Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Ms Niti . Mishra

Assistant Professor
Mumbai Campus
Assistant Professor, Centre for Disaster Management , Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies

Qualification

M. Phil Disaster Management, JTSDS TISS Mumbai.

Msc Disaster Management JTCDM, TISS, Mumbai

Msc Environtmental Science Mumbai Universiry

Contact

niti.mishra[at]tiss[dot]ac[dot]in

Assistant Professor
Center for Disaster Management
Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies

Malti and A.D. Jal Naoroji Campus
Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Off Tel: +91-22-25525891

Niti Mishra is an Assistant Professor with the Center for Disaster Management, JTSDS, TISS since 2019. She completed her MPhil from the Tata Institute of Social sciences, Mumbai, in 2017.

Her core expertise is extended to the fields of Disaster Risk, Disaster Governance, Risk Reduction, Disaster Recovery, Climate change; Environment and Disasters.

Recipient of an M.Sc in Disaster Management from TISS in 2007-09, and an M.Sc in Environment Science from Mumbai Univerity, Niti has more than a decade of on and off-field professional experience in streams related to disaster risk management, sustainability, and the environment.

Niti has contributed her expertise and services while working with government agencies on disaster management and risk reduction. She has also actively engaged in various capacities with the corporate organization on the EHS; a consultant organization for CSR-NGO management, and CSOs for environmental education.

Since 2013, she has helmed the role of proficient management in academic programs and teaching with the Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, TISS, at the Mumbai campus.

Post Disaster Recovery

Disaster Risk Governance and Risk Management,

Disaster Risk Reduction

Urbanisation and Disasters

Vulnerability Assessment

Disaster Resilience

Ecosystem-based DRR, and

Climate change adaptation amongst others

Mishra, N., Arvind, L.S. (2022). Reimagining DRR in Urban Transformation: Confronting the Heterogeneity of Urban and Negotiations in Transforming Urban Landscapes. In: Singh, A. (eds) International Handbook of Disaster Research. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8800-3_155-1
Jauhola, M et al. 2021. Disaster Recovery (After Catastrophes). In: Krieg C. & Toivanen R (eds.), Situating Sustainability. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-14-12

UKIERI - Study in India Programme (Virtual) Mobility grant, 2020
Study titled “Emergency Operation Center to Grievance Redressal Centre: A Scoping Study to Understand the Infrastructure and Human Resource Requirements in the Context of COVID 19” with the Latur District Disaster Management Authority in 2020-21
Research Project titled "Cost-effective Modern and Traditional Strategies for Heatwaves Prevalent in Tribal, Rural and Urban India" in 2022, funded by Global Disaster Preparedness Center, the American Red Cross
Spatial Justice for Epidemic Resilient Communities, TISS Research Council (Ongoing)
A review of Recent Orders and Notifications towards Risk Informed Planning and Programming, TISS Research Council (Ongoing)

MDM 19 – Advanced course in Disaster Recovery
MDM 20 – Built Environment, Disaster and Planning
MDM 21– Ecology, Adaptive Management and Disasters
IFRC TISS certificate course Module 6: Disaster Response and Recovery
Research Coordination (2019-22)