Dr. Rishiraj Dutta is a Disaster Risk Reduction Practitioner and Researcher working towards strengthening adaptive capacity to climate change and providing practical insights for integrating climate perspectives to community-based adaptation.
With over twelve years of experience, Dr. Dutta has been working in the field of climate change, climate risk management and early warning systems in the South, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. He holds a doctorate degree in Applied Geoinformation and Earth Observation, a master’s degree in Geoinformatics and a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture. He is a subject matter expert on drought and drought risk management.