Volume - V, 2017
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3rd International Conference on the Status & Future of the World's Large Rivers, 18 - 21 April 2017, New Delhi
RMSI recently exhibited at the 3rd International Conference on the Status & Future of the World's Large Rivers, 18 - 21 April 2017, New Delhi. RMSI has nearly two decades of experience in providing consulting services for water resource planning & has modelled some of the largest river basins in the world.
Dr. Murari. Lal, Technical Specialist, RMSI Pvt Ltd was invited to chair the session on “Human Uses, Conflicting Demands and Stresses in regard to Hydrology, Hydraulics & Water Quality” in this conference. The session included six presentations titled: (1) Impacts of changing landscapes on water quality in Chindwin River, (2) Role of mobile phone application in water quality monitoring system, (3) Assessment of bank filtration in Patna to improve water quality, (4) Survival and genome persistence of rotavirus from River Jhelum, Kashmir, (5) Monitoring the water quality of rivers using remote sensing and (6) Stable isotope schematics of Ganga River and its tributaries. Several participants showed interest in these presentations and sought additional clarifications / details of the studies undertaken by the expert presenters and their potential possibilities of replications to other sites.
RMSI also exhibited at the conference showcasing its vast project experience in developing forecasting and mitigation strategies of disasters and flood / drought risks. Several international as well as national participants at the conference visited the booth, discussing RMSI’s proprietary modeling approaches and tools, which have been developed and applied for management of floods and droughts around the world.
14th Insurance & Reinsurance Carthage Meeting, 26 - 28 March 2017, Tunis
Pushpendra Johari, Vice President, Risk & Insurance, presenting at the 14th Insurance & Reinsurance Carthage Meeting, Tunis. Co-organized by the Tunisian federation of insurance companies (FTUSA) and the General Arab Insurance Federation (GAIF), the theme of the meeting was "The role of the insurance sector in the coverage of the risks of natural disasters and climate change".
Mr. Johari spoke as an expert on Nat Cat (Natural Catastrophic) modeling & climate change. About 500 professionals from the insurance industry participated in this meeting.
FICCI 10th India Climate Policy and Business Conclave, 23 - 24 March 2017, New Delhi
Dr. Murari Lal, climate change leader at RMSI as part of the panel at the FICCI 10th India climate policy & business conclave
FICCI recently organized the 10th India Climate Policy and Business Enclave in Park Hotel, New Delhi, Dr. Murari Lal, senior Climate Change expert at RMSI Pvt Ltd. was invited to be one of the panelists at the conclave. Dr. Lal spoke about RMSI’s engagements in developing technologies / products to help build climate resilience in vulnerable communities in South and South-East Asia, Africa and Pacific Island Countries while implementing Disaster Risks Vulnerability Assessment and Climate Change Adaptation related projects funded by WB, ADB, UNDP and other donor agencies.
The deliberations in this session touched upon potential business and innovation opportunities arising from climate risks, financing mechanisms, risk mitigation strategies, and technological interventions that are needed to scale up action on adaptation with special reference to developing countries. This session highlighted innovative policies, schemes, projects / programmes implemented by different states in India on climate change adaptation which could be replicated in other states. The deliberations also focused on enhanced private sector engagement in climate change adaptation interventions.
2017 GARI (Global Adaptation & Resilience Investment Working Group) Kick off Meeting, 31st January 2017, New York
Dr. Murari Lal, senior Climate Change Expert at RMSI was invited to the Kick off Meeting
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change) estimates that climate adaptation will require up to $100 billion per year in developing countries alone by 2050, but less than 20% of public climate finance is focused on this area, and a fraction involves the private sector. The main barriers are uncertainty, complexity and lack of investible opportunities.
Realizing the fact that both public climate finance and private investment in adaptation is limited to-date, GARI (Global Adaptation & Resilience Investment Working Group) was launched at COP21 (Paris) in conjunction with the UN Secretary General's A2R Climate Resilience Initiative.
GARI was conceived to catalyze such investments to help the affected communities to adapt to the inevitable climate change. GARI held its first meeting in January 2016, and has engaged over 150 private investors and other stakeholders over the course of five meetings in 2016.
Dr. Murari Lal, senior Climate Change Expert at RMSI was invited to participate at the 2017 GARI Kick off Meeting on 31st January 2017 at New York. The Kick Off meeting received participation of about 40 climate change thought leaders and investment industry representatives from across the world. Dr. Murari Lal has more than three decades of professional and research experience in global and regional climate models. He has made scientific and technical contributions to IPCC since 1992 to 2007. He was also the founding member of the IPCC's Task Group on Climate Impact Assessment (TGCIA) during 1996- 2003. In addition, he has made scientific contributions to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize, 2007 to IPCC; and has a strong publication record in National and International Scientific Journals.
Expert in Focus
Pratul Srivastava
Hydrologist
Pratul has completed his Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering (specialization in Water Resources Engineering) from S.G.S. Institute of Technology and Science, Indore, Madhya Pradesh and has almost 17 years of experience in water resource management, flood risk modeling, natural disaster risk management, NatCat modeling and also in software design for flood and other hazards and development. He also provided solutions for Flood Risk Assessment for the Ganges Basin in South Asia project funded by World bank.
Awards - Pratul has received Madhya Pradesh Young Scientist Award in the Year 1998 for his outstanding research work in the field of water resources engineering from Madhya Pradesh council of Science and Technology, Bhopal.
Key Projects - At RMSI, Pratul is leading the RMSI product development team that develops Open source GIS based products for insurance, reinsurance, underwriting and claims processing.
Work Experience: India, Yemen, Morocco, USA, Bermuda, Singapore, Niger and PNG.
Recent Wins
Climate Change Scenario Modeling and Risk Assessment, Lesotho
Multi-Hazard Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (HRVA) for the Cities - Shillong (Meghalaya), and Cuttack (Odisha)
Current Development Projects
Development of an Electronic Database & Information Management System, Uganda
Development and Launch of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Open Data Portal
Events
14th Insurance & Reinsurance Carthage Meeting, 26 - 28 March 2017, Tunis
FICCI 10th India Climate Policy and Policy Business Conclave, 23 - 24 March 2017, New Delhi
Expert in Focus
Pratul Srivastava
Hydrologist
