“Prof. N. Vinod Chandra Menon is a well-known and respected disaster management and climate resilience expert with over 38 years of experience in policy, training, and institutional leadership. An alumnus of Kerala University and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Prof. Menon was one of the Prime Minister-nominated Founder Members of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Trained at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, and the Royal Military College of Sciences, Cranfield University, UK, Prof. Menon is currently advisor to many national and international organisations, including the Africa International Policy Research Centre (AIPRC), Terrablu Climate Technologies Pvt. Ltd, and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. He has worked as Professor (Disaster Management) at YASHADA, Pune, in charge of emergency preparedness and response in the UNICEF India Country Office in New Delhi, and co-edited eight books, published scores of articles, including chapters in books and articles in reputed journals. ”