Dr. Umamaheshwaran Rajasekar is an urban resilience professional with over 15 years of experience in developing urban strategies, risk reduction interventions, climate change analysis, hazard modelling, institutional analysis, adaptation & mitigation plans for governments, INGOs, bi-lateral and multi-lateral agencies. He has been the team leader and project manager for pioneering urban risk resilience efforts in India including implementation of end to end early warning systems for urban floods.