ETCH
Conferences
Healing Through Connection: Working with Children During Conflict in Manipur
Location and format : Virtual (Zoom) Workshop & Panel
Co-Organizers / Partners : ETCH, Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA), RWUS, RAS
Theme and focus : Psychosocial interventions for displaced children and conflict-affected communities.
Key people : Nitesh Lohan, Dr. Evelyn, Shem Raomai, Mary Beth Sanate, Mangminsang Haokip
Funders : Royal Academy of Engineering
05 / 12 / 2025
WEBINAR: Development of a Proof-of-Concept of a Digital Public Infrastructure for Energy Systems
Location and format : Virtual (Zoom) Global Webinar
Co-Organizers / Partners : ETCH, Univ. of Aberdeen, Rural Inclusion Labs, UFBA, Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal
Theme and focus : Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and citizen science for clean energy access.
Key people : Dr. Sneha Krishnan, Nitesh Lohan, Dr. Binod Bhattarai, Dr. Claudia Loggia, Jack Farren, Patricia Brito
Funders : Royal Academy of Engineering (Frontiers Programme)
09 / 10 /2025
RESCUE: Recovery for Equitable Support in Climate Undermined Environments
Location and format : New Delhi, India (Hybrid) Workshop
Co-Organizers / Partners : ETCH, Cardiff Univ., Univ. of Waikato, The George Institute, TU Delft, Coventry Univ.
Theme and focus : Equitable disaster recovery, maternal health, and infrastructure resilience.
Key people : Dr. Sneha Krishnan, Nitesh Lohan, Evelyn, Sharanraj, Deepshikha, Andrew Powell, Viviana Novelli, Megan Boston, Chris Mary Kurian
Funders : --
08 / 09 / 2025
Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements Online Course Launch (Module 3)
Location and format : Online / training module
Co-Organizers / Partners : ETCH, InterAction, USAID
Theme and focus : Integrating nature with shelter projects; ecological needs in humanitarian programming.
Key people : --
Funders : USAID / InterAction
21 / 08 / 2024
Gendered Perspectives on Urban Liveability: Gaps and Opportunities
Location and format : Virtual (Zoom) / Seminar and Workshop
Co-Organizers / Partners : ETCH, MANIT University
Theme and focus : Urban liveability, gender-inclusive tourism, safety parameters, and mental health in conflict.
Key people : Dr. Sneha Krishnan, Dr. Surabhi Mehrotra
Funders : Urban Studies Foundation
15 / 07 / 2024
Calibrating Urban Livability in the Global South Conference
Location and format : MANIT, Bhopal Conference & Exhibition
Co-Organizers / Partners : MANIT Bhopal, ETCH, E-Cell NITB
Theme and focus : Technology, sustainability, and gendered perspectives in urban spaces.
Key people : Prof. Gaurav Raheja, Ms. Joyatri Ray, et al.
Funders : Urban Studies Foundation
March / 2024
Calibrating Urban Livability in the Global South - Webinar
Location and format : Virtual ( zoom ) and Webinar
Co-Organizers / Partners : MANIT Bhopal, ETCH, UN Habitat India, World Urban Campaign
Theme and focus : Women's perception of safety on roads and gendered engagement with public spaces.
Key people : Dr. Alokeparna Sengupta, Prof. Arshi Parashar
Funders : Urban Studies Foundation
16 / 12 / 2023
Prioritizing Local Leadership in Shelter and Settlements
Location and format :Juba, South Sudan Dissemination Workshop
Co-Organizers / Partners : ETCH, InterAction, USAID
Theme and focus : Living conditions of migrant populations in IDP camps.
Key people : --
Funders : USAID / InterAction
06 / 12 / 2024
Attended
EEHF
Topic : Forcibly Displaced Women in Northeastern India: A Baseline Report on WASH Needs
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : ---
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USF (Urban Studies Foundation)
Topic : Exploring Increased Health Issues Due to Lack of Living Spaces among Homeless IDUs in Delhi NCR
Status / Role : Book Chapter Presented
Team member(s) : Atul Shendge, Abhishek Royal
Mar 28, 2024
USF
Topic : Feasibility of Accessing Basic Services for Vulnerable Groups Amidst COVID-19 & Climate Change in South Sudan
Status / Role : Book Chapter Presented
Team member(s) : Nitesh
Mar 27, 2024
Adaptation Futures 2023
Topic : Intersectional climate justice in Eastern India: Mapping indigenous knowledge and collective action
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : Sneha
2023
Planetary Health Conference (Malaysia)
Topic : The Impact of Urban and Rural Waste Disposal Practices on Vector-Borne Disease Transmission in India
Status / Role : Abstract Submitted
Team member(s) : Sneha, Nitesh
2024
IUAES 2023
Topic : Calamities in concurrency: a new conundrum. Covid, Climate, Famine and more.
