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MANUAL FOR RESTORATION AND RETROFITTING OF BUILDING IN UTTARAKHAND AND HIMACHAL PRADESH
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  The Principle Team Members are as follows
 
Rajendra Desai: Managing Trustee and Hon. Jt. Director, Structural Engineer-
With Master’s degree in Structural Engineering (1972) from Rutgers University, NJ – USA, 20 years of diversified experience in Technology Development, Technology Transfer, Structural Design, Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation, Repair & Seismic Retrofitting of Masonry Structures, Assessment and Improvements of Vernacular Building Systems, and Site Development in India, and 13 years of Diversified Civil Engineering Experience in the USA.
 
   
 
Rupal Desai: Hon Jt. Director, Architect-
With Master’s degree in Architecture (1975) from Pratt Institute, New York, 20 years of diversified experience in technology development & transfer, passive and cost effective architecture, community based disaster rehabilitation, development of communication media for disaster mitigation, capacity building and confidence building in India, and 12 years of diversified architecture experience in the USA.
 
   
 
Alka Palrecha Rawal
Ms. Alka Palrecha Rawal is a development practitioner working in India since 1992. She has done Masters in Landscape Architecture from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, India. She is  working with the rural communities for community  based management of natural resources and specifically on the issues of water management. She is intensely involved in issues of coastal zone management and wastewater management since last decade. Her interest lies in bringing together stakeholders like Government, academia and communities for dialogue and action.
 
   
 
Shri Bhanuprasad Mistry

Shri Bhanuprasad Mistry, a Civil engineer by education, has been working first as barefoot engineer at grassroots and later as a community organizer since 1978. He has multi-faceted experience of working with a variety of organizations, especially NGOs. As a result he has excellent linkages with NGOs working on development issues and disaster preparednesss in Gujarat and elsewhere. He has worked with welknown organizations in senior positions in field as well as office. He was an active member of Disaster Preparedness Response Group, a forum for learning and sharing on the issue of disaster preparedness between years 2005 and 2008. He has contributed articles in local news papers on experience of working for disasters and lessons learnt .At present he is working with Cohesion Foundation as a senior programme officer.

 
   
 
Dinkar Dave: Advisor- Social Scientist
With Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture and more than 30 years of experience as a community organizer, social worker and an activist with focus on a variety of developmental issues including Housing, Water, Sanitation, Energy, Livelihood, and Disaster.
 
   
 
Harshad Talpada: Civil Engineer
Management and execution of construction projects of a variety of structures ranging from low cost houses to rural infrastructure buildings to high-rise urban structures, on-site production of materials and building components, management of remote sites, and training of masons.
 
   
 
Kiran Shintre: Office Administrator
With a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (1972) from Gujarat University, 26 years of experience in Office Administration and Personnel Management with a Government of Gujarat undertaking, and 4 years of experience in project administration and logistics planning and support for Disaster Preparedness Program.
 
   
   
 

With a core team of ten professionals, the organization has a large number of suitably experienced freelance professionals available on demand.

   
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