TECHNICAL PROGRAMMES

National Conference

Landslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation in India

01- 02 November, 2022

Department of Geography | Faculty of Natural Sciences

(UGC-DRS SAP-I & DST-FIST Supported)
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
(NAAC Accredited Grade A++ | NIRF Rank 3rd)

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 Day – I (1st November, 2022)
INAUGURAL FUNCTION
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Venue: FTK-CIT Hall, JMI

Chief Guest Prof. Najma Akhtar, (Padma Shri) Keynote Speaker Shri Kamal Kishore
Vice-Chancellor Member Secretary
Jamia Millia Islamia National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) MHA, GoI

Guest of Honor Shri Taj Hasan, IPS Guest of Honor Prof. Nazim Husain Al-Jafri
Executive Director Registrar
National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), MHA, GoI Jamia Millia Islamia

Distinguished Guest Prof. Seemi Farhat Basir

Dean, Faculty of Natural Sciences
Jamia Millia Islamia

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 Day – I (1st November, 2022)
PLENARY SESSION - I
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 01:30 p.m.
Venue: FTK-CIT Hall, JMI
Chair: Dr. Parvez Hayat, IPS, Advisor, CDM, JMI
Session In-charge: Dr. Taruna Bansal
S. No. Name of the Panelist Topic

Geo-hazards in the Himalayas and

1.
Plausible Mitigation.

Dr. Kalachand Sain

Director, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology

Is It Possible to Predict a
2.
Landslide?

Prof. A.K. Saraf

Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Roorkee

Landslide and Early Warning

3.
System.

Prof. Amit K. Shrivastava

Department of Civil Engineering, Delhi Technological University, New Delhi

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 Day – I (1st November, 2022)
Technical Session I : Approaches and Methodologies for Landslide Assessment
Time: 02:30 p.m. - 04:00 p.m. Session Chair: Prof. Nizamuddin Khan, AMU
Venue: Seminar Library, Deptt. of Geography, JMI Co-Chair: Dr. Saleha Jamal, AMU
Session In-charge: Dr. Hasan Raja Naqvi Rapporteur: Rajesh Kumar Dash, CSIR, Roorkee

Lead Lecture: Prof. Nizamuddin Khan (Management of Landslide Risk Reduction through Socio-cultural and Community Approach
in Uttarakhand State)

S. No. Name of the Author(s) Title of the Paper

Management of Landslide Risk Reduction through Socio-
1. Nizamuddin Khan
cultural and Community Approach in Uttarakhand State
Rajesh Kumar Dash, Manojit Samanta, and Debi
2. Approaches for prediction of debris flow runout
Prasanna Kanungo
Applying Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics to model
3. Nadia Mubarak and Ritesh Kumar
landslides triggered by impulse loads: A validation study
Mary Tahir, Masood Ahsan Siddiqui, Lubna
4. Landslide Impact on National Highway 7 in Uttarakhand
Siddiqui, Sana Rafi, and Nelia Lois Chauhan
Appraising small scale Landslides in the urban hubs of
5. Saurabh Singh Darjeeling Sikkim Himalaya using SAR Interferometry
technique
6. Mohammad Rayyan Karimi A Review Upon Available Slope Stability Analyses
Application of UAVs in obtaining the derivates of the Digital
Sahil Kundal, Chetan Gaur, Ashok Anand, and Alok
7. Elevation Model (DEM): A case study of Atali Landslide,
Bhardwaj
Uttarakhand

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 Day – I (1st November, 2022)
Technical Session II: Landslide Inventory and Hazard Mapping
Time: 02:30 p.m. - 04:00 p.m. Session Chair: Prof. Ateeque Ahmed, AMU
Venue: GIS Lab., Deptt. of Geography, JMI Co-Chair: Prof. Azizur Rahman Siddiqui,
University of Allahabad
Session In-charge: Dr. Adnan Shakeel Rapporteur: Dr. Imran Khan, BHU & GSI

