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Dr. Sujit Kumar Mohanty
Chief of Intergovernmental Processes, Interagency Cooperation and Partnerships Branch
Mr. Sujit Mohanty has over 22 years of experience in DRR, humanitarian coordination, development and climate change. Before assuming his position as Chief of Intergovernmental Processes, Interagency Cooperation and Partnerships Branch in UNDRR in July 2023, he served as Chief of UNDRR Regional Office for Arab States since 2017. Prior to this, he was the UNDRR Regional Platform Coordinator for Asia-Pacific region since 2011. He also worked for five years at UNDRR in Geneva where he co-authored the Global Assessment Report 2011 and led the design and implementation of ‘Hyogo Framework for Action Monitor’. Prior to that, Mohanty worked with UNOCHA in Sri Lanka as Chief Technical Advisor and with UNDP in India as Risk Information Systems Manager. Mohanty holds a PhD in Media and Governance and a dual master’s degrees in business administration and computer Science.
