India, Sept. 18 -- Mahesh Sharma, the deputy director of Himachal Pradesh University's (HPU) Himalayan Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience, has been nominated by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), ministry of home affairs, as an expert for the proposed post-disaster needs assessment (PDNA) in Uttarakhand.

The assessment will be conducted from September 22 to 30, an official release said in Shimla.

The NDMA's proposed expert committee comprises specialists from leading national institutions, such as the CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), and the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee).

The committee's mandate is to scientifical...