International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR 2017)

Workshop on:Safer Home & Livelihood

Organised by:Assam State Disaster Management Authority(ASDMA)

in collaboration with UNICEF,Assam on 13thOctober, 2017

Assam Administrative Staff College, Khanapara,Guwahati

Time / Session / Facilitator
Inauguration
9:30-9:50 A.M. / Registration / ASDMA
9:50-10:10 A.M. / Inauguration ofExhibition on “Innovation Challenge for DRR” by Chief Guest. / Shri. V.K. Pipersenia, IAS
Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Assam
10:10-10:20 A.M. / Felicitation / ASDMA
10:20-10:30A.M. / Welcome Address by CEO, ASDMA / Shri Rajesh Prasad, IAS
Commissioner & Secretary to the Govt. of Assam, Revenue & D.M. Department &
Chief Executive Officer, ASDMA
10:30-10:40 A.M. / Address by Guest of Honour / Shri A.P Rout,IPS
DGP & Director, Fire & Emergency Services,
Govt. of Assam
10:40-10:50 A.M. / Address by Guest of Honour / Dr. TusharRane
Chief of Field Office, UNICEF, Guwahati
10:50 -11:00A.M / Inaugural Address by Chief Guest. / Shri. V.K. Pipersenia, IAS
Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Assam
11:00-11.05 A.M. / Vote of Thanks / Shri Rajib Prakash Baruah, ACS
Addl. Secretary to the Govt. of Assam and State Project Coordinator, ASDMA
11:05-11:30 A.M. TEA BREAK
Technical Sessions
11:30-12:15P.M / DRR Aspects on Safer Built Environment / Prof. ChandanMahanta,
Department of Civil Engineering,
IIT, Guwahati
12:15-1:00 P.M. / Overview on Earthquake Damage Estimation Project for Guwahati City and Road ahead. / Dr. Dominik H. Lang,
Head of Department, Earthquake Hazard & Risk at NORSAR, Norway
1:00-2:00P.M. LUNCH
2:00-2:45 P.M. / Usage of Bamboo Technology for Disaster Resilient Housing / Shri Kamesh Salam,
Founder, South Asia Bamboo Foundation,
Member, World Bamboo Organization
2:45 -3:30 P.M. / Safer and Disaster Resilient Home for Economic Sustainability / Prof. Jayanta Pathak,
Deptt. of Civil Engineering, Assam Engineering College, Guwahati
3:30-3:45 P.M.TEA BREAK
3:45-4:30 P.M. / Mainstreaming DRR into Recovery programs and policies / Dilip Kumar Bhanja ,
Former Technical Advisor, DRR & Livelihood Recovery , Govt. of Ethiopia
UNDP.
4:30 P.M. / Vote of Thanks

Programme Schedule