2nd India disaster management congress

The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) organised the First India Disaster Management Congress in Vigyan Bhavan New Delhi on 29-30 November 2006, the largest knowledge conference on disaster management ever held in this part of the world. Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India inaugurated the Congress. More than 1200 delegates from all over India attended the congress and 350 technical papers were presented in 18 Thematic Sessions organised around Thematic Clusters. A dialogue on Public-Private-Partnership on Disaster Risk reduction was also held at Hotel Taj Mansingh, New Delhi in collaboration with World Economic Forum, World Bank and UN/ISDR.

Encouraged by the resounding success of the First India Disaster Management Congress, NIDM has decided to organise the Second India Disaster Management Congress in New Delhi during 4th - 6th, February 2009 on an even larger scale. Plenary Inaugural and Valedictory Sessions shall be held in Hotel Ashok and Vigyan Bhavan respectively, as many as 75 Technical Sessions are proposed to be organised around Thematic Clusters in different campuses like Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Indian Institute of Technology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Second India Disaster Management Congress is expected to bring together 1500 scientists, scholars and practitioners working on different aspects of disaster risk reduction and management across the world.

Plenary Inaugural and Valedictory Sessions shall be held in Hotel Ashok and Vigyan Bhavan respectively, as many as 75 Technical Sessions are proposed to be organised around Thematic Clusters in different campuses like Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Indian Institute of Technology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences all located in New Delhi