Ms Saumya Kumar | Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Ms Saumya Kumar

Assistant Professor
Mumbai Campus, Centre for Disasters and Development, Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies

Qualification

BBA, LLB (Hons), LLM, NET

Contact

saumya.kumar [at]tiss[dot]edu

Saumya Kumar
Assistant Professor
IFRC-TISS Programme in Disaster Management
Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies

Malti and A.D. Jal Naoroji Campus
Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Off Tel: +91-22-25525896
Mobile: +91 8433823357 | 9784716030
Email: saumya.kumar@tiss.edu

Saumya Kumar works as Assistant Professor for the IFRC-TISS Programme in Disaster Management. She is responsible for teaching multiple courses for the online programme for humanitarian professionals from across the world and the programme's coordination and management. Besides the online courses, she teaches Transboundary Governance, Peace and Conflict Studies courses for the MA/MSc—programme in Disaster Management.

Saumya is a Fellow of the Commonwealth Futures Climate Research, awarded by the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

Her area of interest is - Disaster Governance, Disaster Recovery, Comparative Law, International Law, Peace and Conflict Studies. Her PhD is comparative research on disaster recovery policies in South Asia.

Saumya has graduated from NLU-Jodhpur and is a postgraduate from NUJS, Kolkata specializing in International and Comparative Law. She is pursuing her PhD at TISS on Climate Change Litigation in India.

Disaster Governance, Disaster Recovery, Comparative Law, International Law, Theories of Justice, Peace and Conflict Studies

Kumar, S. (2023). Accountability in Disaster Governance. In: Singh, A. (eds) International Handbook of Disaster Research. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8800-3_2-1

Comparison of Benedict Anderson and Partha Chatterjee’s work on Nationalism, Understanding, Nationalism and Patriotism in the Contemporary World, Centre for Human Rights and SubalternStudies, NLU-Delhi, Delhi (June 2020)

Shifting Lands, Flowing Waters: Transboundary Cooperation for Water in South Asia, National Institute of Disaster Management, Delhi (September 2021)

Kerala Floods, 2018 study on Emergency Supply Chain Logistics in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, Research Report with Dr. Janki Andharia and Dr. Ramesh V (January 2019)

Ex-Gratia Response to Disasters by the Indian Government, Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Vol 61, No 4 (2019) 325

Drought Relief Petition – No relief for Disaster Management, MNLU Mumbai Law Review, 1, 2 January, MMLR, 2018, 73

Challenges in Humanitarian Response to Conflict, JTSDS, and ICRC, Report, ISSN: 0974-3669 (2017)

Children in Difficult Circumstances, Academy of Gandhian Studies, Report (November 2016)

Knowledge partner with Uttar Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change with Prof. Jacquleen Joseph and Dr. Nirmalya Choudhury (October 2023 - ongoing)

Analyzing Indian flagship development schemes to understand their impact on 'at-risk population' and to propose avenues for Disaster Risk Reduction initiatives, UNICEF and SPHERE India, Research Project with Dr. Janki Andharia, (June 2019)

Kerala Floods, 2018-A study on Emergency Supply Chain Logistics in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, with Dr. Janki Andharia and Dr. Ramesh V (January 2019)

Puttingal Temple Fire: Review and Facilitation of Legal Recovery Process, Tata Trust

MA/MSc in DM

Policy, Institutions & Governance
Transboundary Governance & Humanitarian Action
Introduction to Conflict
Peace, Conflict, and Humanitarian Crisis

CBCS Course

Ethics of Interventions in Disaster Management

IFRC-TISS Programme

Humanitarian Principles, Laws, and Standards in Disaster Management
Introduction to Hazard Vulnerability and Disasters
Disaster Risk Reduction and Development Planning
Disaster Response and Recovery