Dr. Indrajit Pal is an Assistant Professor and Chair in the Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Dr. Pal having more than 18 years of experience in research, teaching, training, advocacy, consultancy primarily focused on Disaster Risk Governance, Hazard and Risk Assessment, Risk Perceptions, CBDRM, Public Health Risk, GIS & Remote Sensing in DRM, Public Health risk assessment and Climate Change Adaptation. Dr. Pal has published number of books and research articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals. Indrajit is a member of the Board of Directors for the Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI), Japan.