RESUME’ SHIBU K. MANI (PHD) Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department Kengeri Campus, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Kanmanike, Bengaluru Mobile: 9619612971; Email: [email protected] Hydrology (BTech Civil); Research Methodology( MTech Civil Engg)Disaster Management (Thematic areas: Understanding Risk & Teaching Mitigations; Disasters & Urban governance; Field Methods in Disaster Management ; Post Disaster Need Assessment; Humanitarian Supply Chain, Understanding and developing societies) PhD Supervision (Risk, Resilience, Culture of Safety & Maintenance). Specific areas of Interest – Water retention studies to combat drought; Urban Research (Topics) Local Body Governance and Disaster Risk Management, Contextualising Sendai framework for DRR at Urban/Rural Local Body level; Extreme Events (Floods& Landslides)- Himalayas & Western Ghats Eco Regions/Drainage Basins : Mountainous (Himalayas, Wester Ghats, Research & Field work Aravalli); Deserts (Rajasthan); Flood Plains (Gangetic plains, Mahanadi, (Spatial coverage) Meenachil); Coastal (Kerala, Maharashtra); Urban Areas (Smart city locations, Metropolitan Areas – Pune Bhuj Earthquake (2001 Response), Rajasthan Drought (2000 Response), Field Locations Tsunami (2005 – Recovery),Kosi Flood (2008 Response & Recovery), (Disaster Odisha Floods (2012 Response), Uttarakhand Flood (2013 Response and Response/recovery) Recovery); Kodagu and Kerala Floods (2018;2019) For NGOs, Government Departments, Colleges, University Departments, Training/ Workshops/ Schools, Disaster Specific Conferences (National and International), Mass Lectures Media Courses MSC DM Syllabus at Mahatma Gandhi University (2010, 2016); Jamsetji Tata Centre for Disaster Management (JTCDM) MA/MSc Course Curriculum (2009, 2012, 2014); IFRC – TISS Online Course (2012, 2016), DM Curriculum/ DM JTCDM Mphil Course Curriculum (2016); J&K DM Plan (2013-2014), Plan process Support Kottayam District DM Plan (2009-2011), Pune Municipal Corporation DM Plan (2016), Tamil Nadu State School Syllabus on DM (2016), Reference Book in Disaster Management for Schools in Kerala (2017) 1. Kodagu Disaster recovery Project (Ongoing) 2. Extreme Floods in Himalayan Region (2015-2017) 3. Epidemiological Study and Intervention in Indian villages prone to Water Projects undertaken Borne Diseases (2001-2007) 4. Ground water Recharge Studies to combat Agricultural Drought in Gangetic Plains (2000-2001) Path Forward To contribute to “Science and Policy” domain through Water Resources Management &Disaster Management Perspectives CAREER SUMMARY Department of Civil Engineering Duration Employment Details Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, CHRIST (Deemed to be 2018- Till University), Kengeri Campus, Bengaluru Date Teaching, Research, Field Action Projects – Disaster Management Assistant Professor at Jamsetji Tata Centre for Disaster Management (JTCDM), Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai Teaching and Research areas: Hazard Science, Built environment, Disaster Logistics 2010-2018 Faculty member in the IFRC-TISS online course in Disaster Risk Management Lecturer, School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala 2007-2010 Teaching aspects: Disaster Management, Water Resources management, Environmental Sciences ;Research and Project supervision; Curricula restructuring Senior Research Associate, School of Environmental Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala. 2001-2007 Project: “Development and evaluation of small scale solar systems for contaminated drinking water in rural India” in collaboration with Northumbria University, UK and funded by Wellcome Trust, UK. The field studies have been conducted in three states, Kerala, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Project officer for International Irrigation Management Institute, SriLanka 2000-2001 Funded project entitled “Ground water assessment in the Lakhaoti canal command area, Uttar Pradesh, India. Lecturer, Department of Geology, Government College, Kottayam: Teaching aspects of Hydrogeology and Environmental science for post graduate students. 