Dr. Abhay Kumar Shrivastava is presently Associate Professor and Head, Faculty of Disaster Management, Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurgaon , Haryana. He was trained in the field of Disaster Management from Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) Okinawa, Japan. He was the Member of subcommittee of Model State Disaster Management Act of High Power Committee for National Disaster Management Plan of India. He has written several research peppers in field of Disaster Management and social problems etc. in reputed journals. He has worked as Project Disaster of several prestigious research projects conducted at Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurgaon, Haryana. He is a regular guest Faculty of IIPA, NIHFW, Institute of Fire Management, Airport Authority of India, New Delhi, Punjab Institute of Health and Family welfare, Govt. of Punjab. He has been the life member of Indian Social Science Association and is the author of “International Encyclopedia of World Nations and nationalities “in 10 Vols.