Each Thematic Cluster shall be further organized in a number of Thematic Sessions. Each Thematic Session shall have a minimum of six paper presentations. Scientists, scholars and practitioners interested in organizing the Thematic Sessions are welcome to contact the Conference Secretariat. They are welcome to organize additional Thematic Sessions if they can bring together six quality presentations relevant for the sessions.

Thematic ClustersThematic SessionsChairperson
Geological Disasters 1. Earthquake Dr. D.K. Paul (dpaulfeq@iitr.ernet.in)
2. Mass Movements (Landslide & Avalanche) Dr. R. Siva Kumar (siva_k@nic.in)
Hydro Meteorological Disasters 3. Flood Shri R.C. Jha (mrm@nic.in)
4. Cyclone Dr. U.C. Mohanty (mohanty@cas.iitd.ac.in)
5. Drought Dr. J.S. Samra (jssamra@yahoo.com)
Man Made Disasters 6. Industrial & Chemical Disasters Shri K.C. Gupta (kcgnsci@vsnl.net)
7. Nuclear Emergencies Dr. B. Bhattacharjee (bcharjee@gmail.com)
8. Road Accidents Shri S. Sunder (ssundar@teri.res.in)
Science & Technology 9. Early Warning and Disaster Communication Dr. Ajit Tyagi (ajit.tyagi@gmail.com)
10. Geo Information System Dr. Ajai
(ajai@sac.isro.gov.in)
Social and Economic Issues 11. Gender and Disaster Ms. Chaman Pincha (pincha.chaman@gmail.com)
12. Children and Disaster Dr. A.K. Gopal (arugopal@gmail.com)
13. Financing Disaster Management Dr. P.K. Mishra (pkmgsdma@yahoo.com)
Disaster, Development and Governance 14. Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Development Dr. P.K. Mishra (pkmgsdma@yahoo.com)
15. Involvement of communities, civil society and NGOs in disaster management Mr. Mihir R. Bhatt (mihir@aidmi.org)
Education, Training and Capacity Building 16. Education, Training and Capacity Building for Disaster Management Prof. Vinod Sharma (profvinod@gmail.com),
Prof. Pradeep Sahni (pardeepsahni@gmail.com)
Disaster Response 17. Role of Armed Forces, NDRF, Police & Civil Defence Sh. K.M. Singh (kmsingh@ndma.gov.in)
18. Incident Command System Shri J.K. Sinha (jk_sinha2001@yahoo.com)
Emergency Health Management 19. Public Health Emergencies &
Mass Casualty Management 		Dr. S. Reddy
Prof. M.C. Misra (mcmisra@gmail.com)
20. Psycho-Social Care Dr. D. Nagaraja
21. Pandemics Lt. Gen(Retd) Dr. J.R. Bhardwaj (jrb2600@gmail.com)
Emerging Issues and Concerns 22. Climate Change and Disasters Dr. Akhilesh Gupta (akhilesh.g@nic.in)
23. Urban Risk Management Mr. D.S. Meshram (dsmeshram@gmail.com)
Corporate Sector in Disaster Management 24. Corporate Sector in Disaster Management Mr. Shyamal Ghosh (chairman@dsci.in)
Media and Disaster Management 25. Role of Media in Disaster Management Mr. Harish Khare (ma.pmo@pmo.nic.in)
Post Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction: International Experiences and Best Practices 26. Post Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction: International Experiences and Best Practices Session Chair : Mr. Jack Stein
Co-Chair : Mr. V.Suresh
Opening Remarks :
Ms. Margareta Wahlstorm