1. business and industrial
2. business operations
3. business plans

Risk Sensitive Environmental Management: Study of Himalayan Ecosystem
SS15
WORKPLAN
Session
No
Day 1
Day
Tuesday
Date
Time
Topic
6/2/2015
10:0013:00
Framework of the course and
concepts of resilience
Day 2
Wednesday
6/3/2015
10:0013:00
Day 3
Thursday
6/4/2015
10:0013:00
hours
Who
Pedagogy
3
Core
instructors
Classromm
Discussions
Context of urban development,
environment and eco-system
3
Core
instructors
Presentation,
Lecture,
Classroom
Discussion
Introduction to eco system
perspectives in disaster resilience.
3
Core
instructors
Literature review,
Discussions
3
Core
instructors
Presentation,
Lecture
8
Instructors with
NSET
Presentation,
Lecture and
interactions
8
Instructors with
NSET
Field visit and
community
Interaction
Urban environment and disaster
context in South Asia
Day 4
Day 5
Friday
6/5/2015
Saturday
6/6/2015
Sunday
6/7/2015
10:0013:00
Introduction to the field work,
Literature review on Kathmandu
environment, disasters and
resilience context; to prepare
Individual learning plan in the field
Leave for Kathmandu
Site visit in Kathmandu
Setting the context of field learning
and introductIon to the host
organization in Kathmandu
Day 6
Monday
6/8/2015
10am
onwar
ds
Understanding Himalayan urban
environment, development and
disaster context
Field work guidelines and
discussion
Day 7
Day 8
Day9
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
6/9/2015
6/10/201
5
6/11/201
5
10am
onwar
ds
Study the interface of disaster riskdevelopment and environment in
Kathmandu valley
8am
onwar
ds
Travel to Kaski (216 km from KTM)
in Western nepal. Students will
prepare for case study writing
8
Instructors with
IUCN
Introductory
session in the
evening.
Guidelinies to
students for case
study preparation
09:0016:00
Field visit, interaction with
communities and government
official to understand interface
between natural and built
environments and community
resilience. It will be followed by
learning review session
8
Instructors with
IUCN
Guided
Interaction with
communities
Risk Sensitive Environmental Management: Study of Himalayan Ecosystem
SS15
Day10
Friday
6/12/201
5
09:0016:00
Continuation of field work with
focus on data collection and case
studies dealing with resilience
8
Instructors with
IUCN
Students Inetract
with selected
stakeholders for
data colelction for
their case study
writing.
Day11
Saturday
6/13/201
5
09:0012:00
Review, case study presentations
and wrap up
8
Instructors with
IUCN
Leave for KTM in
the afternoon
Sunday
14/6/201
5
Leave for New Delhi
Monday
6/15/201
5
Free
6/16/201
5
Emerging trends in planning and
management with resilience
perspective, International legal
frameworks on disasters and ecosystem and key considerations for
risk sensitive environmental
management
3
Instructors
day 12
Day 13
Day 14
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
6/17/201
5
6/18/201
5
15:00
to
18:00
10:0016:00
Review of International
environmental frameworks and
domestic policies from Urban
planning perspectives
Presentation of case-studies from
different countries on eco system
based urban disaster resilient
design and planning
CEPT / CEE
resources
person
Presentation,
Lecture
Hari Krishna
Nibanupudi
Selection of case
studies,
prsentaiton and
discussion
Visit to the river
front followed by
interactive
session
5
10:0013:00
Interacton with Sabarmati river
front development authority to
understand considerations of eco
system and resilience
3
Sabarmati river
front authority
with Instructors
4
Instructors
5
Day 15
Friday
6/19/201
5
09:0017:00
Review of course progress and
guidelines for group assignments.
Students will work in groups and
develop a management plan with
eco-system and disaster resilience
as inherent considerations
Day 16
Saturday
6/20/201
5
09:0016:00
Student's presentation
Sunday
21/6/201
5
80
Interactive
session
Discussion
Home work
Risk Sensitive Environmental Management: Study of Himalayan Ecosystem
SS15
INSTRUCTORS
HARI KRISHNA NIBANUPUDI: Key facilitator of the course who will provide over all
conceptual leadership and guide the students to achieve course objectives
A recent recipient of Mary Fran Myers (MFM) Global scholarship for Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR). Mr. Hari Krishna Nibanupudi currently serves UNDP as a Team Leader Disaster Risk
Reduction in the Philippines. Prior to this, he served at International Center for Integrated
Mountain Development (ICIMOD) as a Senior DRR Specialist. His work involved guiding and
supporting a number of DRR projects ranging from community & eco system resilience to
regional cooperation, covering eight countries in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region. Earlier, he
worked with World Bank Institute, Oxfam, and Indian Institute of Management Ahmadabad (IIMA). Mr. Krishna has
commissioned and coordinated over 30 humanitarian research projects and published over a dozen of disaster risk
reduction tool kits, handbooks, training manuals and videos. Many of these research studies were aimed at providing real
time research and evaluation support to ongoing programs in South Asian countries. Mr. Krishna has conducted impact
evaluation studies for Oxfam, CARE, UNICEF, Welt Hunger Hilfe (WHH), etc. As a trainer, facilitator and resource person
for over a decade, Mr. Krishna assisted World Bank Institute’s eLearning programs on DRR and also contributed to the
capacity building of national institutions, civil servants and NGOs in South and South East Asia.
SHELLY KULSHRESTHA: CEPT Faculty who will cover sessions to students develops
conceptual connection between urban planning and resilience. This faculty member will also
manage Internal and external coordination.
Shelly Kulshrestha is an architect- environmental planner working as senior academic
associate at the Faculty of Management, CEPT University. She has over thirteen years’
experience in multi-sectorial areas of planning and management. As a consultant to The World
Bank Institute, she was involved in designing and facilitation of online courses on disaster risk
management. Her recent work has been in urban management and strategic development
plans.
PARNASRI RAY CHOUDHURY
This resource person will teach topics related to disaster risk reduction contribute to material preparation for the course.