Sushil Gupta's Profile

Risk Management Solutions India (RMSI)

General Manager, Risk Modeling and Insurance

+91-9818798715

Disaster Risks Management, Catastrophic Risk Modeling, Aseismic Design of Critical facilities, Risk Governance, Engineering Seismology, Urban Risk Assessment, Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction

Global Earthquake Model, Climate Change Impact, GIS, Insurance, Global Assessment Report,

Short Bio of Sushil Gupta, General Manager, Risk Modeling and Insurance, RMSI Private Limited, India, Email: sushil.gupta@rmsi.com Mr. Gupta has about 20 years of experience in the field of catastrophic risk modeling, engineering seismology, and disaster risk management. His areas of expertise include disaster risks assessment for natural and man-made hazards; historical and instrumental seismicity, earthquake catalogs, seismic monitoring and data analyses, tectonics, site-selection for nuclear power plant (NPP) sites, strong motion seismic instrumentation and data analysis, seismic alarms, early warning systems, development of earthquake design basis ground motion parameters: strong motion attenuation studies, deterministic seismic hazard analysis (DSHA), Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA), site-specific design ground response spectra, earthquake simulation, spectral compatible time histories for NPPs; seismic shake table testing, and seismic re-evaluation of older generation NPPs. He has authored over 45 research publications and has three Research Awards and one Research Reward to his credit. Recently, his study on disaster risk assessment for all the countries (37 countries) in the Central Asia and Caucasus (8 country), ASEAN (10), South Asia (8), and South Eastern Europe (11 country) have been published by the World Bank and UNISDR. He was deeply involved in preparing the State Disaster Management Plan (SDMP) of the Rajasthan (largest State) and Haryana State of India and Yemen National Probabilistic Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment studies. Currently, he is also involved in Fire Risk and Hazard analysis of all the states in India for revamping the Fire Service (101, First Responder) in the country. Mr. Gupta has also been extensively involved in practical engineering applications such as emergency operating procedures (EOPs) for NPPs and the seismic re-evaluation of existing NPPs in India. He has several advanced certifications such as advanced studies in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR): Vulnerabilities and capacities in the context of climate change from EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland. He has been associated with different professional bodies such as the Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET), the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), New Delhi, India, Seismological Society of America, and Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), USA. Education • M. Tech. (Applied Geophysics with specialization in Engineering Seismology) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India • M. B. A. (with specialization in Insurance Management) • Certificate of advance studies in disaster risk reduction: Vulnerabilities and capacities in the context of climate change from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. • Specialized Risk Management Courses on: “Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction; Safer Cities; Damage and Reconstruction Need Assessment; Financial Strategies for Managing the Economic Impact of Disasters” from World Bank Institute (WBI) and National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi, India. • Advance Course on “Seismology & Mitigation of Seismic Disasters” from Asian Seismological Commission (ASC)”. • Advance Course on “Earthquake Engineering of Nuclear facilities: Uncertainty in Seismic Hazard Assessment” sponsored by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy • Advance Course on “Seismic Design of Nuclear Facilities” from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India A few Projects • Central Asia and Caucasus Disaster Risk Management Initiatives (CACDRMI): Synthesis Report on Central Asia and Caucasus Countries Disaster Risk Management • Asian Disaster Risk Management Initiatives (ASEAN DRMI): Synthesis Report on Ten ASEAN Countries Disaster Risks Assessment • South Asia Disaster Risk Management Programme: Synthesis Report on SAR Countries Disaster Risks • Hayward and Northridge Fault Scenarios Analyses (for economic losses; functionality of schools, hospitals, and highway bridges; structural damage; displaced households; casualty, and short-term shelter requirements) using HAZUS-MH • Development of Vrancea Earthquake Scenario model for Romania • Romania Integrated Disaster Risk Management Study • South Eastern Europe Disaster Risk Mitigation and Adaptation Initiatives (SEEDRMI): Risk Assessment for South Eastern Europe • Yemen, National Probabilistic Risk Assessment for natural Hazards • Yemen, Sana’a Natural Disaster Risk Evaluation and Urban Planning • Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs) to the level of SSE and OBE for the NPP Stations • Site-Selection of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Sites in India • Seismotectonics Reappraisal of existing Indian NPP sites for Expansion • Seismic Re-evaluation of Older Generation NPP sites in India • Earthquake Monitoring Networks at NPP sites in India