Mihir R. Bhatt works on reducing risk related action and learning with All India Disaster Mitigation Institute since 1995. He publishes network papers and newsletters: Experience Learning Series on Learning and Risk Mitigation; Southasiadisasters.net; Afat Nivaran (Gujarati Newsletter) and Vipada Nivaran (Hindi Newsletter). He has published widely on isues of vulnerability and disasters, and has been part of many evaluations of disaster response. He is Senior Fellow of Harvard Humanitarian Initiative since 2007 and is a member of the panel that selects the Humanitarian Coordinators for the UN. He is available on e-mailĀ mihir@aidmi.org