An interview with the Father of Landslide Hazards (India) : Dr RK Bhandari

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong district,
Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya

Good news in the New Year (2016) : Funding opportunities from MOEF and a technical document on Landslides by INAE

1. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) have recently announced guidelines for the National Mission on Himalayan Studies(NMHS) Grant Facilities and have called for Research Proposals for 2015-16.
Last date for submission of proposals is 20Jan2016.
For details see here
2. The INAE has after two round table meetings on Landslide Risk Reduction, published their recommendations

For more information see here

Praful Rao
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling

Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Round Table meeting on 'Landslide Risk Reduction' : 04Nov2015

As is known, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), is the apex body for Engineering in the country.
Its Forum on Engineering Interventions for Disaster Mitigation is holding a one day Round Table 2 discussion on Landslide Risk Reduction on 04Nov2015.
The main thrust of the meeting will be on

•  Large scale Landslide Hazard mapping for anticipation of landslide hazards and their mitigation, and 
•  Science, Engineering and Innovation in Landslide Investigation, studies and management.

Venue : Central Road Research Institute(CRRI), New Delhi (near Okhla on the Delhi-Mathura highway.)

You can download the Abridged Recommendations (ii) Recommendations and (iii) The Backgrounder and the Basis Paper of the meeting here

Praful Rao,
Kalimpong,
Dist Darjeeling