A Flash from Associate Professor Iftekhar Ahmed’s Visit to DPMM, AIT As October comes to an end, the visiting period of Associate Professor Iftekhar Ahmed to DPMM has also ended. Assoc. Prof. Iftekhar Ahmad was part of the AIT community from mid-July to mid-October on a sabbatical supported by the Read more…
DPMM Students Participated in the 3rd Global Project Based Learning Program at Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan A total of seven students from the Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management (DPMM) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) participated in the Global Project Based Learning program (gPBL) hosted by Shibaura Read more…
Celebrating Dr. Anirban Mukhopadhyay’s Leadership in Elephant Conservation by Winning the Prestigious SATELLITES FOR BIODIVERSITY AWARD DPMM Affiliated Faculty Dr. Anirban Mukhopadhyay has been successfully honoured with a prestigious Satellites for Biodiversity Award by The Connected Conservation Foundation (UK) and Airbus Foundation (France).Together with the team, Dr. Mukhopadyay leverages a Read more…
Mr. Nghia Bui from DPMM received the NexGen award to attend the 2023 AGU Fall meeting Mr. Nghia Bui, a Ph.D. candidate in the Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation, and Management program, has been honored with the NexGen Young Scientists Program (NexGen) award. This prestigious award grants him the opportunity to attend Read more…
Associate Professor Iftekhar Ahmed visits AIT from the University of Newcastle, Australia. Associate Prof Iftekhar Ahmed is visiting AIT for three months (mid-July – mid-October 2023) and is appointed as an Adjunct Faculty in the Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management Program. Drawing on previous collaborations and an MoU with AIT, Read more…
ABOUT DRSD-2023The evolution of disaster risk has become more complex due to the effects of climate change, advancements in technology and infrastructure, and growing anthropogenic pressures. The impending risks have wide-ranging and long-term implications for societal sustainable development. Under current development pathways, the world should prepare to face the possibility Read more…
10 August 2023 – Dr. Indrajit Pal, Associate Professor and Chair of Disaster Preparedness Mitigation and Management (DPMM), has recently published a book titled “Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Resilience Building: Cross-Cutting Perspectives”, released by Elsevier. The book brings together discussion on various multi-disciplinary issues that focuses on Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Read more…