The major objectives of the program are to:

• Provide comprehensive knowledge to the learners on disaster preparedness, mitigation and
  rehabilitation.
• Enable the learners to carry out risk assessment and vulnerability analysis.
• Generate community awareness, and strengthen institutional mechanism for community mobilization and participation in disaster management.
• Develop communication skills for disaster preparedness.
• Create greater awareness about effective disaster response in various emergency situations.
• Equip learners with tools for meeting emergency medical requirements.
• Incorporate gender sensitive disaster management approach; and
• Include new skills and sharpen existing skills of government officials, voluntary activists, development professionals and elected representatives for effective disaster management.

Target Group:

The Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management shall cater to the needs of the following target groups:

• Government functionaries
• NGO functionaries and Volunteers
• Military, Para-military, Police, Home Guards, and Civil Defence personnel
• Geologists, Scientists, Meteorologists, Engineers, Administrators, and other Government and Public Sector Undertakings officials
• Rural Development Functionaries, Primary Health Centres
• Functionaries, Relief Workers, Social Workers, Environmentalists, etc.
  

Eligibility:

• Graduate in any discipline

Course Fee: Rs.10,200 (for the entire course)
Course Duration: Minimum Duration: 1 Years Maximum Duration: 4 Years

The major objectives of the program are to:

• Provide comprehensive knowledge to the learners on disaster preparedness, mitigation and
  rehabilitation.
• Enable the learners to carry out risk assessment and vulnerability analysis.
• Generate community awareness, and strengthen institutional mechanism for community mobilization and participation in disaster management.
• Develop communication skills for disaster preparedness.
• Create greater awareness about effective disaster response in various emergency situations.
• Equip learners with tools for meeting emergency medical requirements.