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Comcom: Can you elaborate on the curriculum of your course?
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Pardeep Sahni: Programme has two courses: The brief details of each are as follow:
COURSE-I FOUNDATION COURSE IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT (CDM-01) (8 CREDITS)
Disasters pose serious threat to the normal life as well as to the process
of development. These strikes with sudden violence, tearing bodies,
destroying lives, families and structures apart. Natural disasters are both
sudden and powerful. Human vulnerability to them is an age-old phenomenon.
The Foundation Course in Disaster Management, among other aspects, stands to
familiarize the learners with the meaning, factors, significance, causes and
effects of disasters. Besides providing the regional and seasonal profile of
natural disasters in India, the course also presents a global view of the
disasters. In keeping with the peculiarities of various disasters, the
course deals with the vulnerability, impacts and effects, nature of damage,
predictability, forecasting, etc., of various disasters namely Earthquake,
Floods, Cyclone, Drought and Famine, Landslide and Snow Avalanche, Fire and
Forest Fire, Industrial and Technological disasters, and Epidemics. In order
to create and sustain awareness of disasters among the community and to
upgrade the information, knowledge and skills of the governmental and
non-governmental organisations' personnel dealing with disaster mitigation
and management, the course lays emphasis on disaster preparedness. To this
effect, we shall be dealing specifically with essentials of disaster
preparedness viz. planning, communication, leadership and coordination, and
warehousing and stockpiling. To strengthen the resilience and
self-confidence of local communities and to enable them to develop Community
Action Plans to deal with pre and post disasters situations, the course
focuses on human behaviour and response, techniques for effective community
participation, beliefs and myths regarding disasters, and ways to collect
relevant information pertaining to disasters as well as its effective
dissemination of such information. It is a known fact that various agencies
play different and significant roles in dealing with situations of
disasters. Thus, we shall describe the roles of District Administration,
Military and Para-military forces, Ministries and Departments at the Centre
and State levels, non-governmental organisations, international agencies and
media.
COURSE-II DISASTER MANAGEMENT: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES
(CDM-02) (8 CREDITS)
This Elective Course-CDM-02 intends to familiarize the learners with various
methods and techniques to be made use of for appropriate and timely
preparedness and mitigation of disasters. This course is divided into seven
Blocks comprising thirty-three units. Block 1 and 2 are devoted to increased
understanding of various disasters viz., earthquake, flood and drainage,
cyclone, drought and famine, landslide and snow avalanche, fire and forest
fire, industrial and technological disasters and epidemics. The emphasis in
these Blocks is on location, frequency, intensity, damage caused, relief
steps taken and rehabilitation measures adopted with regard to the
aforementioned disasters in India. Block 3 brings forth the elements of
preparedness and mitigation of disasters. It has units on: disaster mapping,
predictability, forecasting and warning, land use zoning and mitigation. The
relief measures undertaken occupy a place of utmost importance in the
overall management of disasters. Block 4 of the course highlights methods
and techniques to be used for providing relief measures. This Block has
units on injuries/health problems, emergency health operations and hygiene
and sanitation. Reconstruction and rehabilitation are significant facets of
disaster management. Block 6 of the Course is devoted to the methods and
techniques for reconstruction and rehabilitation. The last Block of the
course, that is, Block 7 is on skills assessment. The units in this Block
stress upon monitoring and evaluation skills to be imparted to the learners.
The Programme is offered to learners through Distance Mode at more than 100
study centers spread all over the country. The learners receive the study
material through correspondence. Counselling is provided to the learners
through tele-mode.
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1.
What are the courses IGNOU is conducting for one to get some sort of
certification in Disaster Management
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