Management of Flood and Related Disasters

Er. Devendra Sahai is a qualified engineer and a management expert. After getting initial training in industrial management in London, he worked in India at the Indian Explosives Limited in different capacities. Er. Sahai is an excellent orator and a social activist engaged in voluntary and social work related to population education, global warming reduction, tree plantation and sustainable development. He has established Delhi Environmental Education Project (DEEP) and Diverse Ecological Enhancement Programme (DEEP) with a view to introducing eco-education in selected schools of Delhi, NCR and Uttarakhand.Er. Sahai has organised many national and international programmes. He has been facilitated by many organisations.

Madan Lal Dewan (Ph.D., Cornell, 1948), a soil scientist and watershed management expert by profession and a veteran Rotarian, has a distinguished career as an international Civil Servant with Food and Agricultural Organization.A very dedicated social worker, he has been working with and for the people of Uttarakhand and the Himalayas for the last 25 years. Dr. Dewan has done significant work at policy level. He was the Visiting Professor and Coordinator of Himalayan Eco System Programme with Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi and member of The National Land Use and Conservation Board of Government of India, 1984-87. He is the founder of HIMCON. He has given lead to Action Program by students, volunteers, farmers and farm women for tree planting, water harvesting & watershed management program. He has established a centre in Himalayas. People’s Participation and Rejuvenation of Himalayas Environment, Uttaranchal Vision and Action Program  and 15 other books are amongst his published works. He has co-authored with Prof. M.R. Chilana a book “Human Value: A Task for All”. He is President of Mountain India People Forum (MIPF) and also President of Global Warming Reduction Centre (GWRC).