Lead Lecture: Ateeque Ahmed (Landslide Vulnerability Mapping Using Geospatial Techniques and Frequency Ratio Model – Case
Study of Kumaun Region)
S. No. Name of the Author(s) Title of the Paper
Ateeque Ahmad, Rashid Aziz Faridi, and Syed Landslide Vulnerability Mapping Using Geospatial Techniques
1.
Kausar Shamim and Frequency Ratio Model – Case Study of Kumaun Region.
Mohammad Rayyan Karimi and Syed Mohammad
2. Stability Modification of Earthen Slopes by Cutting into Steps
Abbas
Slope Stability Assessment by using Rock Mass Rating and
3. Kiker Singh and Satish Kumar Kinematic Analysis along NH-5 from Kandaghat to Waknaghat,
Himachal Pradesh, India
Slope stability evaluation along NH-05 Parwanoo to Solan,
4. Sonia Chhoker and Satish Kumar
Himachal Pradesh
Khadijah Iffat Khan, Trina Sur, Mohd. Umar, Syed Landscape Alteration in the vicinity of Ramsar Site of Upper
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Mohd. Ameer Hamza, and Sandesh Yadav Ganga River, Uttar Pradesh, India
Integrated empirical and numerical approach for stability and
6. Aadil M. Nanda and Pervez Ahmed failure analysis along Highway from Bandipora to Gurez, J & K
India
Recent Trends and Techniques in Landslide Hazard
7. Uttara Singh
Assessment

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 Day – I (1st November, 2022)
Technical Session III: Preparedness and Early Warning System
Time: 02:30 p.m. - 04:00 p.m. Session Chair: Prof. Poonam Sharma, DU
Venue: Room 106-A, Deptt. of Geography, JMI Co-Chair: Dr. Amir Ali Khan, NIDM
Session In-charge: Dr. Aruna Paarcha Rapporteur: Dr. Rashmi Rani Anand

Lead Lecture: Prof. Poonam Sharma

S. No. Name of the Author(s) Title of the Paper

1. S. K. Manik Early Warning System on Flash flood Causing to Landslide
Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Planning in Alaknanda
2. Ar. Deepak Shah Valley, Uttarakhand: A Critical Review of Government
Development Policies
Factor of Safety assessment using Cicular Failure Charts in
3. Harsh Varshney and Tariq Siddique
the Himalayan debris
4. Ayesha Zaheen and Navoneela Chakraborty Landslide Susceptibility Mapping and Risk Assessment in India
Namrata Singh, Faisal Hussain, Aparajita Ghosh,
An Attempt to Trace Out Historical Evolution of Disaster
5. Upputuri Aswanth, Rekha Gulia, Zainab Tanzeela,
Management in India
and Sandesh Yadav
Landslide Risk Assessment of Critical Infrastructure in
6. Mir Sumira and Shamim Ahmed Shah
Kashmir Valley-A Case Study of Educational Institutions

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 Day – I (1st November, 2022)
Technical Session IV: Landslide Susceptibility Mapping
Time: 04:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. Session Chair: Prof. P.K. Joshi, JNU
Venue: Seminar Library, Deptt. of Geography, JMI Co-Chair: Dr. Ajanta Goswami, IIT Roorkee
Session In-charge: Dr. Asif Rapporteur: Ramandeep Kaur, WIoHG

Lead Lecture: Dr. Ajanta Goswami

S. No. Name of the Author(s) Title of the Paper

Landslide susceptibility assessment for the Upper Ravi basin
1. Rinku Kumar
in the Northern-Western Himalaya (India)
A Comparative Study of Landslide Susceptibility Mapping using
Ramandeep Kaur, Vikram Gupta and B.S. Bivariate Statistical and Artificial Intelligence Models in the
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Chaudhary Upper Beas Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Landslide Susceptibility Mapping for Rudraprayag District,

3. Deepika Vashishtha
Uttarakhand Using AHP – Multicriteria Evaluation Method
Comprehensive evaluation of IVM and fuzzy inference system
Shubham Badola, Varun Narayan Mishra, and
4. for landslide susceptibility mapping
Surya Parkash
Mohd Ramiz, Masood Ahsan Siddiqui, Mohd Sadiq
Prediction of Landslide Susceptible zones along Rishikesh-
Salman, Durgesh Dwivedi, Lubna Siddiqui,
5. Badrinath National Highway (Uttarakhand) by Applying Multi-
Mohammad Hashim, Mary Tahir, Adnan Shakeel,
criteria Decision Making (MCDM) approach
Anushree Nagpal, and Sakshi Mankotia
Imran Khan, Ashutosh Kainthola, Mansoor Ahmad,
Landslide Susceptibility in the Watershed of Ramban District,
6. Inzamam Ul Haq, Md. Sarfaraz Asgher and Vishnu
Jammu and Kashmir Himalaya
Himanshu Ratnam Pandey
Landslide hazard zonation using Bivariate Frequency Ratio
7. Iftikhar Hussain Beigh and Kaiser Bukhari Method, a case study of National highway-1, North Kashmir
Himalaya

