Mr. Kishore has worked on disaster risk reduction and recovery issues for over 22 years at the local, national, regional and global levels. Prior to NDMA, he worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for nearly 13 years in New Delhi, Geneva, and New York. He led global advocacy campaigns to address disaster risk reduction concerns in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 development agenda. He has been the co-chair of GFDRR for the second consecutive year.