Sunday, August 19, 2012

CUTM inks MoU with Red Cross to set up School of Disaster Management


BHUBANESWAR: The Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM) on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Odisha State Branch of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS-OSB) for establishing a School of Disaster Management in the university to create a new centre of excellence for knowledge and skills development in disaster management in the State.

The School of Disaster Management would offer courses covering both the theoretical principles and the practices of planning for, responding to, recovering from a disaster and reducing risks. It would facilitate Knowledge Management, Technical Assistance, Capacity Building, Humanitarian Response and Strengthening partnership with Humanitarian Agencies.

The MoU was signed as a framework of cooperation between IRCS-OSB and CUTM in the presence of IRCS-OSB Secretary Dr Mangala Prasad Mohanty and CUTM president Prof Mukti Kanta Mishra here.

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