Disaster Management Institute

Disaster Management Institute (DMI), Bhopal is one of the leading organizations in the country, which has attained substantial credibility in imparting professional training and conducting consultancy services on natural and man-made disasters management. Established in 1987 in the backdrop of the world's worst-ever industrial disaster (1984) in Bhopal, DMI is an autonomous organization under the Housing and Environment Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh. This is the only institute of its kind in the whole country, which is dealing both natural and industrial disasters. It is one of the Nodal Training Institutes in our country for imparting training on Human Resource Development Programmes. DMI has also been identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, as a Regional Training Institute for imparting trainings on Incident Command Systems. At present the institute has two divisions: Industrial Disaster Management Division and Natural Disaster Management Division. The institute is supported by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India.

The principal objective of the institute is to evolve techniques for and enhance competence in prevention, preparedness, mitigation and management of natural as well as industrial disasters. Towards this end, the institute caters for the professional development and disaster management requirements of the government as well as public and private sectors. The institute offers both training courses and consultancy services on various facets of mitigation and management of disasters.
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