Dr Anil Kakodkar, Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission addressing the concluding ceremony of International Conference on Humanitarian logistics 2013, expressed about the need that how technology can be put to use in disaster management.
“We should be able to analyse and evaluate consequences with a fair degree of precision” said Dr Kakodkar. He stressed on the fact that there is a dire need to give back to nature. A technology which could act as a pre-cursor to disasters is equally important. He praised the efforts that led to the progress in the last 5 to 6 years while emphasising on how India still has miles to go in terms of disaster management.
The Chief Guest of the event, Dr. Anil Kakodkar, DAE Homi Bhabha Chair Professor & Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, Government of India and Prof. B.S. Sahay, Director, IIM Raipur felicitated and acknowledged the disaster management heroes under four categories; Early Warning and Dissemination; Disaster Preparedness; Search, Rescue and Evacuation; Post-Disaster Relief Operations, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction.
The ICHl 2013 awards for humanitarian work were conferred to Indian Meteorological Dept., GoI for Early Warning and Dissemination. Similarly Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Systems, Hyderabad was awarded for Disaster Preparedness. likewise Odisha State Disaster Management Authority, Govt. of Odisha for Search, Rescue and Evacuation. last not the lease Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority, Govt. Of Gujarat, National Disaster Response Force, Indian Air Force, Indo Tibetan Border Police, Indian Army and Bhartiya Jan Sangthan, Pune were conferred with the award for Post-Disaster Relief Operations, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction.
ICHl 2013 also witnessed three parallel technical sessions on Humanitarian logistics Modelling; Technology and Humanitarian logistics; and Agile and lean Humanitarian Supply Chains.