About the Event

“Natural-hazard symposium for Indian Himalayas 2024" from October 8 to October 10, 2024 aims to create awareness of multiple perspectives and research domains in the Indian Himalayan region regarding natural hazards. It is young and tectonically active, prone to multi-hazard like floods, landslides, earthquakes among others and suffers great loss of life and property every year. Natural hazard frequency has risen in recent decades in IHR, resulting in massive socio-economic losses. At the symposium, we will discuss the current research findings in the domain of Natural hazards and disasters in the Indian Himalayan region. It will provide a platform where we will get to hear voices from all the domains involved in natural hazards i.e. practitioners, scientists and the younger generation entering this field. Sessions are designed to highlight that there is a need for wider collaboration to create relevant policies. The motive is to create a dialogue among various practitioners and researchers active in the Himalayan region. These discussions will provide guidelines for future research of natural hazards and disaster domain in the Indian Himalayas. NSIH 2024 also focuses on developing new skills for early career researchers through hands-on training which will bring a fresh perspective in the research domain hence advancing science-communication.

NSIH 2024 aims to create awareness of multiple perspectives and research across domains in the Indian Himalayan region regarding hydro-climatic natural hazards.