Sanjaya Bhatia is the Head of the Office for Northeast Asia (ONEA) and Global Education and Training Institute (GETI) for Disaster Risk Reduction in Incheon, Republic of Korea, where he has guided the training of over 17,000 government officials globally.

Before taking this position Sanjaya Bhatia worked as head of the International Recovery Platform (IRP) - Secretariat at Kobe, Japan where he led the development of the Guidance Notes on Recovery and a capacity building program for national and local governments. Earlier he worked as the Focal Point for Disaster Resilient Schools and Hospitals with the World Bank where he was instrumental in financing of projects on safe schools and hospitals.

He has worked with the Government of India (Indian Administrative Service), the World Bank, and the United Nations in the field of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation for over 30 years. He holds a degree in law and a master’s degree in Public Administration from New York University.