As a Regional Application Development Specialist based in India, Nishanthi supports the RIMES Systems Development and Research team to develop modules under TNSMART to support the Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority, Tamil Nadu, India especially during emergencies. She also supports the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority and RIMES projects in other countries and regions to develop similar applications. She develops components for Impact based forecasting for analyzing the impact areas based on cyclones and forecasts and integration under web-based interfaces. Nishanthi also provides support as a system administrator for the Agricultural and Water management DSS. She assists in project development, monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning. Nishanthi has a Master’s degree in Computer science from the College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai.