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Training of Trainers Course on Disaster Risk Management: Chennai, India
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| Cross – Regional University Collaboration, September 25-29, 2007 |
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Description
Agenda and Presentations UPDATED
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| | Description | The World Bank Institute and UN ISDR support the University of Madras in setting up a Centre for Natural Hazards and Disaster Studies (CNHDS) through a cross-regional university collaboration of Middle East Technical University (METU), and Kyoto University (Japan). A Training of Trainers (ToT) course is being organized under the regional university collaboration program by Department of Applied Geology, University of Madras, India. The ToT course aims at preparing the team of Madras University to offer master’s courses and diploma programs in disaster risk management. The five day training program will cover broad areas of disaster management from economic and social to psychological impacts of disasters, mitigation and risk reduction measures and aspects of emergency management. The faculty of Kyoto University, METU, Madras University and WBI will provide the training.  | | Agenda | | | Day 1: 25th September , Tuesday
| | | 1 | Welcome Speech by Prof. P. Periakali, Chairman, Advisory Committee | 13:45 – 14:00 | | 2 | About the Center for Natural Hazards & Disaster Studies by
Prof. V. Ram Mohan, Director, CNHDS | 14:00 – 14:15 | | 3 | Vision and Mission of the three party collaboration by Dr. Katalin DEMETER, World Bank Institute, USA | 14:15 – 14:45 | | 4 | Participants expectations / views / Mindsets facilitator Ms. Rakhi BHAVANI, World Bank Institute, New Delhi | 14:45 – 15:15 | | 5 | Natural hazards in the Indian Sub-continent – A Review(pdf file, 2,010kb) by Dr. N. Rajeshwara RAO, Dept of Applied Geology, University of Madras | 15:15 – 16:15 | | | Tea / Coffee | 16:15 – 16:30 | | 6 | Capacity Development for Disaster Risk Reduction: Atleast 42 ways to proceed(pdf file, 637kb) by Dr. Terry JEGGLE, United Nations - ISDR, Geneva | 16:30 – 18:00 | | | | | | | Day 2: 26th September , Wednesday | | | 1 | Inauguration of the ToT programme (Vice – Chancellor, Chief Guests, Experts, Participants, Faculty and Students) Venue: School of Chemistry Auditorium, University of Madras, Guindy Campus | 9:30 – 10:30
| | | High Tea | 10:30 – 11:00 | | 2 |
Psychological aspects of disaster (pdf file, 575kb) by Prof. Nuray KARANCI, Middle East Technical University, Ankara | 11:00 – 12:00 | | 3 | Psychological impact of disasters and the measure to cope up (pdf file, 75kb)by Prof. V.D. Swaminathan, Dept of Psychology, University of Madras | 12:00 – 13:00
| | | Lunch | 13:00 – 13:45 | | 4 | How do we manage disaster economic losses?(pdf file, 334kb) by Dr. Burcak BASBUG, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
Modeling of Tsunamis in Relation to Mitigation Strategies (pdf file, 3,273kb)by Prof. Ahmet C. YALCINER, Middle East Technical University, Ankara | 13:45 – 14:45
| | 5 | Disaster Information Management(pdf file, 8,230kb) by Ms. S. Gayatri DEVI, National Information Center, Chennai | 14:45 – 15:45
| | | Tea/ Coffee | 15:45 – 16:00 | | 6 | Rescue operations at the time of floods, fire and other disasters by
Mr. C. Sylendra BABU, Joint Commissioner of Police (North), Chennai | 16:00 – 17:00
| | 7 | Rescue and rehabilitation of Tsunami affected people in the North Chennai (pdf file, 1,701kb) by Dr. Paul Sunder SINGH | 17:00 – 18:15
| | | Welcome dinner by the Vice – Chancellor for the team members (METU, UOM, KU, WBI, ISDR and invitees) and participants at Hotel Shelter
Dinner Presentation “Airborne High Resolution Sensors for Hazard mapping” by Dr. B. Babu Madhavan, PASCO Geomatics India Private Limited (20:00 – 21:00) | 20:00 – 22:00
| | | | | | | Day 3: 27th September Thursday | | | 1 | Natural and Technological Hazards - A Geological Perspective and Examples From Turkey(pdf file, 3,071kb) by Prof. Vedat DOYURAN | 9:30 – 10:30 | | 2 | Community Based Disaster Management – Japanese Experience(pdf file, 4,605kb) by Dr. Rajib SHAW, Kyoto University, Japan | 10:30 – 11:45 | | | Tea / Coffee | 11:45 – 12:00 | | 3 | Participants Group Discussion(pdf file, 692kb) facilitators Ms. Shelly Kulshrestha and Ms. Rakhi Bhavani, WBI | 12:00-13:00 | | | Lunch | 13:00 -13:45 | | 4 | Numerical modelling of coastal flooding by Dr. K. Murali, Department of Ocean Engineering Center, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai | 13:45– 15:00
| | 5 | Culture of Disaster Preparedness
(pdf file, 4,194kb) by Mr. N. Hari Krishna, Oxfam America | 15:00 – 16:15
| | | Tea / Coffee | 16:15 – 16:30
| | 6 | Environmental impact of December 2004 tsunami in Andaman Group of Islands(pdf file, 5,935kb) by Prof. R. Ramesh, Institute for Ocean Management, Anna University | 16:30 – 18:00
| | | | | | | Day 4: 28th September Friday | | | 1 | Buildings in Seismic Areas: Assessment of Vulnerability and Related Issues(pdf file, 1,092kb) by Prof. Dr. Polat GULKAN, Middle East Technical University, Ankara | 9:30 – 10:45
| | | Tea / Coffee | 10:45 – 11:00 | | 2 | Important of Mangrove Bio-shield in Tsunami protection (pdf file, 10,120kb) by Prof. Kandasamy KATHIRESAN, Annamalai University | 11:00 – 12:15
| | 3 | Early warning system development for tsunami and storm surges in Indian Ocean(pdf file, 1,129kb) by Prof. V. Ram Mohan & Dr. R. R. Krishnamurthy, Departments of Geology and Applied Geology, University of Madras | 12:15 – 13:30
| | | Lunch | 13:30 – 14:15 | | 4 | Disaster impact on human health(pdf file, 503kb)by Prof. S. Niranjali Devaraj, Department of Biochemistry, University of Madras | 14:15 – 15:30
| | | Tea / Coffee | 15:30 – 15:45
| | 5 | Post-disaster healthcare(pdf file, 5,308kb)by Prof. Dr. Muthukumar, Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Chennai | 15:45 – 17:00 | | 6 | Post tsunami shelter construction and livelihood rehabilitation (pdf file, 1,507kb) by Dr. V. Vivekanandan, South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies | 17:00 – 18:00 | | | | | | | Day 5: 29th September Saturday | | | 1 | NGOs Coordination and NGOs and Government liasion in tsunami rehabilitation by Ms. Anne George, NCRC, Nagapattinam | 9:30 – 10:30 | | 2 | Participants Group Discussion faciliators Ms. Rahki Bhavani and Ms. Shelly Kulshrestha WBI
Presentations by groups:
Group 1 (pdf file, 389kb)
Group 2 (pdf file, 388kb)
Group 3 (pdf file, 1,625kb)
Group 4 (pdf file, 256kb)
Group 5 (pdf file, 77kb)
Group 6 (pdf file, 56kb) | 10:30 – 11:30 | | | High Tea | 11:30 – 12:00 | | 3 | Valedictory Function and Certificate Distribution Venue: School of Chemistry Auditorium, University of Madras, Guindy Campus | 12:00 – 13:15 | | | Lunch | 13:15 – 14:00 | | 4 | Field Trip and site seeing for the experts from METU, KU, ISDR, UOM and WBI Travel to Mahabalipuram
Guides: Prof. V. Ram Mohan & Dr. N. Rajeshwara Rao | 14:00 – 20:30
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| | Partners | Madras University, Kyoto University, Middle East Technical University, WBI and UN ISDR
| | Target Audience | | The ToT will have teachers, researchers, professionals and administrators from various organizations. 25- 30 participants are expected to participate in this ToT. These participants have been identified from various departments of Madras University like School of Social Sciences, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Life Sciences. There are representatives from NGOs, Schools, Government of Tamil Nadu, Medical and Fire safety services and Tsunami Rehabilitation Information Network among others. | | Contact | Task Manager: Katalin Demeter
Email: kdemeter@worldbank.org
| | Other Materials | Final report of the workshop by Dr. R. R. Krishnamurthy(pdf file, 474kb)
Coverage of the Workship in local newspaper The Hindu:
Article appeared on September 27, 2007 (pdf file, 84kb)
Article appeared on September 30, 2007 (pdf file, 97kb) |
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