Sekhar Kurioakose and Team
Sekhar Kuriakose is the Chief Resilience Officer of Kerala, leading the Kerala State Climate Change Adaptation Mission and serving as Member Secretary of the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority. He has played a key role in building disaster management institutions in Kerala, including developing early warning systems and establishing emergency operations centers. With expertise in climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction, he also contributes to global research initiatives and knowledge exchange as a Visiting Scientist at the University of Twente.
Sekhar will be joined in this workshop by Amrutha K at Hazard Analyst (Environment) and Ar. Arya Narendran, Architect at Kerala SDMA.
The Salata Institute
The Salata Institute supports interdisciplinary research that leads to real-world action, including high-risk/high-reward projects by researchers already working in the climate area and new endeavors that make it easier for Harvard scholars, who have not worked on climate problems, to do so. Faculty interested in the Climate Research Clusters program should note an upcoming deadline for concepts on April 1, 2024.