Sanjay K. Srivastava is presently Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction at UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). He was ESCAP Regional Adviser on Disaster Risk Reduction from October 2009 to June 2014; Head of SAAARC Disaster Management Centre – New Delhi from 2007-2008; Deputy Project Director of Disaster Management Support Programme at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO); and Scientist/Engineer at ISRO HQ Bangalore since 1991. He is a recipient of ISRO’s team excellence award in 2008-2009 for his contributions towards harnessing space technology applications for the benefits of rural poor. He has more than 150 publications on disaster risk reduction, including research papers in peer reviewed international journals and intergovernmental reports and books. Sanjay has been a lead author of ESCAP’s flagship publication – Asia-Pacific Disaster Report since its inception in 2010.