Muralee Thummarukudy (born 10 August 1964) is the Director of the Coordination Office of UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Prior to UNCCD Muralee was the Chief of Disaster Risk Reduction in the UN Environment Programme. An internationally renowned expert in disaster response, Muralee has been involved in post-disaster response and follow-up of almost all major disasters of the twenty-first century, including the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Cyclone Nargis (Myanmar, 2008), Sichuan Earthquake (China, 2008), Haiti Earthquake (2010),[1] Tohoku tsunami (2011) and floods in Thailand (2011). He has completed assignments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, Liberia, Sudan and Rwanda dealing with the environmental impacts of conflicts. Also deployed to China, Japan, Myanmar, Ukraine, Haiti, and Thailand to deal with Disasters. He is a native of Vengola in Ernakulam district of the Kerala State in India.[2]
Muralee Thummarukudy | |
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| Director of the Coordination Office of G20 Global Land Initiative Coordination Office of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). | |
| Assumed office February 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1964 Vengola, Kochi, Kerala |
| Citizenship | Indian |
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| Residence | Geneva |
| Education | PhD in Engineering |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Mar Athanasius College of Engineering |
| Occupation | Disaster Management Expert |
| Profession | Engineer |
| Committees | Member, Emergency Preparedness & Response, IAEA Safety Standards Committee and Member, Advisory Committee, Center for Natural Resources and Development of Technical University of Cologne |
| Website | Official Website, Website, Blog |
Alma Mater
editBefore joining the United Nations, Muralee was an Environmental Advisor to the oil companies of Shell Group in South East Asia and Middle East. He responded to numerous oil spills and oil well fires during this period. He obtained his B.Tech degree from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam in Kerala in 1986. He obtained his M.Tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1988. He received his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1993. He has published several books and writes articles in leading Malayalam dailies occasionally. Muralee is a winner of the Kerala Sahitya Academi Awards 2018 for humorous literature.[3]
Muralee Thummarukudy wrote a Facebook post in Malayalam on terrorism which was published in various Malayalam dailies.[4]
Books
editAwards and honors
edit- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Humour 2018, for his memoir Chila Naattukaryangal[2]
References
edit- ^ MURALEE THUMMARUKUDY (2010). Haiti Mission Report (PDF). UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME.
- ^ a b "ജില്ലയ്ക്ക് അഭിമാനമായി പൂയപ്പിള്ളി, സി ആർ, തുമ്മാരുകുടി". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Sahitya Academy". Retrieved 26 August 2018.[dead link]
- ^ Muralee Thummarukudy on terrorism
- ^ "What's inside – Malayalam books". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Veendum Chila Naattukaryangal @ INDULEKHA | Kerala's No.1 Online Bookstore". www.indulekha.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Murali Thummarukudi – Mathrubhumi Books". buybooks.mathrubhumi.com. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
External links
edit- "Muralee's Page". muraleethummarukudy.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- "Vignettes from life – The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- "Muralee's Page". muraleethummarukudy.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- "തുമ്മാരുകുടി കഥകള്". thummarukudykkathakal.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- "Experts Profiles". unep.org. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- UN Expert Profile
- UNEP. "-- Ask today's Expert: Lawrence Hislop – United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) --". unep.org. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- "BBC NEWS - World - Middle East - UN warns on Iraq environment fate". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- Muralee Thummarukudy on Facebook
