Disaster Management in India: Challenges and Strategies (ePub)

Dr. R. K. Dave, PhD, MS, MBA, BE (EC) has more than 40 years’ experience in Disaster Risk Management, eGovernance, Spectrum management, ICT (research, policy, plan and project), and SCADA systems.He has supported disaster management activities during many catastrophic incidents in India including the Bhuj earthquake (2001), Kedarnath Flash flood (2013), J&K Flood (2014) while working with Union and respective State Governments. He provided technical support to the State of Gujarat in planning, design and development of State and District EOC facilities/infrastructures. Key National policy documents prepared with his contribution while serving as Senior Consultant with National Disaster Management Authority include – National Guide on Crowd Management at places of Mass gathering and First draft of National Disaster Management Plan.He has advised almost all state disaster management authorities in India with special services rendered to Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority, Bihar Disaster Management Authority, Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, and DMMC (Uttarakhand State).He has served as a subject matter expert to operation “Anantha” designed for urban flood mitigation in the state of Kerala. He also served as a member in the expert committee constituted by the National Academies of Science (NAS, USA) on “Alert and Warning System: Current Knowledge and Future Research”.In the domain of academics - He did his bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications from the MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur. He did his MBA from the BK School of Management, University of Gujarat. Subsequently after completing Master of Science (Health Science) from Touro University International (CA, USA) with honors, he reached the highest level in academics by completing his doctorate from the Gujarat University. His doctoral research and thesis on “Disaster Management and Emergency Response: A Comparative Study of Managerial Structures, Systems and Processes in Gujarat

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