Giriraj Amarnath
Giriraj Amarnath is a Research Group Leader: Water Risks to Development and Resilience of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). His role focuses on climate risk assessment, monitoring and early warning tools using earth observation data and modeling tools, and the development of disaster risk insurance solutions. Dr. Giriraj began his career as a remote sensing expert at the University of Bayreuth, Germany and was a disaster risk specialist for the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development at Kathmandu. He recently won the World Geospatial Excellence Award and 2020 GEO SDG Award in promoting innovative solutions in managing floods and drought using digital tools. Dr. Giriraj holds a Ph.D. in Applied remote sensing from the National Remote Sensing Centre, India, and an M.Sc. in Geoinformatics and Botany from the University of Madras.