Status / Role : Abstract Accepted
Team member(s) : Sneha
2023
IUAES 2023
Topic : Filmmaking and Multimodal Ethnography: Use of Visual Media in Disaster Studies
Status / Role : Abstract Accepted
Team member(s) : Sneha, Nitesh
2023
AAG
Topic : Armed Conflict and Children: Systematic review on interventions for improving health and well-being
Status / Role : Virtual Paper Accepted
Team member(s) : Sneha
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Disaster Prevention and Management (Journal)
Topic : Liberating Disaster Studies
Status / Role : Abstract Rejected
Team member(s) : SK, Andy
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Roadsides
Topic : Applying an Intersectional gender lens to physical and soft infrastructure in South Sudan
Status / Role : Abstract Rejected
Team member(s) : SK, Andy
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DRI Technical Conference
Topic : Forcibly Displaced Women in Northeastern India: A Baseline Report on WASH Needs
Status / Role : Did Not Submit
Team member(s) : ---
Oct 12–13, 2022
Planetary Health
Topic : Planetary Health and Displacement: South Sudan
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : SK
Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2022
DSA
Topic : Gendered taboos around menstrual hygiene in South Sudan
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) :SK
Jun 23, 2022
EES June Conference
Topic : Digital Evaluation Research
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : SK
Apr 4, 2022
UNC Water and Health
Topic : Decolonising Wash Research: Moving from Information to Action
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : Sk
Oct 2021
NEEDS 2021
Topic : Cross-country use of participatory research methods to enhance inclusive decision making
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : Sk
Sep 2021
UK Shelter Forum
Topic : Strengthening resilience for mass displaced populations in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : SK
Apr 2021
Environment Health Forum
Topic : COVID-19 Behaviour change communication with faith actors: Mixed methods approaches
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : sk
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American Association of Geographers
Topic : Strengthening resilience for mass displaced populations in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : SK
Apr 2021
CivicSabha 2.0
Topic : Attended for networking/learning
Status / Role : Attended
Team member(s) : Nitesh
12-13 / 02 / 2026
Royal Academy of Engineering
Topic : Attended for funding
Status / Role : Attended
Team member(s) : Nitesh
Sep 30 – Oct 3, 2024
USF
Topic : Localised Responses in Urban Areas for Forcibly Displaced Populations: Case Study of Amman, Jordan
Status / Role : Book Chapter Presented
Team member(s) : Kshirabdhi
Mar 27, 2024
Royal Academy of Engineering
Topic : Attended for funding
Status / Role : Attended
Team member(s) : Nitesh
Feb 6–9, 2024
AIWEST-DR 2023
Topic : It's not what you know, it's who and how you know that matter most?
Status / Role : Paper Accepted (Major Revision)
Team member(s) : SK, Andy
2023
WCDM, Dehradun
Topic : Shivratri Climate Change and Natural Calamities: Debilitating Effects in Mountain Ecosystem of Haridwar
Status / Role : Abstract Accepted
Team member(s) : Sneha, Nitesh
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IUAES 2023
Topic : Indigenous farming & ecosystem-based approaches: feminist political ecological framing in Arunachal Pradesh
Status / Role : Abstract Accepted
Team member(s) : Sneha, Nitesh
2023
What Works Global Summit
Topic : Armed conflict systematic review
Status / Role : Submitted
Team member(s) : Sneha
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i-rec Conference 2023
Topic : Save lives or save the planet? Nature based solutions for humanitarian infrastructure
Status / Role : Submitted
Team member(s) : Sneha
2023
DSA
Topic : Urban liveability in the Global South - crises in the Anthropocene
Status / Role : Conference Panel Accepted
Team member(s) : SK, Divya Subramanian
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Feminist Geography Conference
Topic : Climate Change
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : SK
Jun 16, 2022
UNC Water and Health Conference
Topic : Gender, WASH and multiple disasters in South Sudan
Status / Role : Attended
Team member(s) : --
Oct 24–28, 2022
EEHF
Topic : Menstrual hygiene situation in South Sudan
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : Nitesh
May 19, 2022
Delta Future Conference
Topic : Hazardous landscapes in films depicting Eastern India
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : Sk
Mar 24, 2022
American Association of Geographers
Topic : Humanitarian response to multiple risks in South Sudan
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : ----
Feb 2022
WCDM
Topic : Female frontline health workers and ICT in the COVID-19 response in India
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : RM
Nov 2021
WEDC
Topic : --
Status / Role : presented
Team member(s) : RM
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Development Studies Association
Topic : Faith in the times of Corona – the case of Rohingya faith based community leadership
Status / Role : Presented
Team member(s) : Sk
Jul 2021