment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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      1. IN84.01 Managing Disasters<\/li>\n
      2. IN84.04 Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management \u2013 Theory and Practice<\/li>\n
      3. IN84.9007 Asia Pacific Initiative on Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (API: DMHA)<\/li>\n
      4. IN84.9010 Multi-hazards Risk Assessment: Methods, Tools, and Techniques<\/li>\n
      5. IN84.9011 Disaster Management Risk and Governance<\/li>\n
      6. IN84.9013 Coastal Processes, Risk and Resilience<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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        1. Nipun, M.W.H., Ashik-Ur-Rahman, M., Rikta, S.Y., Parven, A., <\/span>Pal, I<\/b>., \u201cRooftop rainwater harvesting for sustainable water usage in residential buildings for climate resilient city building: case study of Rajshahi, Bangladesh\u201d, (2024), <\/span>International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment<\/span><\/i>, 15 (1), pp. 80-100 (2024), <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/IJDRBE-08-2021-0089<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        2. Pal, I<\/b>., Kumar, A., Mukhopadhyay, A., \u201cRisks to Coastal Critical Infrastructure from Climate Change, <\/span>Annual Review of Environment and Resources<\/span><\/i>, 48, pp. 681-712 (2023). <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1146\/annurev-environ-112320-101903<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        3. Pal, I<\/b>., Ghosh, S., Dash, I., Mukhopadhyay, A., \u201cReview of Tsunami early warning system and coastal resilience with a focus on Indian Ocean\u201d, International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 14 (5), pp 593-610 (2023). <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/IJDRBE-12-2020-0124<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        4. Wongboontham, T., Nitivattananon, V<\/span>., Pal, I<\/b>., Nguyen, T.P.L., \u201cEnhancing Urban Flood Resilience: The Role and Influence of Socio-Economics in the Chao Phraya River Basin, Thailand\u201d, International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 18 (10), pp. 3061-3076 (2023). <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.18280\/ijsdp.181009<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        5. Pal, I<\/b>., Baskota, A., Dhungana, G., Udmale, P., Gadhawe, M. A., Doydee, P., Nguyen, T. T. N., Sophat, S., & Banerjee, S. \u201cIndex-based tools for livelihood security and resilience assessment (LiSeRA) in lower Mekong Basin\u201d. MethodsX, 11, 102301. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/J.MEX.2023.102301<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        6. Pal, I<\/b>., Dhungana, G., Baskota, A., Udmale, P., Gadhawe, M.A., Doydee, P., Nguyen, T.T.N., Sophat, S., \u201cMulti-Hazard Livelihood Security and Resilience of Lower Mekong Basin Communities\u201d, <\/span>Sustainability (Switzerland), MDPI<\/span><\/i>, 15 (11) (2023), art. no. 8469, <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/su15118469<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        7. Nghia, B.P.Q., <\/span>Pal, I<\/b>., Chollacoop, N., Mukhopadhyay, A. \u201cApplying Google Earth engine for flood mapping and monitoring in the downstream provinces of Mekong river\u201d, <\/span>Progress in Disaster Science<\/span><\/i>, 14 (2022), art. no. 100235 <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.pdisas.2022.100235<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        8. Mahmoud, E. M., <\/span>Pal, I.<\/b>, & Ahmad, M. M. \u201cAssessing public health risk factors for internally displaced households in North Darfur, Sudan\u201d. <\/span>Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal<\/span><\/i>, 30(2), 225\u2013239 (2021). <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/DPM-04-2019-0105\/FULL\/PDF<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        9. Fadlallah, M.A., <\/span>Pal, I<\/b>., Hoe, V.C. \u201cDeterminants of perceived risk among artisanal gold miners: A case study of Berber locality, Sudan\u201d <\/span>Extractive Industries and Society<\/span><\/i>, 7 (2), pp. 748-757 (2020).\u00a0 <\/span>https:\/\/doiorg?10.1016\/j.exis.2020.03.006<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        10. Aslam, R.A., Shrestha, S., <\/span>Pal, I.<\/b>, Ninsawat, S., Shanmugam, M.S., Anwar, S. \u201cProjections of climatic extremes in a data poor transboundary river basin of India and Pakistan\u201d, <\/span>International Journal of Climatology<\/span><\/i>, 40 (11), pp. 4992-5010 (2020). <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/joc.6501<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        11. Thanvisitthpon, N., Shrestha, S., <\/span>Pal, I.<\/b>, Ninsawat, S., Chaowiwat, W. \u201cAssessment of flood adaptive capacity of urban areas in Thailand\u201d, <\/span>Environmental Impact Assessment Review<\/span><\/i>, 81, art. no. 106363 (2020), <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.eiar.2019.106363<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        12. Parven, A., <\/span>Pal, I.<\/b>, Witayangkurn, A., Pramanik, M., Nagai, M., Miyazaki, H., Wuthisakkaroon, C., \u201cImpacts of disaster and land-use change on food security and adaptation: Evidence from the delta community in Bangladesh\u201d, <\/span>International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction<\/span><\/i>, 78 (2022), art. no. 103119, <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijdrr.2022.103119<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        13. Lwin, K.K., <\/span>Pal, I.<\/b>, Shrestha, S., Warnitchai, P. \u201cAssessing social resilience of flood-vulnerable communities in Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar\u201d, <\/span>International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction<\/span><\/i>, 51 (2020), art. no. 101745. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijdrr.2020.101745<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        14. Udmale, P., Ichikawa, Y., Ning, S., Shrestha, S., <\/span>Pal, I<\/b>. \u201cA statistical approach towards defining national-scale meteorological droughts in India using crop data\u201d <\/span>Environmental Research Letters<\/span><\/i>, 15 (9) (2020), art. no. 094090. <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/1748-9326\/abacfa<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
        15. Pal, I<\/b>., Ghosh, T., Ghosh, C. \u201cInstitutional framework and administrative systems for effective disaster risk governance \u2013 Perspectives of 2013 Cyclone Phailin in India\u201d <\/span>International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction<\/span><\/i>, 21, pp. 350-359 (2017). <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijdrr.2017.01.002<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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          1. Project Title: \u201cStrengthening climate resilience of agricultural livelihoods in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR through participatory Ecosystem-based Adaptation\u201d, Mekong Thought Leadership and Think Tanks Network (MTT) Program<\/span>\n
