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Hello! I am Selvarajah Jayaprakash, a disaster risk scientist and town planner pursuing a PhD at Massey University’s Joint Centre for Disaster Research. My work centres on integrating people’s perspectives into systemic landslide vulnerability assessments in Aotearoa New Zealand, with a strong track record in Web-GIS development, risk communication, and large-scale landslide risk assessments in Sri Lanka. I enjoy turning complex hazard data into actionable insights for communities and policymakers. As a data analytics and GIS professional, I hold an MSc in Data Analytics from the University of Kelaniya and a BSc (Hons) in Town and Country Planning from the University of Moratuwa. I am proficient in ArcGIS, Python, SQL, JavaScript, ETL processes, and data visualisation tools (Power BI, Tableau), and I actively contribute to community-focused initiatives, including voluntary work with Kaibosh Food Rescue in Wellington.…Hello! I am Selvarajah Jayaprakash, a disaster risk scientist and town planner pursuing a PhD at Massey University’s Joint Centre for Disaster Research. My work centres on integrating people’s perspectives into systemic landslide vulnerability assessments in Aotearoa New Zealand, with a strong track record in Web-GIS development, risk communication, and large-scale landslide risk assessments in Sri Lanka. I enjoy turning complex hazard data into actionable insights for communities and policymakers. As a data analytics and GIS professional, I hold an MSc in Data Analytics from the University of Kelaniya and a BSc (Hons) in Town and Country Planning from the University of Moratuwa. I am proficient in ArcGIS, Python, SQL, JavaScript, ETL processes, and data visualisation tools (Power BI, Tableau), and I actively contribute to community-focused initiatives, including voluntary work with Kaibosh Food Rescue in Wellington.

Selvarajah Jayaprakash

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Hello! I am Selvarajah Jayaprakash, a disaster risk scientist and town planner pursuing a PhD at Massey University’s Joint Centre for Disaster Research. My work centres on integrating people’s perspectives into systemic landslide vulnerability assessments in Aotearoa New Zealand, with a strong track record in Web-GIS development, risk communication, and large-scale landslide risk assessments in Sri Lanka. I enjoy turning complex hazard data into actionable insights for communities and policymakers. As a data analytics and GIS professional, I hold an MSc in Data Analytics from the University of Kelaniya and a BSc (Hons) in Town and Country Planning from the University of Moratuwa. I am proficient in ArcGIS, Python, SQL, JavaScript, ETL processes, and data visualisation tools (Power BI, Tableau), and I actively contribute to community-focused initiatives, including voluntary work with Kaibosh Food Rescue in Wellington.…Hello! I am Selvarajah Jayaprakash, a disaster risk scientist and town planner pursuing a PhD at Massey University’s Joint Centre for Disaster Research. My work centres on integrating people’s perspectives into systemic landslide vulnerability assessments in Aotearoa New Zealand, with a strong track record in Web-GIS development, risk communication, and large-scale landslide risk assessments in Sri Lanka. I enjoy turning complex hazard data into actionable insights for communities and policymakers. As a data analytics and GIS professional, I hold an MSc in Data Analytics from the University of Kelaniya and a BSc (Hons) in Town and Country Planning from the University of Moratuwa. I am proficient in ArcGIS, Python, SQL, JavaScript, ETL processes, and data visualisation tools (Power BI, Tableau), and I actively contribute to community-focused initiatives, including voluntary work with Kaibosh Food Rescue in Wellington.

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Hello! I am Selvarajah Jayaprakash, a disaster risk scientist and town planner pursuing a PhD at Massey University’s Joint Centre for Disaster Research. My work centres on integrating people’s perspectives into systemic landslide vulnerability assessments in Aotearoa New Zealand, with a strong track record in Web-GIS development, risk communication, and large-scale landslide risk assessments in Sri Lanka. I enjoy turning complex hazard data into actionable insights for communities and policymakers.

As a data analytics and GIS professional, I hold an MSc in Data Analytics from the University of Kelaniya and a BSc (Hons) in Town and Country Planning from the University of Moratuwa. I am proficient in ArcGIS, Python, SQL, JavaScript, ETL processes, and data visualisation tools (Power BI, Tableau), and I actively contribute to community-focused initiatives, including voluntary work with Kaibosh Food Rescue in Wellington.

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Work Experience

Community-Based Disaster Risk Management Project at National Building Research Organisation, Sri Lanka

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2025

Formed community-level disaster management committees; collaborated on community-based hazard, vulnerability, and capacity assessments; facilitated dissemination of landslide early warning to improve risk communication.

Geospatial Analyst at National Building Research Organisation, Sri Lanka

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2023

Compiled and standardised GIS thematic layers; developed model builder and Python-integrated tools to extract landform data from DTMs and satellite imagery; simulated debris flow paths using LiDAR data and RAMMS/Dan3D/HyperKANAKO for 500+ potential slope-failure sites; studied soil-water index to determine critical rainfall thresholds; modeled initiation areas of rainfall-induced landslides using TRIGRS.

Project Lead at National Building Research Organisation, Sri Lanka

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2025

Designed questionnaires and ArcGIS Survey123 app to conduct location-based socioeconomic surveys of 90,000 households; performed GIS-based weighted overlay risk assessment for over 20,000 km2; developed landslide risk index using disaster crunch model; conducted cost-benefit analysis and defined Red/Yellow zones for risk-based land use planning.

Scientist (Town Planner) at National Building Research Organisation, Sri Lanka

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2025

Led development of Web-GIS systems for landslide risk communication; administered ArcGIS Server/Portal; designed and maintained file and enterprise geodatabases; performed ETL to import spatial and statistical data; developed landslide risk information portal using Web AppBuilder and ArcGIS API for JavaScript; built a comprehensive 3D subsurface geological model and visualized it via ArcGIS.