IGNOU - Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management (PGDDM)

About the course

The major objectives of the programme are to:

• Provide comprehensive knowledge to the learners on disaster preparedness, mitigation and rehabilitation.

• Enable the learners to carry out risk assessment and vulnerability analysis.

• Generate community awareness, and strengthen institutional mechanism for community mobilisation and participation in disaster management.

• Develop communication skills for disaster preparedness.

• Create greater awareness about effective disaster response in various emergency situations.

• Equip learners with tools for meeting emergency medical requirements.

• Incorporate gender sensitive disaster management approach; and

• Include new skills and sharpen existing skills of government officials, voluntary activists, development professionals and elected representatives for effective disaster management.

Target Group

The Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management shall cater to the needs of the following target groups:

• Government functionaries

• NGO functionaries and Volunteers

• Military, Para-military Police, Home Guards, and Civil Defence personnel

• Geologists, Scientists, Meteorologists, Engineers, Administrators, and other Government and Public Sector Undertakings officials

• Rural Development Functionaries, Primary Health Centres Functionaries, Relief Workers, Social Workers, Envionmentalists, etc. and

• All those who may fulfil the basic eligibility requirement.

Programme Structure

• The Programme has two components: a) Courses and b) Project Report consisting of total 32 credits.

• The following Seven Courses of four credits each shall be offered to the learners:

Program Code

PGDDM

Eligibility

Graduate in any discipline

Min age as on 1^st Jan. of the Academic Year

No bar

Duration (Min)

1 years

Duration (Max)

4 years

Program Fee

Rs. 3,400/- (Programme fee includes Registration fee of Rs 100/-)

Fee details presented here are indicative and are subject to change. Students are advised to check with the admission notification or with the authorities concerned for the latest information.

Medium of Instruction

English and Hindi

Admission details

Admission notification is generally released in May/June and the last date for submission of filled-in application forms will be September 30 for January session and March 31 for July session. However students are requested to check with the official admission notification for the exact dates related to admissions.

For further information on this course, please email to pgddm@ignou.ac.in

For information on Student Registration & Evaluation, please email to sred@ignou.ac.in

For information on Material Production and Distribution, please email mpdd@ignou.ac.in

For other information, please email to ssc@ignou.ac.in

The following is a partial list of courses similar to IGNOU Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management - offered by other Universities in India

• Anna University Coimbatore - DODE - Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) - Industrial Safety
• Alagappa University - Directorate of Distance Education - Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) - Energy Auditing and Management

Note: The above courses are picked automatically by the website for indicative purpose only and does not mean that the University treats the courses as equivalent or similar. Students have to check with the University for the similarity of the course or for any further information in this regard.