Under the joint aegis of the Madhya Pradesh State Planning Commission and the Disaster Management Institute, a one-year post-graduate diploma course in disaster management, starting this year, was launched here on Tuesday.
Chief Guest of the programme Rajendra Kumar Mishra, Principal Advisor, MP State Planning Commission and Nandan Dubey Vice President, Disaster Management Institute, Bhopal were present on the occasion.
Addressing the students, Rajendra Kumar Mishra, Principal Advisor, MP
State Planning Commission said that the disaster management is an interdisciplinary subject and thus there is a need of awareness of this stream in every section of society
including educational, industrial, agricultural, defence services, government organisations, NGO’s, Media as well as judiciary.
PGDDM course will enrich the students with thorough knowledge and understanding of all aspects of Disaster and its management. This one year disaster management post graduate course is benchmarked against the very best programmes in the world; it provides opportunities for global exposure to students.
Nandan Dubey, Vice Chairman of Disaster Management Institute,
Bhopal said that this course has been developed by a team of Academicians, Disaster Management Authorities and experts of reputed Government and autonomous agencies so as to impart applied knowledge and develop trained manpower in the field of Disaster mitigation and management for overall capacity development.
Rakesh Dubey, Director of Disaster Management Institute threw light on the objectives of this course.
He said Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management (PGDDM) has been launched by Disaster Management Institute, with a view to educate people of diverse sections about various aspects of disaster (both natural & manmade), its related problems and the effective management of disasters and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
PGDDM course is of immense use to students, citizens at every stage and at all levels of formal (technical) and non-formal professionals.