1998-2000 This has also included research work on (i) a sanitation project entitled “Environmental quality of Nattakom area” (ii) Assessment of landslide prone areas in Thalanadu area, Kottayam district Project officer, South South Solidarity (Non Governmental Organization – Projects of UNICEF and IDRC, Canada) 1995-1998 “Flood prone eco-zone: a micro level assessment” (Eastern Uttar Pradesh) “Semi-arid zone: a micro level assessment” (Jaipur district) “Fresh water case study in Garhwal Himalayas” Department of Civil Engineering EDUCATION Course Subjects Year University/ Institute Particulars 2006 Applied Science Northumbria University, Ph.D Nov United Kingdom Hydrogeology M.Tech 1995 Hydrology (Applied IIT, Roorkee June Remote Sensing Geology) Computer Programming 1992 B.Sc. Geology, Physics, Mathematics Mahatma Gandhi June (Geology) University, Kerala “Development and evaluation of small scale solar system for Ph.D Thesis contaminated drinking water in rural India” “Numerical modeling of unsteady flow to a well in multi- M.Tech Dissertation layered aquifer system” (i) Artificial recharge of ground water M.Tech Seminars (ii) River net works (Drainage basins) Exposure cum training on hydro geological investigation at M.Tech Project Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh Research Publications 1. Faisel T.I, Mani S.K. (2019). Carrying Capacity Assessment for Crowd Management System: An Application to Sabarimala Mass Gathering, India (Submitted on Dec 2019 – International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage 2. Mani S.K., Amalraj, Jismyraj, Gopalakrishnan M, Sreeharshan, M, Surendran A, Binumon K, Sijarani, and Asha R. (2018). Reference Book in Disaster Management for the schools in Kerala. State Council of Educational Research and training, Kerala.; P152. 3. Faisel, T.I., Mani S.K and Naveen, B. (2018). Hazard-centric Evacuation Experiments - A Study on Occupant Responses to Earthquake Alarm. Disaster Advances. Vol. 11 (4): 18-27 4. Faisel, T.I., Mani, S.K (2018). Routine to Rare risk: A Case Study of Firecracker explosion disaster in India. PLOS Currents. Vol 10 Online Web (open access) Faisel, T.I., Mani, S.K., Pradeepkumar, A.P. and Mohan, K (2014). Lightning Risk in India: Challenges in Disaster Compensation. EPW XLIX (23): 23-26 5. Faisel, T.I., Mani, S.K., Pradeepkumar, A.P. and Mohan, K (2013). Human stampedes during religious festivals. International Journal of Disaster risk Reduction. 5: 10-18 6. Mani, S.K. (2012). Hazard Ecology. Book Review. Rajagiri Journal of Social Development. 4(1): 85-88. 7. Mani, S.K. (2012). Triple C (Change, Chaos and Complexities) and Sustainability. Abstracts of the National Seminar on Sustainable Development: Recent Trends in Meeting the Challenges (NSSD 2012), January 19-20, School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. 8. Kumar, R., Illiyas,F. and Mani, S.K. (2011). An Investigation on Road accident Prone Curves of National Highway 220 in Kottayam District. Proceedings of Disaster, Risk and Department of Civil Engineering Vulnerability Conference, March 12-14, 2011, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala . ISBN 978-3-943321 9. Mohandale,H.,Amit Prakash, Sinha,S. and Mani, S.K. (2011). Mobilising Disaster Communication with LIFENET. Proceedings of Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference, March 12-14, 2011,Georgia Tech University, USA. 10. Mani, S.K. (2011).Health and Humanitarian Logistics – What beyond Relief?. Proceedings of Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference, March 12-14, 2011,Georgia Tech University, USA. 11. Mani, S.K. (2011). Solar Disinfection of Drinking Water in India: Possibilities and Challenges. Proceedings (Abstracts) of International Workshop on Advances in Disinfection Technologies, Feb 2nd, 2011. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur. 12. Irshad,M., Mani, S.K. (2010). Disaster Financing, Logistics and ‘Development’. Proceedings (Abstracts) of Third International Roundtable Conference, Dec 13-14, 2010, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. 13. Reed, R.H., Singh I.S.B and Mani, S.K. (2009) Solar disinfection of drinking water: lessons from field studies in India. In Progress on Drinking water Research: Nova Science publishers, Hauppauge, USA, 20 pp. 14. Mani, S.K., and Illiyas, F.T. (2009). Equipping School Students in Disaster Management: Role of School Teachers. Proceedings of the UGC Sponsored conference on “Equipping Secondary School Teachers to meet the Changing Roles” 7th March 2009, St. Joseph’s Training College, Kottayam, Kerala. 15. Mani, S.K., and Illiyas, F.T. (2009). Disaster Management Learning through Education – An Essential ingredient for Sustainable Development. Proceedings of the UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Education the Sine qua non for sustainable Development” 20th August 2009, St. Thomas College of teache Education, Pala, Kottayam, Kerala. 16. Illiyas, F., and Mani, S.K. (2009). Administrative Thrusts and Community Demands in Disaster Management - An Evaluation of Post Tsunami Disaster Proceedings in Kerala, India. Proceedings of Second India Disaster Management Congress (IDMC), November 4—6, 2009 Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi 17. Reed, R.H., Singh I.S.B, Mani, S.K., and Kanjur, R. (2007). Solar disinfection of drinking water for households in rural India. Water and Sewerage Journal 4/2007: 61-62 18. Mani, S.K., Kanjur, R., Bright Sigh, I.S. and Reed, R.H. 2006. Comparative effectiveness of solar disinfection using small-scale