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National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad

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Dr T Srinivasa Kumar is currently the Director of INCOIS where he has been responsible for implementing several important projects including the Potential Fishing Zone Advisories, Multi-Hazard Vulnerability Mapping, Coral Reef Bleaching Alert System, satellite coastal and oceanographic research, amongst other responsibilities. He has made impactful contributions to the field of operational oceanography and coastal multi-hazard early warning systems. Post the 2004 tsunami, he coordinated the successful establishment of the Indian Tsunami Early Warning System, as a multi-institutional project. The tsunami early warning centre, based at INCOIS is identified as one of the Tsunami Service Providers under the IOTWMS framework of the IOC of UNESCO. Between October 2016 to August 2020, he worked with the IOC-UNESCO as Head of the IOTWMS Secretariat in Perth, Australia. During this time, he was instrumental in strengthening the regional Tsunami Early Warning System in active collaboration with 28 Member States, global harmonisation of tsunami watch operations and implementation of the Tsunami Ready Community Recognition Programme. He is also the Vice Chair of the IOC for Region IV, Co-chair of the IOC - WMO Joint Collaborative Board and Chair of the Ocean Decade Tsunami Programme Scientific Committee.