Dr Bal Krishan Sahay, Advisor(technical): Dr Sahay is working as Advisor (Technical) and looks after the programs and activities under earthquake management division of the BSDMA. He is a technocrat with 30 years of experience in execution of infrastructure projects (roads, buildings, and bridges), and their legal and regulatory functions.
Dr Sahay possesses a degree in Civil Engineering, Law and MBA and was awarded PhD in Project Management. He superannuated in 2020 as an officer of Bihar Engineering Service.
He has received advanced training at University of Birmingham, UK, Administrative Staff College of India, Engineering Staff College of India, National Instituteof Rural Development, NIDM and National Institute of Training of Highway Engineers. Research papers authored by him are published in Bloomsbury,International Journals and ISBN Journals of repute.
He was awarded twice by the Government of Bihar in acknowledgement of his significant contribution in 2019 and 2017 during his tenure with Bihar Rajya Pul NirmanNigam. He is also a recipient of Eminent Engineers Award of The Institution of Engineers (India). He was felicitated as Outstanding President by Rotary International, District 3250 (Bihar and Jharkhand).
Currently, Dr Sahay is a member of Indian Road Congress, Indian Building Congress, Patna Management Association, Solar Engineering Society of India and Bihar State Productivity Council. He has also served as Secretary, Eastern Region of The Indian Engineers Federation (INDEF). He has earlier held posts of the State Executive Committee Member, Joint Honorary secretary and Honorary Secretary of The Institution of Engineers (India), Bihar State Centre.
Dr. Jeevan Kumar, Sr.Advisor (Natural Disasters) is responsible for developing strategies for creating awareness about Human Induced Disasters. He is also responsible to carry out sensitization programme for various stakeholders and conducting policy studies in the area of Human Induced Disasters. He has done Ph.D. from Veer Bahadur Singh Poorvanchal University, Jaunpur and M.Sc. Degree in Environmental Sciences from DR. R.M.L. Avadh University, Faizabad, and B.Sc. from Allahabad University. He has worked with organisations like Centre for Environment Education (CEE), North, Lucknow, Bihar Inter Agency Group (BIAG), Patna, Nav Jagriti, Khagaria and Department of Environment and, Water Management, A.N. College, Patna.
Ms. Sumbul Afroz, Senior Technical Assistant (IT)-
Ms. Sumbul Afroz, maintains & re-creates BSDMA website. Well versed in Software development and handles software related issues of Authority. Participated in various training programes of Disaster Management. Also served as Software developer in IT Company. Deep acumen in developing Desktop applications, web based applications and Portals. Ms. Sumbul is a Postgraduate in Computer Application (BCA MCA), five year intregated course from IGNOU. She also holds Certificate in Asp. net from NIIT.
Shri Manoj Kumar, Technical Assistant (IT)
Shri Manoj Kumar is responsible for providing support to information Technology and other communication system which is backbone of BSDMA. He is well-versed with the Information Technology infrastructure, network configuration, data storage & database maintenance and BSDMA website content management. Previously worked with IT majors and has a rich work experience in System Administration. An ITIL V3 certified professional and has excelled in IT infrastructure and Service Management. A graduate in IT from IGNOU, New Delhi, he also holds post-graduation degree in IT from Sikkim Manipal University.
Dr Anil Kumar , Sr.Advisor(Climate &Environment), is an Civil Engineer, Environmental Expert, Climate Changethinker, a Top Level Administrator and Leader, Technical Education Expert onGood Governance, Quality, Accreditation, Future Skills and Innovation, anInstitutional Builder, a Social Activist and a Humanist.
He did his Ph. D. inEnvironment ,Master of Engineering (IIT Roorkee),M. Sc. in Disaster Mitigation,Masterof Ecology & Environment.,Bachelors in Civil Engineering (Gold Medalist).
Ex Director, Adamas University, Barasat, Kolkata – All aspects ofLifelong Learning including Environment, Education and Institutional Development
Ex State Project Administrator of SPIU, UttarPradesh for implementation TEQIP-III projects under Ministry of Education,Government of India (A World Bank funded Project on Technical Education):
Technical Education Quality, Equity, Skill development, Employability,ICT integration, Future skills, Accreditation, Innovations andEntrepreneurship, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental ManagementPlan, Green Campus Initiatives, Monographs/webinars on Environmental issues andclimatic change.
Ex Secretary & Director General – I/C andDeputy Director General of Institution of Engineers (India) (for more than 07years):
Top Level administration, Policy and strategic planning, regulatory compliance, Examination, Education, Assessment, Accreditation
Ex Deputy Director, AICTE, Government ofIndia:
National level Planning, Coordination, Monitoring and Management of Technical Education, Quality Assurance and accreditation, Design of courses for Environmental Engineering/Water Resource Engineering at Bachelor and Master level
Ex Superintending Engineer/Sr Divisional Engineer, Executive Engineer, Assistant Engineer(more than 26 years):
Project planning and management, construction and maintenance, Environmental Management and Regulatory Compliance, Training and awareness), EIA and EMP, EMS/ISO14001,environmental studies of Water Resource projects, Water Conservation etc.
Shri Ashok Kumar Sharma, Senior Advisor (HumanInduced Disaster) is responsible for organizing training & capacitybuilding program on disaster risk reduction and management for JEEViKA Didi’s, PanchayatiRaj Institutes (PRIs), Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), Teachers and Students underthe Mukhya Mantri School Safety Programme (MSSP) as workshop/seminar on variousareas of disaster management. He holds a Master degree in Geo-Informatics fromSikkim University and Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management from IGNOU. Earlier,he worked as a District Disaster Management Officer in Ranchi (UNDP & Govt.of Jharkhand), Consultant in National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministryof Home Affairs, Govt. of India and Technical Assistant in Disaster ManagementCell, Sikkim. He has more than 20 years of progressive professional experiencein Disaster Risk Reduction, Remote Sensing & GIS sector. He has publishedmany research papers in others related to disaster management.