Dr Ranit Chatterjee is an architect turned disaster management professional with a doctoral degree in environmental management from Kyoto University, Japan. Having a work experience of over 10 years, he has been involved in various projects spanning from architectural planning & conservation to disaster risk reduction in countries across Asia such as India, Japan, Nepal, Laos, and so on. He has worked with UN organizations, national and local governments, the private sector, academia in the past. Ranit has Co-founded RIKA India, a research-based startup to undertake research to bring evidence on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. In addition, he is one of the founding members of UINSPIRE Alliance, a network of young professionals to further science, engineering, technology and innovation in the Asia Pacific region.