Dr. Amit Kumar

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Dr. Amit Kumar is a Professor of Practice in the School of Civil and Chemical Engineering.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Leading teaching, research, and academic mentoring in:
  • Climate adaptation and green construction
  • Safe & resilient infrastructure planning & design
  • Urban risk and vulnerability analysis
• Developing interdisciplinary academic and research programmes
• Guiding industry-linked resilience and infrastructure projects
• Supervising academic and industrial research
• Supporting institutional collaborations on infrastructure resilience and sustainability
• Contributing to policy-oriented applied research in sustainability, resilience and habitat planning

Professional Affiliation / Awards & Fellowships Received

(i) Professional Association and membership

·????????? Life Member, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, 1999

·????????? Life Member, Indian Society of Remote Sensing 2003

·????????? Life Member Academy of General Education 1995

·????????? AIE, Institution of Engineers, 23-5-1997

·????????? Chairman: Ad-hoc Board of Studies on Disaster Management, University of Pune (2007-08)

·????????? Member: Ad-hoc Board of Studies on Community awareness, University of Pune(2007-08)

·????????? Member of committee constituted by National Disaster Management Authority for DRR guidelines (2007)

(ii) 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 Fellowship

·????????? Young Scientist Fellowship Award, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2001

·????????? Applied 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 Grants for Disaster Risk Reduction program, World Bank’s Hazard Management Unit (HMU 2002-2004)

·????????? Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) at the 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria, around 2005.

Professional Affiliations and Contributions

Organizations Engaged

• UNDP, UNICEF, UNHABITAT, UNHCR, FAO,
• CARE – Int’l, Save the Children, World Vision – 娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏, Oxfam –Int’l, IFRC,
• Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
• NDMA Government of India, State Governments – Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Uttarakhand, J&K, ?UT Ladakh, Bihar, Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya
• Aga Khan Development Network
• World Bank
• GIZ

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?娱乐老虎机,森林舞会游戏 Professional Exposure

Countries of Engagement

India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Nepal, Bangladesh, Laos, China, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Iran, Portugal, New Zealand, Netherlands, Italy, and others.

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?Key Achievements

• 28+ years of international professional experience across Asia, Europe and Africa
  • Led DRR and resilient infrastructure programmes in – Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Nepal, Laos PDR, Bangladesh, India
• Directed resilience upgrades for:
  • 900+ schools and health facilities
  • 1000+ resilient housing interventions
  • +2000 critical facilities for seismic rehabilitation and retrofitting planning & design ?
• Led multi-country DRR and climate resilience initiatives under AKDN and ADPC
• Developed integrated:
  • Hazard Vulnerability & Risk Assessments (HVRA)
  • Urban resilience frameworks
  • Seismic retrofitting methodologies
• Led to:
  • National Seismic Risk Mitigation Programme (India)
  • Earthquake Early Warning System planning
  • Risk-informed urban planning
• Published:
  • 16 peer-reviewed international journal papers
  • 39+ international conference papers