Gopalakrishna Bhat

Team Leader
, Kolkata Flood Forecasting and Early Warning System Project, Taru Leading Edge
Profile / Bio: 

Gopalakrishna Bhat is a hydrogeologist. He started his career as a geologist in Ladakh Projects of Geological Survey of India. For over three decades, he has worked on diverse issues including risk assessment, urban climate change resilience, and traditional water technologies such as Qanats & Surangams. His interests include increasing resource autonomy through community-managed water-energy-biomass systems in transforming environments. He was a consultant for developing Gujarat hazard risk and Vulnerability Atlas. He was the Chairman of TARU Leading Edge Pvt Ltd, which focused on bridging the science-institutions-society interface to reduce mainstream resilience-building across scales, sectors, and stakeholders.

Materials

Title Date Learning Materials Topic
Climate and Disaster Resilience at the City Level: Kolkata Early Warning System 18 November 2021 Slides Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Urban Development