Our People

RIMES Council

Dr. M. Ravichandran
Chairman of RIMES Council

RIMES Secretariat

Ali Shareef
Focal point for RIMES Secretariat

Director - Program Unit

A.R. Subbiah
Director, RIMES Program Unit

Advisor

Peter Ambenje
Advisor for RIMES' Africa Program
Dr. Indrajit Pal
Advisor, Disaster Risk Reduction and Governance

Weather, Water and Climate

Govindarajalu Srinivasan, PhD
Chief Scientist – Climate Applications
Anshul Agarwal, PhD
Senior Hydrologist
Mitesh Vishwas Sawant, MEng
Project Officer
Raihanul Haque Khan
Hydrological Modeler
Upeakshika Bandara, MEng
Hydrologist

Earthquake, Tsunami and Ocean

J Elaine Layug Naparat, MEng
Technical Specialist – Remote Sensing, GIS and Topographic Survey, and Acting Team Leader – Earthquake and Tsunami Unit
Ruel Francisco Puno
Monitoring System Specialist
Clint Lagang
Systems Administrator

Systems Research & Development

Itesh Dash, DEngg
Team Leader – Systems Research and Development
Jie Qiu, MSc
Applications Development Specialist
Niraj Shakya, MSc
Applications Development Specialist
Keerati Lakhamma
Data Analyst
Prakash Palanisamy
Android Application Developer
Ragkana Phooseekhiwe
Data Analyst and Application Developer
Sanim Raj Shakya, MSc
Hybrid Mobile App Developer

Risk Knowledge Generation and Application

Carlyne Yu, MSc
Team Leader - Risk Knowledge Applications
Jothiganesh Shanmugasundaram, PhD
Team Leader - Climate Application

Institutional Development

Ruby Rose Policarpio
Team Leader - Institution Development Division

Program Management and Support

Lolita S. Bildan, MEng
Chief of Program Management
Dusadee Moya, MA
Human Resource and Administration Manager
Sujinda Rungrungaroon
Finance and Administration Associate