A development, Climate Action and DRR practitioner cum think tank Experience- > 38 years of professional experience
Contact details
Mob +91-7631089049/ 7667860470
Email – sanjaysonisa@gmail.com or chairman@cropc.org
Address : 3rd Floor, ISS, 8 Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, NewDelhi -110070
Core Expertise.
Skills – Leadership, Policy development, collaborations & innovation, Communication, dynamism,Technocrat, administrator, project management, scientific solutions, enhance governance skills, Public Private Partnership, Incubation of start ups
Domain- Climate Action, Disaster Risk Reduction, Preventive healthcare ESG, Sustainability, SDGs, Renewableenergy transition, green infrastructures, carbon credits, green credits, Green labour industries Working inPolicy development, governance, research and development in Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction, Lightning Risk Management, Technological solutions for disasters, Early warning, dissemination and communication tools , expert in setting up Integrated Emergency Operation Centres/ Integration of CommandControl. Communication, Computers and Communities.
Citizen Science for social development, preventive healthcare, education and preventing disaster losses
Electronics &communication, remote sensing, modelling radars, satellites, communication, AI, data analytics, ITesand modern technology-based solutions.
Current Salient Assignments
Designation –
1 Chairman
2 Professor of Practice
3 Technical Advisor
4 Research & outreach collaborator
5 Convener
6 Expert on climate change adaptation (CCA) and DRR
7 Visiting Faculty
8 Life Member
9 Vice President
10 Advisor
Organisation
Climate Resilient Observing Systems Promotion Council (CROPC), New Delhi 110070- a scientific, research & development organisation http://www.cropc.org
TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi
National Disaster Management Authority(NDMA), Government of India
India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Science and National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC0, ISRO
Lightning Resilient India Campaign- joint initiative of CROPC-IMD supported by NDMA, ISRO, SDMAs, NGOs
United Nations Development Programme UNDP in India
Rural Development, Urban Development, Smart city Mission, Renewable energy transitions
IIT Delhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Public Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie and other universities andATIs
Indian Meteorologists Society (IMS)
International Council for Industrial Safety and Security(ICISS)
South Asian Institute for Advanced Research and Development (SAIARD)
11 Empanelled Expert
12 Lead
FEMA, USA, II9 Emergency Services South Korea, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), India
Eco Digital Health Mission, India Health Link and NHA
13 Lead – Multihazard EW based Emergency Operation, Dissemination & Response Centre
Education
1 . B . S c . f r o m S t . X a v i e r ’ s C o l l e g e , R a n c h i – 1 9 8 3 – 1 9 8 6
2 . M . M . S c . ( S p e c i a l i s a t i o n i n E l e c t r o n i c s – R a d a r ) f r o m
B e r h a m p u r U n i v e r s i t y / A r m y A i r D e f e n c e C o l l e g e i n 1 9 9 6 . 3 . M. Tech Armamentfrom Defence Institute of Advance Technology, Pune, 2001-2003
4. Executive Masters course in Mass Communication IIMC New Delhi- 2004 5. MBA, HR fromNIBM, Chennai -2005-2006
6. MBA Ex , IIM Ahmedabad 2007-2008
7. Incident Response System and EOC Operations- FEMA, USA -2009 8. Master Traineron Urban Disasters, KOICA, South Korea -2011
9. Advance courses on Disaster Management, GIS and electronics in India and abroad
10. Doctoral fellow on lightning and climate change at TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi 2022- ongoing
The experience being given here is pertaining to lighting and related .
- 2022-2024- Authored National Programme on Lightning for National Disaster Management Authority,Government of India involving Ministry of Earth Science , India Meteorological Department , NRSC, ISROand states/UTs. It is a scientific research based national programme .
Preventive Healthcare through PM Digital Healthcare Mission, deployment of Health pods, health profiling and one stop solutions for healthcare
2. 2019-2024 – Convener , Lightning Resilient India Campaign – a joint initiative with IMD , NRSC, NDMA,SDMAs , NESAC, IITM and NGOS for outreach of lightning safety awareness.
3. 2019-2024 – Carried out vulnerability mapping of lightning observation data of Indian Institute of TropicalMeteorology (IITM), Pune and also NRSC LDS (since 2022-2023) and published 05 Annual Lightning Reports forIndia Mid Monsoon Report 2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023
4. 2019 to 2021 – For National Disaster Management Authority, two important documents were developed where I was lead author
4.1 July 2021- A Protocol for Early Warning Dissemination of Thunderstorm and Lightning
4.2 March 2019- Guidelines on Prevention & Management of Thunderstorm &Lightning/Squall/Dust/Hailstorm & Strong Winds
5. 2015 -2023 –: Authored state lightning actions plans for Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland and Punjab .
6. 2015-2019. Developed tools for Lightning forecast dissemination with Jharkhand and Rajasthan SDMA
7. 2019 onwards – SAARC Lightning Resilience Programme was launched by SAARC DM Centre at Gandhinagar for technical assistance to SAARC Countries
8. 2019 May – Global Platform (GP 2019) by United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) showcasedLightning Resilience Programme as best practices for lightning risk management.
