Muralee Thummarukudy

Muralee Thummarukudy
Chief Disaster Risk Reduction at United Nations Environment Programme
Assumed office
September 2009
Personal details
Born (1964-08-10) 10 August 1964
Vengola, Ernakulam
Citizenship Indian
Children Siddharth Muralee Nair
Mother Kamalakshi Amma
Father Raman Nair
Residence Geneva
Education PhD in Engineering
Alma mater

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,

Mar Athanasius College of Engineering
Occupation Disaster Management Expert
Profession Engineer
Committees Member, Emergency Preparedness & Response, IAEA Safety Standards Committee and Member, Advisory Committee, Center for Natural Resources and Development of Technical University of Cologne
Website Official Website, Website, Blog

Muralee Thummarukudy (born August 10, 1964) is the Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction in the UN Environment Programme. As an internationally renowned expert on disaster response, Muralee has been involved in post-disaster response and follow-up of almost all major disasters of the twenty-first century, including the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Cyclone Nargis (Myanmar, 2008), Sichuan Earthquake (China, 2008), Haiti Earthquake (2010),[1] Tohoku tsunami (2011) and floods in Thailand (2011). He has completed Assignments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza Strip, Liberia, Sudan and Rwanda dealing with the environmental impacts of conflicts. Also deployed to China, Japan, Myanmar, Ukraine, Haiti, and Thailand to deal with Disasters. He is a native of Vengola near Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district.

Prior to joining the United Nations, Muralee was an Environmental Advisor to oil companies in the shell group in South East Asia and Middle-East. He responded to numerous oil spills and oil well fires during this period. He obtained his B.Tech degree from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam in Kerala in 1986. He obtained his M.Tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1988. He received his Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1993. He has published several books and writes columns in leading Malayalam dailies occasionally.

Books

References

  1. ↑ MURALEE THUMMARUKUDY (2010). Haiti Mission Report (PDF). UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME.
  2. ↑ "What’s inside – Malayalam books". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  3. ↑ "Veendum Chila Naattukaryangal @ INDULEKHA | Kerala`s No.1 Online Bookstore". www.indulekha.com. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
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