Insights from the Five-day National Training Programme on “Earth Observation Data Analytics for Disaster Management Focusing on Flood and Drought”

The report presents the prime discussions and insights from the five-day national training programme on “Earth Observation Data Analytics for Disaster Management Focusing on Flood and Drought” organised at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata from 10-14 July 2023. The Institute of Data Engineering, Analytics and Science Foundation-Technology Innovation Hub (IDEAS-TIH) and the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), Kolkata Chapter jointly conducted the event. The programme encompassed various disaster risk monitoring and assessment topics, including climate change impacts, extreme weather events, the role of spatial econometrics in disaster studies, and integrating socioeconomic data with Earth observation (EO) data for hydro-meteorological hazard management