Prist University in Royapettah

M.Tech Disaster Management Program -2016-2018

M.Tech with specialization in the Disaster Management program is aimed at developing highly skilled disaster management experts.Natural disasters & industrial disasters cause crippling economic losses.To reduce the effects of natural disasters,and human losses in particular,proactive disaster risk management should be promoted in multi-disciplinary ways.To meet this need,disaster management experts must be cultivated through professional education and training so that they may develop and then apply suitable disaster management policies and techniques in line with local conditions.

Job opportunities

There are good employment opportunities in disaster management in government as well as in private organizations.The work profile varies like teaching,research,consultancy, documentation,training organizer,field training and mock driller expert.Names of some organizations, having likely employment opportunities are as follows:

National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home
Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
SAARC Disaster Management Centre,NIDM Building, New Delhi.
National Disaster Management Authority, Near Indira Gandhi International
Airport, New Delhi.
Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), Indraprastha Estate, Ring
Road, New Delhi.
India Meteorological Department, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.
Center of Disaster Management, HCMRIPA, JLN Marg, Jaipur.
Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA), Gurgaon.
Ambedkar Institute of Public Administration, Chandigarh.
Shri Krishna Institute of Public Administration, Ranchi.
G.B.Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Nainital,
Uttarakhand.
Disaster Management Centre, Bhopal.
Disaster Mitigation Institute, Ahmedabad.
Centre for Disaster Management, Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha
University, Kashmeri Gate, Delhi.
Indian Agriculture Research Institute (ICAR), New Delhi.
Indian Red Cross Society, New Delhi and States Units.
States Revenue and Disaster Management Ministry/Department.
State Government s Institute of Public Administration.
National Remote Sensing Centre, Department of Space, Govt. of India,
Hyderabad.
Space Applications Centre, Department of Space, Govt. of India,
Ahmedabad.
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Department of Space, Govt. of India,
Dehradun.
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai.
United Nations Development Programm (UNDP) of national level and
State Units.
Faculty and research positions in universities/institutes and in foreign
countries.Organizations providing fellowships for Disaster Prevention and
Management Study.
Indian and international level Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO)
working in the field of Disasters Management.
State Remote Sensing Applications,Centers.
International organizations,having research and job opportunities

Duration : 2 Years (part time & full time)

Eligibility :There are number of universities and institutes offering certificate,Post Graduate Diploma,Master's and Research degree.The basic requirement for the bachelor's degree (BE/.BBA/B.A./B.Sc./B.Com.) with 55% marks.
Fees: 25,000/Semester

For any query feel free to contact me

Director
Center for Disaster Management,Prist University
Thanjavur,Tamilnadu
Email:[email protected]
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nline : +91-4362-266940
Cell:09787526933