Dr. Indrajit Pal is an associate professor in the Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation, and Management (DPMM) Academic program at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and has more than 19 years of experience in research, teaching, training, advocacy, consultancy primarily focused on disaster risk governance, incident command system, hazard and risk assessment, CBDRM, public health risk, disaster resilience, and DRR Education. Dr. Pal served as a faculty member at Centre for Disaster Management at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, India. Dr. Indrajit is a former member of Board of Directors for the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI), Japan. Dr. Pal authored a number of peer-reviewed journal papers, conference papers, and books (Springer, Elsevier, and SAGE). Some of his ongoing research includes Risk Characterization in Asian Delta communities in "Living Deltas Hub" project UKRI, GCRF. Mr. Aslam Perwaiz is the deputy executive director (DED) of Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC). He is a results-driven manager with a mix of leadership and technical expertise in developing, managing, and delivering high-impact programs all of which are in the context of economic analysis, sustainable development, environment, disaster risk reduction, and climate resilience. Aslam has substantive fieldwork experience from more than 15 countries (Asia, Pacific, and Africa) with national and sub-national work program development and practical understanding of the disaster risk management systems and climate change issues in international, regional (Asia and Pacific, Europe, Africa) and sub-regional context (ASEAN, SAARC, SOPAC, Central Asia) context with hands-on experience in institutional strengthening, research and analysis, and implementing on-the-ground risk reduction initiatives at the local, national, and regional levels.Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed is an associate professor and previous program convener of the Master of Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He teaches on policy and social aspects of disaster risk reduction, resilience of the built environment, and sustainable development. His research interests include post-disaster housing, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and urban resilience. He has written several books and many peer-reviewed publications and engages in various research and evaluation projects relating to disaster resilience. Dr. Ahmed completed his Ph.D. from Oxford Brookes University, UK, Master of Science in Architecture Studies, MIT, USA, and Bachelor of Architecture (hons.), IIT-Kharagpur, India.