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 Day – I (1st November, 2022)
Technical Session V: Landslide Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
Time: 04:30 p.m. - 06:00 p.m. Session Chair: Prof. Seema M. Parihar, DU
Venue: GIS Lab., Deptt. of Geography, JMI Co-Chair: Prof. Subhash Anand, DU/Dr. Amrita Bajaj, DU
Session In-charge: Dr. Parveen Kumar Pathak Rapporteur: Jayshree Das, JNU

Lead Lecture:
S. No. Name of the Author(s) Title of the Paper
1. Phool Kamal Shukla and Prabhat Singh Landslide risk assessment and Mitigation in India
Sajad Ahmad Mir, Durdanah Mattoo, Mohd Saleem Indigenous Knowledge and Landslide Risk Adaptation in
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Wani, and Shafkat Ahsan Kashmir Valley
Landslide Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in Western Ghats
3. Rajguru Suhas Kambale and M.B. Kumthekar with Special Reference to Sarata and Raigad District: An
overview of recent developments
Jayshree Das, Deep Narayan Pandey, and P. K.
4. Risk assessment approaches – Modelling aspects
Joshi
Bilal Ahmad, Mohammed Masroor Alam and Md.
5. Rock Cut Slope Stability at Sohna on NH-919, Gurgaon
Rehan Sadique
Kinematic Investigation of critical slopes along SH-05,
6. Vikas Yadav, VHR Pandey, and Ashutosh Kainthola
Makundi Hills, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Coupled effect of Geological and Meteorological factors during
7. Pirzada Mohammad Haris and Tariq Siddique
Chamoli disaster of 2021: A review

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 Day – II (2nd November, 2022)
Technical Session VI: Application of Geoinformatics in Landslide Studies
Time: 09:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Session Chair: Prof. Akram Javed, AMU
Venue: Seminar Library, Deptt. of Geography, JMI Co-Chair: Dr. Vijendra Kumar Pandey, DU
Session In-charge: Dr. Praveen Kumar Pathak Rapporteur: Dr. Aadil M. Nanda, University of Kashmir

Lead Lecture: Prof. Akram Javed, AMU

S. No. Name of the Author(s) Title of the Paper
A GIS based comparative study of analytical hierarchy process
Aadil M. Nanda, Parvaiz A. Tali, Pervez Ahmed and
1. and frequency ratio methods for landslide susceptibility
T. A. Kanth
mapping along NH 1D Road Section in J&K, India
AHP integrated GIS based Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in
2. Sana Rafi, Mary Tahir, and Nitesh Kumar Mourya
the Garhwal Himalayan Region of India
Geospatial Approach towards Identification of Landslide
3. Jeevan Mahadev Farakate and M.B. Kumthekar
Probable Sites in Satara and Raigad District: An overview
Irshad Ahmad Bhat, Waseem Ahmad Bhat, Landslide Hazard Zonation along Mughal Road, Pir Panjal
4. Shahbaz Rashid, Peer Jeelani, Syed Towseef Range, North Western Himalaya using AHP-based Geospatial
Ahmad, and Pervez Ahmed Modelling and Mapping
Landslide Mapping of Dibang River Basin, Arunachal Pradesh,
Mijanur Ansary, Mohd. Akhter Ali, Gunda Goutham
5. India from 2000-2020 Using the Geo-Spatial and Earth
Krishna Teja, and R Sudhakar Goud
Observation Data Sources
Joya Jahan, Nikita Pal, Rimsha Hashim, Shabnam Facilitating Role of Geo-informatics in Flood Mapping: A Case
6.
Tariq, Shams Perwaiz, and Sandesh Yadav Study of Kosi River, Bihar, India
GIS-based multi-temporal analysis of landslide susceptibility
Imran Khan, Ashutosh Kainthola and Vishnu
7. mapping along the Ramban-Banihal road section of National
Himanshu Ratnam
Highway-44, Jammu and Kashmir

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 Day – II (2nd November, 2022)
Technical Session VII: Climate Change and Landslides
Time: 09:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Session Chair: Dr. D. P. Kanungo, CBRI, Roorkee
Venue: GIS Lab., Deptt. of Geography, JMI Co-Chair: Dr. Iyyappan, IMD
Session In-charge: Dr. Hasan Raja Naqvi Rapporteur: Shirsha Pant, TISS

