National Institute of Disaster Management
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| Motto |
Towards a disaster free India आपदा मुक्त भारत की ओर |
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| Established | 1995 |
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| President | Union Home Minister of India |
| Executive Director | Prof. Santosh Kumar |
| Faculty | 16 |
| Staff | 22 |
| Owner | Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |
| Formerly called | National Centre for Disaster Management ( Upgraded to present status on 16 October 2003 ) |
| Location | New Delhi, India |
| Coordinates | 28°38′06″N 77°13′26″E / 28.635°N 77.224°ECoordinates: 28°38′06″N 77°13′26″E / 28.635°N 77.224°E |
| Address | 5-B, IP Estate, MG Marg |
| Website | Official Website |
National Institute of Disaster Management (Hindi: राष्ट्रीय आपदा प्रबंधन संस्थान ) abbr. NIDM, is a premier institute for training and capacity development programs for managing natural disasters in India, on a national as well as regional basis. The National Centre of Disaster Management (NCDM), constituted under an Act of Parliament in 1995; was redesignated to give the present name of National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) by the Disaster Management Act 2005 passed by President of India on 9 January 2006,
NIDM also serves as international SAARC Disaster Management Centre (SDMC) and works as focus for its operation and planning.
The International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, proposed with the purpose of ensuring the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction prompted the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation, the nodal ministry for disaster management in India to establish a national centre for management and planning the control of such natural disasters in 1995.
The Centre was later upgraded as the National Institute of Disaster management (NIDM) on 16th October 2003, with the transfer of the subject of disaster management to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Institute was inaugurated by Home Minister of India on August 11, 2004.
The United Nations designated the 1990s as the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). In 1995, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation, nominally responsible for disaster management in India, created the National Centre for Disaster Management. When responsibility for disaster management was transferred to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Centre became the National Institute of Disaster Management. The Institute was officially inaugurated by the Union Home Minister on 11 August 2004.
The National Disaster Management Act of 2005 granted the Institute statutory organisation status. The Act holds the Institute responsible for "planning and promoting training and research in the area of disaster management, documentation and development of national level information base relating to disaster management policies, prevention mechanisms and mitigation measures".
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