Organizers

Organizing Committee

Dr. Indrajit Pal
Chair and Convenor, Organising Committee DRSD 2025
Associate Professor and Chair, DPMM, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Prof. Sangam Shresta
Dean, Director
School of Engineering and Technology / Global Water Sanitation Center, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Prof. Mokbul Morshed Ahmad
HOD
Department of Development and Sustainability (DS),
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Prof. Andy Large
Professor of River Science
School of Geography,
Politics and Sociology,
Newcastle University, UK



Programme Team

Dr. Aditya Ganni
Programme Lead
DPMM, AIT

Ms. Ajeng Triwuri Widyastuti
Program Officer
DPMM, AIT

Ms. Annlouise Genevieve Castro
Doctoral Researcher
DPMM, AIT

Mr. Ayush Baskota
Project Management Officer
DPMM, AIT

Ms. Nethmi Nakkawita
Master’s Student
DPMM, AIT

Mr. Prashant Gautam
Master’s Student
DPMM, AIT

Ms. Rahma Aulia Zahra
Research Assistant
DPMM, AIT

Ms. Sarinthip Kukham
Doctoral Researcher
DPMM, AIT

Mr. Subhajit Ghosh
Senior Research Associate
DPMM, AIT

Mr. Zaw Min Htet
Research Assistant
DPMM, AIT



Advisory Committee

Dr. Akhilesh Surjan
Associate Professor
Research & Theme Leader - HRDMS, Charles Darwin University, Australia

Prof. Anil Gupta
Project Director
ICARS, IIT Roorkee,
India

Dr. Ashraf Dewan
Director of Research
School of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Australia

Mr. Aslam Perwaiz
Executive Director
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Bangkok, Thailand

Prof. Augustine Arukwe
Professor of Biology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

Dr. Basanta Raj Adhikari
Director
Centre for Disaster Studies, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Dr. Dina Cartagena Magnaye
Dean
School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP), University of the Philippines

Prof. Faith Ka Shun Chan
Head
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China

Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed
Associate Professor
Construction Management and Disaster Resilience, University of Newcastle, Australia

Prof. Jacquleen Joseph
Dean
Jamsetji Tata School of
Disaster Studies,
India

Prof. Karl Kim
Director
Urban Planning, Disaster Management Graduate Program, University of Hawaii, United States

Prof. Mukand Babel
Water Engineering and Management(WEM)
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT),
Thailand

Dr. Nimesh Dhungana
Lecturer
Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), The University of Manchester, UK

Prof. Nitin Kumar Tripathi
Executive Director & Professor
Remote Sensing and GIS,
AIT,
Thailand

Prof. Prakash C. Bhattarai
Professor and Associate Dean
School of Education, Kathmandu University,
Nepal

Dr. Rajarshi Dasgupta
Associate Professor
School of Public Policy,
IIT Delhi,
India

Prof. Subir Sen
Professor
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Roorkee,
India

Prof. Tabassam Raza
Professorial Lecturer II
School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines Diliman

Prof. Tuhin Ghosh
Director
School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University,
India

Prof. Vilas Nitivattananon
Professor
School of Environment, Resources and Development, AIT,
Thailand

Dr. Wei-Sen Li
Secretary General
National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Taiwan



Scientific Committee

Dr. Afshana Parven
Assistant Professor
Noakhali Science and Technology University,
Bangladesh

Dr. Branesh M. Pillai
Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE), Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Dr. Chaitanya Krishna
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (CIE), AIT, Thailand

Dr. Djoen San Santoso
Assistant Professor
CEIM, AIT,
Thailand

Dr. Ganesh Dhungana
Postdoctoral Fellow
DRRN, University of British Columbia, Canada

Dr. Glenn Fernandez
Associate Professor
Faculty of Resilience, Rabdan Academy, UAE

Dr. Govindarajalu Srinivasan
Adjunct Faculty, Chairperson
Earthwatch Institute India,
India

Dr. Irfan Ahmad Rana
Associate Professor
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan

Dr. Khamarrul Azahari Razak
Director
DPPC, MJIIT,
Malaysia

Dr. Malay Pramanik
Assistant Professor
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand

Prof. Md. Anwarul Abedin
Department of Soil Science
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh

Dr. Oulavanh Sinsamphanh
Scientific Committee Member
National University of Laos,
Laos

Dr. Parmeshwar D. Udmale
Assistant Professor
IIT Bombay (CTARA),
India

Dr. Puvadol Doydee
Associate Professor
Kasetsart University,
Thailand

Dr. Rajesh Chowdhary
Associate Professor, Head of R&D
International Institute of Information Technology, India

Dr. Salvatore G.P. Virdis
Associate Professor
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, AIT, Thailand

Prof. Shaker Mahmood Mayo
Chairman, Department of CRP
UET Lahore,
Pakistan

Dr. Shweta Sinha
Assistant Professor
Environmental Technology, Thammasat University, Thailand

Dr. Sreevalsa Kolathayar
Associate Professor
NIT Karnataka (NITK),
India

Prof. Sujoy Kumar Jana
Remote Sensing & GIS Program
Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Papua New Guinea

Dr. Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen
Associate Professor
Department of Development and Sustainability, AIT, Thailand

Prof. Victor Hoe Chee Wai
Occupational and Public Health
Universiti Malaya,
Malaysia

Prof. Yonariza
Agriculture Socio Economic Develoment
Andalas University, Indonesia