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            • Year: 2024 \u2013 2025<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Location: Lao PDR <\/span><\/li>\n
            • Client: SEI \/ SUMERNET \u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n
            • Position Held: Project Lead<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
            • Project Title: \u201cClimate Resilient Infrastructure for Social Transformation and Adaptation (CRISTA) 2.0\u201d- Climate Innovation Challenge\u00a0<\/span>\n
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              • Year: 2024 \u2013 2025<\/span><\/li>\n
              • Location: Nepal\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n
              • Client: ADPC \/ World Bank \u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n
              • Position Held: Project Lead<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
              • Project Title: \u201cClimate Resilient Infrastructure for Social Transformation and Adaptation (CRISTA)\u201d- Climate Innovation Challenge\u00a0<\/span>\n
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                • Year: 2021 \u2013 2022<\/span><\/li>\n
                • Location: Bangladesh, Nepal\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n
                • Client: ADPC \/ World Bank \u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n
                • Position Held: Project Lead<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                • Project Title: \u201cCapacity building for measuring multi-hazard livelihood security and resilience in the Lower Mekong Basin\u201d<\/span>\n
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                  • Year: 2021 \u2013 2022<\/span><\/li>\n
                  • Location: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n
                  • Client: APN, Japan\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n
                  • Position Held: Project Lead<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                  • Project Title: \u201cMulti-hazard Risk Indexing of Coastal Critical Infrastructure: A Case Study of Thailand”<\/span>\n
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                    • Year: 2021 \u2013 2022 <\/span><\/li>\n
                    • Location: Thailand<\/span><\/li>\n
                    • Client: CDRI<\/span><\/li>\n
                    • Position Held: Project Lead<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                    • Project Title: \u201cRiver Morphological Study, Flood Hazard Mapping and Establishment of Decision Support System for Sindh Province\u201d<\/span>\n
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                      • Year: 2019 \u2013 2021<\/span><\/li>\n
                      • Location: Pakistan<\/span><\/li>\n
                      • Client: World Bank <\/span><\/li>\n
                      • Position Held: Senior Risk Advisor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                      • Project Title: \u201cIntegrated Assessment of SDGs Using Big Earth Observation Data for Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR)\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\n
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                        • Year: 2020 \u2013 2023<\/span><\/li>\n
                        • Location: Bangkok, Thailand<\/span><\/li>\n
                        • Client: National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                        • Position Held: Co-Principal Investigator<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                        • Project Title: \u201cLiving Deltas Hub\u201d<\/span>\n
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                          • Year: 2019 \u2013 2024<\/span><\/li>\n
                          • Location: Bangladesh, India, Vietnam\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                          • Client: UK Research and Innovation, Global Challenges Research Fund<\/span><\/li>\n
                          • Position Held: Co-Investigator<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                          • Project Title: \u201cEnhancing Ecosystem Based Adaption to Disaster Risk Reduction in the Himalayan river basin: Integrating of traditional and local knowledge in disaster management plan in Nepal, India and Bangladesh\u201d<\/span>\n
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                            • Year: 2021 \u2013 2023<\/span><\/li>\n
                            • Location: Nepal, India, Bangladesh\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                            • Client: APN, Japan\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                            • Position Held: Partner<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                            • Project Title: \u201cMulti-hazard Resilience of Higher Educational Institutions in Asia Pacific\u201d<\/span>\n
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                              • Year: 2022 \u2013 2023<\/span><\/li>\n
                              • Location: Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Thailand<\/span><\/li>\n
                              • Client: ICIMOD, Nepal<\/span><\/li>\n
                              • Position Held: Project Lead<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                              • Project Title: \u201cPreventing Plastic Pollution in Indonesia (PISCES)\u201d<\/span>\n
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                                • Year: 2021 \u2013 2024<\/span><\/li>\n
                                • Location: Indonesia<\/span><\/li>\n
                                • Client: UK Research and Innovation, Global Challenges Research Fund<\/span><\/li>\n
                                • Position Held: Co-Investigator<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                • Project Title: \u201cRisk perception and implication on risk governance for dual disasters Cyclone Amphan and COVID-19 in Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA)\u201d<\/span>\n
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                                  • Year: 2020 \u2013 2021<\/span><\/li>\n
                                  • Location: India<\/span><\/li>\n
                                  • Client: Global Challenges Research Fund, UKRI<\/span><\/li>\n
                                  • Position Held: Principal Investigator<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                  • Project Title: \u201cDisaster Education for integrating SFDRR and SDG in Asia\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\n
