About the Programme

   The major objectives of the Programme 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 mobilisation 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
  • Inculcate new skills and sharpen existing skills of government officials, voluntary activists, development professional and elected representative for effective disaster management.

MED-004 Towards Participatory Management

MPA-001 : Understanding Natural Disasters

MPA-002 : Understanding Man-Made Disasters

MPA-003 : Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Analysis

MPA-004 : Disaster Preparedness

MPA-005 : Disaster Response

MPA-006 : Disaster Medicine

MPA-007 : Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Recovery

MPAP-001 : Project Work