9. 2011-2024 : Collaboration for research, development and community outreach with academia lightning.Birsa Agriculture University, Ranchi, BIT Mesra, Xavier Institute of
Social Service (XISS) , Ranchi ,Central University Jharkhand, NIT Jamshedpur, IIT Delhi, Special Centre forDisaster Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, IIT Bhubaneswar, Nagaland University, ManipurUniversity, NEHU Shillong, IISc Bangalore, Fakir Mohan University Balasore, IIT Guwahati, TERI School ofAdvanced Studies, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, National Institute of Disaster Management, South Asian Institute for Advanced Research and Development (SAIARD),Kolkata.
10. 2016-2017 : As technical expert, assisted Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar in setting upLightning EW System and mapping of vulnerability zones
11. 2016-2017 Lightning Safe Shelter Project in Odisha and West Bengal. Technical assistance extended toNCRMP for all cyclone shelters converted to lightning safe shelter in Odisha and West Bengal
12. 2008-2011 : Developed Lightning Early Warning Systems for the state of Jharkhand. Also led CapacityBuilding and Mitigation programme. Shared same with Kerala , Maharashtra, IMD, MoES and extendedknowledge support to set up Lightning EW and Capacity Building programmes.
13. 2008-2013 Lightning Safe Shelter Project in Jharkhand- All government schools, hospitals and public places converted to lightning safe shelter.
14. 1993-2008 : As part of Indian Armed forces team, was associated with the study of lightning and extreme weather events in creating lightning safe infrastructures. Set Emergency Command and Control Centre at Strategic Headquarter in India.
Other Salient contributions at National and International levels
1. 112 Single emergency number (ERSS) and 108 Ambulance Services in India
2. Glacial Lake Outburst Early Warning System at Chamoli Uttarakhand
3. Eco-Digital Healthcare Centre – affordable and accessible healthcare for all
4. Multi Hazard Early Warning and technological solutions to Disasters Management
5. Technology based contribution to climate smart agriculture
6. Contributions to Sustainable Energy Engineering
7. Crowd Management Technology implemented many high mass events like Babadham Deoghar,Gangasagar, Tirupati, Cricket stadium etc.
8. Coal Mining Monitoring systems.
9. Tribal and Farmers Lightning & Climate Resilience Programme
10. Design of disaster resilient and energy efficient, sustainable infrastructures
11. General Manager cum EW& response Expert , National Seismic Risk Management Program
Current Research Interests
1. Creating lightning vulnerability atlas for each vulnerable district of India at micro level and its ground truthing. Sofar state and district level vulnerability atlas has been prepared.
2. Add value to Lightning detection network for advance detection and achieve more lead time for community
3. Atmospheric electricity- analysis of its characteristics, trend and impact 4. Design Lightningresilient infrastructures
5. Analysis of change in social behaviour due to lightning and their response 6. Explore feasibilityof lightning as source of energy
7. Analysis of impact of lightning on health of flora and fauna
8. Relationship between lightning and other weather variables and climate change
Current Social Interventions
1. Lightning Resilient India Campaign – 2019 to 2024. The event has been very impactful making many policychanges at national and state levels, new research in lightning, improvement in last mile connectivity andpublic awareness, sensitisation , education and learnings.
2. North Odisha Tribal Lightning Resilience programme with Fakir Mohan University Balasore andMaharaj Bhanjdeo University, Mayurbhanj
3. Jharkhand Tribal Resilience programme 4. Heat Waveresilience Programme
5. Shakti – Women Empowerment by skill development and education 6. DigitalHealthcare for all mission
Research and Publications – total 66 publications ( Lightning Relevant publications)
1. Annual Lightning Report 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024 connecting climate extreme events for India and all 36 states and UTs , showcasing solutions. Unique report one of its own kind Acknowledged by GoI, UNDRR, WMO, CDRI,SAARC etc.
2. Mapping main risk areas of lightning fatalities between 2000 and 2020 over Odisha State (India); A diagnosticapproach to reduce lightning fatalities using statistical and spatiotemporal analyses, Mishra,M.,Acharya,T.,….Srivastava, S., International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103145,2022
3. Lightning Resilience- a global challenge, World Congress on Disaster Management Journal, 2023
4. Annual Lightning Report 2021-2022, Sep 2022
5. Annual Lightning Report 2020-2021, Dec 2021
6. Annual Lightning Report 202, August 2023
7. National Disaster Management Authority/ Col Sanjay Srivastava (2021), Technical Document – A Protocol for EarlyWarning Dissemination on lightning and thunderstorms by National Disaster Management Authority July 2021
8. National Disaster Management Authority/ Col Sanjay Srivastava (2019) Guidelines for Prevention and Management ofLightning, Thunderstorms and squall 2019 by National Disaster Management Authority , NDMA, Government of India
9. Tribal and Marginalised most victim to lightning, Srivastava,S., academia, 2019
10. Lightning Early Warning, Capacity Building and Safe Grid Management System in Jharkhand, Srivastava,S., Academia, 2015
11. More than 200 articles in newspapers and magazines
12. TV interviews and You Tube – National Resource Person to Doordarshan , has many interviews and documentaries
Awards
- Jharkhand Ratn Award
- Leadership Award by Economic Times
- Nelson Mandela Peace Academy Award of Honour
- Many other national and international accolades
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