A.R. Subbiah
Director
and Team Leader
Subbiah is an expert in institutional analysis
and development; impact, need, and capacity
assessments; contingency and resource management
planning; climate forecast applications in
climate-sensitive sectors; and integration
of climate forecast application in development
processes. As Director, he provides strategic
direction, technical guidance in program/project
development, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation, and overall team management. As
Team Leader, Climate Forecast Applications,
he guides the Governments of Bangladesh, India,
Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam in
developing institutional mechanisms and capacities
for the generation, interpretation, translation
and communication of climate and flood forecasts,
with lead times of 5-10 days, 20-25 days,
and 1 month and beyond, for local application
by farmers and disaster managers for disaster
mitigation. He also facilitates regional cooperation
on tsunami early warning and the development
of the regional program on end-to-end multi-hazard
early warning system in the Indian Ocean and
Southeast Asia.
Subbiah has more than 20 years experience
in assisting countries in developing multi-institutional
and multi-disciplinary mechanisms to manage
climate-related hazards. Before joining ADPC
in 2003, Subbiah served the Government of
India as Director, Ministry of Home Affairs
from 2001-2002, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry
of Rural Development and Environment from
1993-2001, and Under Secretary, Ministry of
Agriculture from 1982-1992. He was actively
involved in policy formulation and implementation
of natural disaster preparedness, response,
rehabilitation and reconstruction projects,
and in the preparation and implementation
of contingency crop plans to manage climate
variability-associated risks on agriculture.
He had also worked in drought mitigation and
prevention of desertification in the Sahel
Region, Africa. Subbiah holds a Masters degree
in Agricultural Entomology from Madurai University,
India. He is trained in Climate Risk Management
(East-West Center, USA), Disaster Risk Management
(Sweden), and Disaster Management (ADPC, Bangkok).
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