Lead Lecture: Dr. D. P. Kanungo (Landslide Risk Assessment and Early Warning System - Development, Issues and
Preparedness)
S. No. Name of the Author(s) Title of the Paper
1. Iyyappan Heavy Rainfall Vulnerability Assessment
Temporal investigation of climate impact on landslide pattern
Akash Kashyap, Deepanshu Parashar, Ashwani
2. in Bageshwar district Uttarakhand India using geospatial
Kumar, and Sunil Tewari
approach
Systematic Review on Climate Change Induced Landslide
3. Aastha Sharma, Haroon Sajjad, and Roshani
Assessment: Research Gaps and Future Framework
Role Of Rainfall in Land Sliding: A Case Study Of Near Kullu
4. Pardeep Sharma
Valley (Himachal Pradesh)
Exploring the impact of climate change factors on landslide in
5. Shirsha Pant and Shams Tabrez
the Himalayan state of Mizoram
Bhaskar Wabhitkar, Shailendra Kumar, Vijay A Review of Rainfall-Induced Landslide Sensitivity Evolution
6.
Muthekar, Amit Shirke, and Bhavana Umrikar Using Various Meteorological Parameters
Assessing the probability of rainfall-induced landslides along
7. Prodip Mandal and Shraban Sarkar
National Highway 10 in Darjeeling Himalayas

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 Day – II (2nd November, 2022)
Technical Session VIII: Landslide Risk Mitigation
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 01:00 p.m. Session Chair: Dr. Vikram Gupta, WIoHG
Venue: Seminar Library, Deptt. of Geography, JMI Co-Chair: Dr. Sayed Zaheen Alam, DU
Session In-charge: Dr. Adnan Shakeel Rapporteur: Dr. Laishram Mirana Devi, DU

Lead Lecture: Dr. Vikram Gupta (Landslide Disasters in the Himalayas in the Present Climatic Scenario and their Possible
Mitigation Measures)
Invited Lecture: Dr. Rajiv Dutta Choudhury, DPO, ASDMA (Integrated Approaches to Landslide Risk Mitigation)
S. No. Name of the Author(s) Title of the Paper
Analysis of Feasible Preventive and Mitigation Measures of
1. Nisha Ramesh Madane and M. B. Kumthekar Landslide in Western Ghat with Special Reference to Satara
and Raigad District.
Landslide Mitigation Using Different Slope Stability Techniques
2. Md Aadil Arfin and Syed Mohammad Abbas
- A Review
Saif Ali, Sharique Jawaid, Vazahat Qureshi, Taeel
3. Critical Evaluation of Landslide Risk Management
Ahmad, Sandesh Yadav, and Shams Perwaiz
Rumi Rongpi, Hemant Singh Bisht, Suresh Kumar Landslide susceptibility mapping using Evidence belief
4. Bandooni, Laishram Mirana Devi, Vaneeta function (EBF) and Frequency ratio (FR) modellings in GIS for
Chandna, and Anupama M. Hasija Dima Hasao, Assam, Northeast
Causes and Consequences of 2022 Cloudburst in Maldevta
5. D.D. Chauniyal and Sapna Semwal
area of Dehradun District in Garhwal Himalaya
Mohd. Adil, Prashant Chahar, Khatija Feroz, Namra
6. Landslide Scenario and its Mitigation in India
Anjum, Shaista Parveen, and Sandesh Yadav
Landslide risk evaluation of road-cut slopes along NH-707A in
Virat Singh Chauhan, M. R. Sadique, Rahul Kumar,
7. Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India using conventional rock mass
and M. M. Alam
classification system

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 Day – II (2nd November, 2022)
Technical Session IX: Landslide Impact on Society and Preparedness
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 01:00 p.m. Session Chair: Prof. Surya Parkash, NIDM
Venue: GIS Lab., Deptt. of Geography, JMI Co-Chair: Shri S.K. Manik, IMD
Session In-charge: Dr. Asif Rapporteur: Dr. Abdul Rahman,
Government PG College Sambhal
Lead Lecture: Prof. Surya Parkash (National Guidelines and Strategy for Landslide Risk Management)
Invited Lecture: Dr. Bijoy Lakshmi Gogoi, DPO, ASDMA (Landslide's Impact on Society and Economy)

