Prof. Ravi Sinha is Professor and former Dean at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.  A member of the Maharashtra State Disaster Management Authority since 2015, he is also the Chair of the appraisal committee for the Maharashtra State Disaster Risk Mitigation Fund.

Prof. Sinha is the Head of India’s delegation at ISO TC98, which is responsible for international standards on the design of structures. He also Chairs the Structural Safety Sectional Committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and is a member of BIS committees responsible for national standards on earthquake safety and tall buildings. He is also a member of the Bridges & Structures Standards committee of the Indian Roads Congress.

Prof. Sinha has extensive experience in urban disaster risk management and is also a co-author of the World Bank's Primer on Climate Resilient Cities.  A Civil and Structural Engineer, Prof. Sinha’s research is mainly on earthquake engineering and disaster risk reduction.