Project Staff
Ms. Bindu Aggarwal
Project Manager
Ms. Bindu Aggarwal is working as Project Manager in the project “Development of National Highways Climate Adaptation Policy and Guidelines” at National Institute of Disaster Management. Her role involves project management, steering coordination with consortium, review of reports and documents, stakeholder engagement through consultative workshops and meetings. Her key competencies include Training and Development, Project Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Coordination, Stakeholder Engagement and Documentation. She holds M.Phil. and Masters in Environmental Sciences and MBA in Disaster Management. She has also qualified UGC NET for Environmental Sciences. Currently she is pursuing Ph.D. from The Energy Resource Institute (TERI).
Ms. Yogita Garbyal
Project Scientist
Ms. Yogita Garbyal is a Project Scientist-II at NIDM, working for “Development of National Highways Climate Adaptation Policy & Guidelines” (HighCAP) project. With 9 years of experience in disaster management, her research focuses on resilient highway infrastructure, landslide risk management and climate change. She has also conducted several capacity building activities on DRR, earthquake risk reduction, safe hill area development, and comprehensive school safety. Previously, she has worked at NIDM’s Resilient Infrastructure Division as Young Professional and as Project Assistant-III at CSIR-CRRI. She holds a Master’s and B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Geology from Hansraj College, University of Delhi.
Dr. Toushif Jaman
Project Scientist
Dr. Toushif Jaman is a Project Scientist-II at NIDM, working under the “Development of National Highways Climate Adaptation Policy & Guidelines” (HighCAP) project. With over 7 years of experience in disaster management and geospatial science, his work focuses on climate-resilient infrastructure, DRR, multi-hazard risk assessment, and geospatial applications for climate adaptation and resilience planning. His expertise includes flood and cyclone hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment, and the application of remote sensing, GIS, and SAR/InSAR technologies for disaster management. Dr. Jaman has contributed to several major projects, including Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (HVRA) for towns in Meghalaya and Tripura. Previously, he worked as a Research Scientist (Level 10) at the North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), Department of Space, Government of India. He has authored and co-authored several research papers in reputed international journals published by Elsevier and Springer. Dr. Jaman holds a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Disaster Management from Pondicherry University.
Ms. Shikha Sonam
Senior Project Associate
Ms. Shikha Sonam is presently working as a Senior Project Associate under the project “Development of National Highways Climate Adaptation Policy and Guidelines” (HighCAP), at NIDM. She holds a 10+ years of experience as a Geo Informatics and Drone Mapping Professional; GIS, Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis trainer; Business, research and development consultant. She has worked on national and international projects and events related to smart cities, environmental monitoring, urban planning, flood mapping, infrastructure development, Geospatial policy and research, Drone and space Policy integrating AI and Robotics, etc. Her expertise includes ArcGIS, QGIS, ERDAS, ENVI, satellite imagery analysis, and drone-integrated geospatial solutions. She has collaborated with government bodies, academia, and industry through organizations such as NADDSO(AICRA), Geospatial World, IIHT/Techademy, JanaUSF, RMS, DRDO, JSAC. She holds an M.Sc. in Geo-informatics & Remote Sensing from Amity University and Bachelors in Geography from University of Delhi, and actively contributes to training, research, and geospatial innovation initiatives.
Ms. Lakshika Kulyal
Project Associate
Ms Lakshika Kulyal is currently working as a Project Associate with the High-CAP project at NIDM, where my primary responsibilities include working on secondary data, organizing, assisting the team, and supporting project management tasks to accelerate overall project progress. Previously, I have interned at NITI Aayog, ONGC, and HCL, which has provided me with hands-on experience in analysis, organization processes and project management.
Mr. Arun Verma
Consultant
Arun Verma is Presently working as Consultant, under the project Updation of the Drought Manual (2020) and development of Guidelines on Hail stroms, Pest Attack , Cold Wave/Frost Funded by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare(MoA&FW). He is also pursuing a Ph.D. in Crowd Management, focusing on "Crowd Management and Sustainable Tourism in Kullu-Manali Valley." His research aims to find ways to handle challenges at religious and tourist spots in this region. Arun holds a postgraduate degree in Disaster Management from Panjab University and a Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Geography from the University of Delhi. Before this role, he worked as a Young Professional in the Disaster Response and Recovery Division at the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM). There, he supported training and research on crowd management, the Incident Response System, disaster management plans, and emergency operation centers. He has also worked with the Centre for Mass Congregation and Transport-related Disaster Risk Reduction and the Incident Response System (IRS). Arun has experience documenting natural disasters, including Cyclone Fani in 2019. Additionally, he was an active member in preparing the disaster management plan for the NIDM Delhi Campus. Arun has 6 years of experience in Disaster Management.