S. No. Name of the Author(s) Title of the Paper

Rafe Hashmi, Tarique Umar, Mohd. Waris, Syed
Present and Future Prospects of National Disaster
1. Alam Taab Ahmad, Saqlain Mushtaq, and Sandesh
Management System of India
Yadav
Khadijah Iffat Khan, Trina Sur, Mohammad Umar,
Cause-effect Analysis of landslide and its Impact on Human
2. Syed Mohd. Ameer Hamza, Sandesh Yadav, and
Life of Inhabitants of Northeast India
Shams Perwaiz
Khadijah Iffat Khan, Joya Jahan, Nikita Pal, Rimsha Socioeconomic Impact of Landslides on the Inhabitant’s Life: A
3.
Hashim, and Shabnam Tariq Case Study of Pithoragarh District, Uttarakhand, India
4. Rafi Ahmad and Seemin Mushir Live With Debris Flows and Geohydrologic Hazard
Rahul Kumar, Mohd Masroor Alam, Virat Singh
5. Review Of Rockfall Protection Structures
Chauhan, and M. R. Sadique
6. Abdul Rahman Impact of landslides on society & economy

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 Day – II (2nd November, 2022)
Technical Session X: Application of Machine Learning in Landslide Studies
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 01:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 106-A, Deptt. of Geography, JMI
Session In-charge: Dr. Praveen Kumar Pathak
Lead Lecture: Dr. Chander Kumar Singh, TERI (Landslide Disaster Management)
S. No. Name of the Author(s)
1. Md. Masroor and Haroon Sajjad
Mohd Ramiz, Masood A. Siddiqui, Lubna Siddiqui,
Mohd Sadiq Salman, Mohammad Hashim, Hasan
2.
Raja Naqvi, Tania Nasrin, Abhra Singh, Durgesh
Dwivedi
Mohd Rihan, Swapan Talukdar, Mohd Waseem
3.
Naikoo, Shahfahad and Atiqur Rahman
Vijendra Kumar Pandey, Anshu, and Kaushal
4.
Kumar Sharma
5. Sk Ajim Ali and Farhana Parvin
Md Nawazuzzoha, Md. Mamoon Rashid, Anjali
6.
Bhardwaj, Adnan Shakeel, and Hasan Raja Naqvi
Session Chair: Dr. Chander Kumar Singh, TERI
Co-Chair: Dr. Anupama Hasija, DU
Rapporteur: Ar. Deepak Shah,
Dev Bhoomi Uttarakhand University
Title of the Paper
Prediction of rainfall-induced landslides in Uttarkashi district
of India using ensemble machine learning models
Machine-learning and Deep-learning Based Spatial prediction
of landslide hazard along Rishikesh-Badrinath National
Highway
Landslide Susceptibility Modelling and Sensitivity-Uncertainty
Analysis in Uttarakhand Himalaya using Hyper Tuned Machine
Learning and Deep Learning Models
Evaluation of GIS-based machine learning methods for
landslide susceptibility analysis: A case study in the
Bhilangana Basin, Garhwal Himalaya, India
Recognition of Flood-Induced Landslide Prone Areas in the
Districts of Southern Assam Using Certainty Factor and
Ensemble Models for Future Disaster Mitigation
Artificial Neural Network Modeling for Landslide Susceptibility
in South Sikkim
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 Day – II (2nd November, 2022)
PLENARY SESSION - II
Time: 02:00 p.m. - 03:30 p.m.
Venue: FTK-CIT Hall, JMI
Chair: Prof. Syed Mohammad Abbas, JMI
Session In-charge: Dr. Aruna Paarcha
S. No. Name of the Panelist Topic

Using Machine Learning to Model Rainfall-Induced

1.
Landslides on a National Domain

Dr. Manabendra Saharia

Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi

2. Landslide Risk: Lessons Learnt and Way Ahead

Dr. Lokesh K. Sinha

Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)

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 Day – II (2nd November, 2022)
VALEDICTORY FUNCTION
Time: 04:00 p.m. - 05:30 p.m.
Venue: FTK-CIT Hall, JMI

Chief Guest Prof. V.K. Malhotra

Former Member Secretary
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Ministry of Education, GoI

Guest of Honor Dr. S.D. Attri

Scientist G & Additional Director General Guest of Honor Prof. Chandan Ghosh
India Meteorological Department (IMD) National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)
Ministry of Earth Sciences, GoI Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI

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