Disaster management, sometimes also referred to as Emergency Management, seeks to decrease the dreadful effects of the disaster on the people and the community, thereby helping them to get back to normal flow of life. A multi-disciplinary field, Disaster Management includes aspects such as search and rescue, monitoring, reconstruction, relief & rehabilitation and evaluation. Those aspiring for a career in Disaster Management can select from a wide range of courses available in India. Being a country prone to disasters and natural calamities, the need for disaster management personnel in India is steadily on the rise.

    The United Nations defines disaster as a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society. Disasters involve widespread human, material, economic or environmental impacts, which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope with using its own resources. The Red Cross and Red Crescent societies....