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                                    • Year: 2020 \u2013 2021<\/span><\/li>\n
                                    • Location: Japan, Thailand, Indonesia<\/span><\/li>\n
                                    • Client: ProSPER.Net, Japan (United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan)<\/span><\/li>\n
                                    • Position Held: Principal Investigator<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                    • Project Title: \u201cDisaster Resilience and Sustainable Development Education Network in Asia\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\n
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                                      • Year: 2018 \u2013 2019<\/span><\/li>\n
                                      • Location: Asia-Pacific Region<\/span><\/li>\n
                                      • Client: ProSPER.Net, Japan (UN University)<\/span><\/li>\n
                                      • Position Held: Principal Investigator\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                      • Project Title: Evidenced Based analysis of Flood Risk Management and Social Vulnerability \u2013 A System Approach in Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand<\/span>\n
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                                        • Year: 2018 \u2013 2019<\/span><\/li>\n
                                        • Location: Thailand<\/span><\/li>\n
                                        • Position Held: Principal Investigator<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                        • Project Title: Critical Factors for Post-Disaster Educational Continuity in Urban Flood Impacts in South and Southeast Asia<\/span>\n
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                                          • Year: 2017 \u2013 2018<\/span><\/li>\n
                                          • Location: Thailand, Bangladesh, Vietnam<\/li>\n
                                          • Position Held: Country Lead <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                          • Project Title: \u2018Disaster Resilience Education Capacity Building in South-East Asia\u2019<\/span>\n
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                                            • Year: 2016 -2018<\/span><\/li>\n
                                            • Client: Australia-ASEAN Council (AAC)<\/span><\/li>\n
                                            • Location: Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                                            • \u00a0Position Held: Country Lead\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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                                              1. Life Member: European Geosciences Union<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              2. Advisor DRR and Governance, Regional Integrated Multi-hazard Early Warning System (RIMES)<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              3. Visiting Professor (2023-2024), Keio University, Japan\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              4. Fellow, Coalition of Disaster Resilience Infrastructure (CDRI) \u2013 2021<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              5. Board of Director\u2019s Member (Former), Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GARDI), Kyoto University, JAPAN.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              6. Life Member of \u201cIndian Society of Remote Sensing\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              7. Honorary Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineering Department, ITM (SLS), Baroda University, India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              8. Visiting Professor (2018 \u2013 2020), Disaster Risk Management at\u00a0Philippines School of Business Administration (PSBA), Manila, Philippines.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              9. Visiting Faculty (2015), under DRC International Exchange Program, Kyoto University, Japan.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              10. IRDR Young Scientist, 2017 (Integrated Research on Disaster Risk, Beijing, China).<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              11. Core group member of the \u201cNational Disaster Response Management Guideline\u201d by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Government of India.<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              12. Nodal and Coordinating Officer for the project \u201cCapacity Building on Disaster Management for Indian Administrative Services Officers (IAS) \/Central services\u201d \u2013 2012 -2017, by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Govt. of India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              13. Imparted Disaster Management modules for more than 500 Bangladesh Civil Services Officers under Mid-Career Training Program in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              14. Nodal officer and Program Coordinator for \u201cNational Program for Training of Scientists and Technologists working in the Government Sector\u201d from 2007- 2014, by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              15. National Level trainer for Incident Command System (ICS) to function as resource person and evaluator for pilot project in various provinces in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              16. UNISDR \/ Global Education and Training Institute, Republic of Korea, Resource Person for Developing Capacities on Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Asia-Pacific Region\u201d, under \u201cMaking City Resilient Global Campaign\u201d since 2015.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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                                                1. Disaster Risk Governance <\/span><\/li>\n
                                                2. Resilience, Infrastructure <\/span><\/li>\n
                                                3. Climate Adaptation <\/span><\/li>\n
                                                4. Innovation <\/span><\/li>\n
                                                5. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Development <\/span><\/li>\n
                                                6. Community Based Disaster Risk Management <\/span><\/li>\n
                                                7. Disaster Risk Science and Education <\/span><\/li>\n
                                                8. Public Health.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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