Hello aspirant,

Disaster Management assures the safety of any living beings at the time of emergency, and natural and man-made disasters. To provide training in this domain to aspirants, colleges and universities in India have started courses in Disaster Management. These courses are provided at different programmes, like degree, diploma and certificate. Many colleges and universities all over India provide research programmes in Disaster Management.

Disaster management is provided in various courses, like Master in Business Administration (MBA), Master in Arts (MA), Master in Science (MSc), Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD), and Master in Philosophy (MPhil). One of the course that is becoming very popular in this field is MBA degree in Disaster Management.

There are various career opportunities for disaster management aspirants in government sector with emergency services, relief groups, law enforcement department and local authorities as well as in private agencies and non-profit organisations which provide disaster management services. International agencies like the United Nations also employ disaster management professionals. The professionals are employed in different positions such as trainees, assistants, experts, researchers, analysts, engineers, medical health experts, environmental experts, rehabilitation workers, and many more.

For government colleges, the average fees for various courses in this domain is Rs. 40-50k and for private colleges the average fees is around Rs. 5-6 lakhs.

The duration is different for each and every course in this domain. The minimum duration is 3 years for this subject.

Hope this helps,

All the Best!!