IP University set to host week-long programme on disaster management

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IP University set to host week-long programme on disaster management

Tuesday, 20 August 2024 | Staff Reporter | New Delhi

Indraprastha University’s School of Environment Management (USEM), in partnership with the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), is set to host a week-long Faculty Development Program (FDP) on “Current Environmental Issues and Challenges in Disaster Risk Reduction” from Monday to 23 at its Dwarka campus.

Inaugurating the event, Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta, Head of the ECDRM Division at NIDM, said, “Three factors are significantly impacting the environment: environmental changes, land use changes, and commercial exploitation of natural resources.

To maintain environmental balance, we need to control these factors.”

Prof. Arun Sharma, Director General of the NECARE Division at DST, said that urban floods and urban pollution are also serious environmental challenges and we need to find ways to reduce them. Prof. Varun Joshi, Dean of USEM and convener of the program said, “60 participants from Delhi and other parts of the country are attending the FDP, including officials from government departments and institutions in Delhi.”

He added that each day’s session will be conducted by experienced experts in the field.

The session on Monday sessions featured Prof. Anubha Kaushik on environmental sustainability, Prof. Varun Joshi on broad changes in disaster risk reduction, and Dr. Anshu Sharma on potential disasters in urban areas.

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