NESAC jointly with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad and National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Delhi organized a two-days workshop on “Space Technology in Disaster Risk Management” at NESAC, Umiam during 27-28 May, 2024. The inaugural session of the workshop was graced by Dr. Prakash Chauhan, Director, NRSC as the Chief Guest and by Dr. Prabhakar Rai, Secretary cum Director, Sikkim SDMA, and Shri Safi Ahsan Rizvi, Advisor (Mitigation), NDMA as the Guests of Honour. The workshop was organised to create awareness about the role of space technology in disaster risk management and to bring synergy among the decision makers, disaster management officials, stake holders, and researchers in the northeastern and eastern region of India. . More than 60 participants from different departments and institutions such as State/District Disaster Management Authority, Water Resource Department, Brahmaputra Board, Geological Survey of India, State Remote Sensing Centres, planning department, IITs, NITs, other state Universities from 8 NE states, West Bengal and Odisha took part in the workshop. The workshop had experts from renowned institutions such as NEIST, NIDM, ISRO, NRSC, IIRS, IIT, CROPC including NESAC offering participants a valuable opportunity to gain insights into the effective utilization of geospatial technology for disaster risk reduction and develop a comprehensive understanding of this important topic.
