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India Disaster Management Congress begins in Delhi from Wednesday | The second India Disaster Management Congress will be held at the Vigyan Bhavan in the national capital from Wednesday. The Congress is being organized
by the National Institute of Disaster Management in collaboration with the Ministry
of Home affairs, National Disaster Management Authority, United Nations International
Strategy for Disaster Reduction, United Nations Children’s Fund, United Nations
Development Programme, United States Agency for International Development, World
Health Organization and Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery. The
three-day Congress is expected to bring together 1500 scientists, scholars and
practitioners working on different aspects of disaster risk reduction and management
across the world, while each Thematic Session shall have a minimum of six paper
presentations. A number of issues pertaining to disaster risk reduction, management,
emergency response and various cross cutting issues during disaster events will
be the focus of discussion in this congress. The congress will have participants
from various Government, Non-Governmental, international, research and academic
institutions, which are concerned with various issues related to disaster management.
International experts have been invited as guest speakers from across the globe.
Former President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam will chair the valedictory session,
which will be an opportunity to highlight and bring to notice issues, challenges,
shortcomings, opportunities and road map ahead in the field of disaster management.
The idea of holding the India Disaster Management Congress was conceived in order
to provide a platform for interaction and integration of knowledge on various
aspects of disaster risk reduction and management. The first India Disaster Management
Congress was held at New Delhi in November 2006, which was the largest knowledge
conference on disaster management ever held in this part of the world. More than
1200 delegates from all over the country attended it and 350 technical papers
were presented. The First India Disaster Management Congress had 7 Thematic Clusters
and 18 Thematic Sessions. |
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