Webinar on Introduction to Disaster Management Act,2005

The webinar on Introduction to Disaster Management Act,2005 was conducted by Dr. Jacob P. Alex, Adv ,High Court of Kerala on Monday 25th May 2020 at 2:30 P.M. the session was held through the zoom cloud meeting. Dr. Jacob discussed about the importance of disaster management in the present days and thoroughly explained the important sections of disaster management act. He gave an idea to the students about how local self governments are helping in controlling disasters in the ground level. He said that the focus of disaster management should shift from post disaster management to preparedness and mitigation of disasters. He also discussed about various conventions and conferences like Sendai and Yokoham and gave an idea about how the provisions of these conventions were implemented in our Disaster Management Act. In the last 15 minutes interactive session, the host discussed with students regarding the current Pandemic issue. The host discussed about the issue of Covid 19 and how it can be controlled by properly implementing the provisions the Disaster management Act. The whole session was informative and interactive. The queries and doubts of the students were well cleared by the host. Participation Two faculties coordinated the webinar and the rest 62 participants were the students of the college. Outcomes • Students were able to understand how Local Self Government helps in controlling disaster in Ground level. • Faculties and Students were enlightened with the Conferences and Conventions related to Disaster Management. • The webinar helped the students to understand about the current pandemic issue and they also understood how to control the issue with strictly complying the procedure under Disaster Management Act. Coordinates Dr. Asha Sundaram Mrs. Sornalakshmi Ms. Misha P Madhu