PGDDM : POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT

DESCRIPTION The major objectives of the programme are to:  1)Provide comprehensive knowledge to the learners on disaster preparedness, mitigation and rehabilitation.  2)Enable the learners to carry out risk assessment and vulnerability analysis. 3) Generate community awareness, and strengthen institutional mechanism for community mobilisation and participation in disaster management. 4) Develop communication skills for disaster preparedness.  5)Create greater awareness about effective disaster response in various emergency situations.  6)Equip learners with tools for meeting emergency medical requirements. 7) Incorporate gender sensitive disaster management approach; and 8) Inculcate new skills and sharpen existingskills ofgovernment 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:  1)Government functionaries  2)NGO functionaries and Volunteers 3) Military, Para-military, Police, Home Guards, and Civil Defence personnel  4)Geologists, Scientists, Meteorologists, Engineers, Administrators, and other  Government and Public Sector Undertakings officials 5) Rural Development  Functionaries, Primary Health Centres Functionaries, Relief Workers,  Social Workers, Environmentalists, etc

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