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Vinod Kumar Sharma (also known as Vinod Sharma) is an Indian professor who is the first professor of disaster management in India [1] and got Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar in 2022. [2] He is known for efforts for bringing disaster risk reduction in India. [3]
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs statement, Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (GIDM) and Professor Vinod Sharma was honoured “for their excellent work and Those who were selected in 2019, 2020 and 2021 also received the award on the birth ceremony of Subhas Chandra Bose on Sunday 23 January 2022 By Prime Minister of India ...
The Disaster Management Act was passed by the Lok Sabha on 28 November 2005, and by the Rajya Sabha on 12 December 2005. It received the assent of the President of India on 9 January 2006. The Act calls for the establishment of a National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), with the Prime Minister of India as chairperson.
The main purpose was to check the alertness and preparedness of various agencies, commuters and residents in the event of a disaster of such magnitude. [7] The National Disaster Management Authority and Delhi Disaster Management Authority jointly conducted the drills at several places across the national capital.
NDMA was established through the Disaster Management Act enacted by the Government of India on 23 December 2005. [2] NDMA is responsible for framing policies, laying down guidelines and best-practices for coordinating with the State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMA's) to ensure a holistic and distributed approach to disaster management. [3]
It is the first disaster management training institute of the country. The conflicts of 1962 and 1965 compelled the Government of India to reorient its emergency training activities from natural disasters to those relating to protection of life and property, reducing damage and raising public morale during any war emergency.
Disaster risk reduction has been strongly influenced by mapping of natural disaster risks and research on vulnerability since the mid-1970s. [42] [43] Disaster management thinking and practice since the 1970s has included more focus on understanding why disasters happen. It has also focused on actions that can reduce risk before a disaster occurs.
A mobile emergency operations center, in this case operated by the Air National Guard. Emergency management (also disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. [1]