Mr. Kamal Kishore, Member and Head of Department (HoD), National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), India and CDRI Executive Committee India Co-Chair

He has worked on disaster risk reduction and recovery issues since 1992, at the local, national, regional, and global levels. Prior to joining NDMA, he worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for nearly 13 years in New Delhi, Geneva and New York. At the UNDP Headquarters he led global advocacy campaigns to address disaster risk reduction concerns in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 development agenda. As Programme Advisor, he also led the development of disaster and climate risk management related elements of the UNDP Strategic Plan (2014-17). 

Mr. Kishore holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning, Land and Housing Development from the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok.