Prof. Ram Sateesh Pasupuleti

Dr. Ram Sateesh Pasupuleti is a registered architect in Sweden and India. He has attained his educational qualifications from most prestigious institutions- Doctorate from SABE University of Westminster, London, UK, M.A. in International Studies in Vernacular Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford UK, and a Bachelor of Architecture from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India. He has gained interesting working experiences from UK, Cyprus, Sweden and India. Such experiences across different working environments and geographies have endorsed his professional skills in trans-national education and research challenges and activities. His original quest of knowledge has contributed for designing culturally responsive environments in post disaster recovery in South Asian context. His research contributions have opened up interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research ideas involving vernacular architecture, urban design, sociology and cultural anthropology. He has been a lead person for thematic research group Adaptability in Attractive Built Environments at LTU Sweden. He was also (as deputy coordinator) coordinating Masters Course in Climate Sensitive urban planning and building at LTU. He has been a coordinator and also as organizing committee member for various National and international level symposiums, competitions, workshops and other intercultural activities.
More info

Prof. Subhojyothi Samaddar

Prof. Subhojyoti Samaddar;Associate professor, Disaster Prevention Research institute, Kyoto university. Japan. His research interests are household preparedness behavior, disaster risk communication, risk governance and implementation science. He has an interdisciplinary academic background including PhD in disaster management from Kyoto University, Japan and Master of Planning from School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), New Delhi. He has been involved in different international research projects funded by JICA and JST on disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. Dr. Samaddar has conducted in-depth field studies in different countries including India, Bangladesh, Japan, and Ghana under different disaster risk contexts. He is the recipient of international award Hazards 2000 in 2016. He is the secretariat member of GADRI (Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institute) and co-editing GADRI two book series on Build Back Better and Social Risk of Disaster. He has published several papers in premier international journals on disaster risk studies
More info