Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management

The programme offers an opportunity to develop specialist knowledge. Students will be required to choose any one the following four topics for their two months project :-

     • Geographical Information Systems in Disaster Management

     • Remote Sensing, Public Health and Disaster Management

     • Governance in Disaster Management

     • Logistics Management and Service Delivery Systems

Duration:
One-year full time programme, however, students will have an option for exit programme for certificate after first semester.

Career Opportunity:
As an emerging field, demand for personnel qualified in Disaster Management is very high. Students who graduate with this degree have opportunities in the development sector with government and non-government organizations, with consultancy firms, or can pursue research, training and teaching careers.

Semester - I

Understanding Natural Resource and their management

Human Development, Identity, Culture and Media

Disasters and Development

Fundamentals of Disaster Management

Understanding GIS and Remote Sensing

Approaches and Planning for Disaster Prevention

Role of GIS in Disaster Management

GPS technology and Disaster Management

Introduction to Hazards and Disasters

Development Experience, Social Conflict and Change

Humanitarian Aid, Relief, Rehabilitation and Development

Seminar Course in Disasters

Semester - II

Technology, Environment and Disasters

Introduction to Disaster Financing

Logistics Management in Disaster Situations

Governance, Law and Policy in Disaster Management

Public Health and Disasters

Disaster Risk Reduction and Development Planning

Communicating Disasters: Strategies and Approaches

Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing

Techniques in Disaster Management

Research Methodology using GIS

Project Management in Disaster Contexts

Internship