Suitable for: This programme is designed for mid-career professionals who will also have the scope for multi-level entry and exit. However applicants could also be fresh graduates with a high degree of motivation to work in the area of disaster management.
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Mumbai
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TISS, P.O. Box 8313, Deonar, 400088
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About this course
A Bachelor's Degree of a minimum of 3 years duration or its equivalent (under the 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 or 10+2+2+1 year bridge course pattern of study or any other pattern fulfilling the mandatory requirements of 15 years formal education) from a recognized university, in any discipline.
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Course programme
Disaster Management is emerging globally as a full-fledged academic
discipline. Since disaster response has primarily been a practitioner's
domain, its boundaries have been permeable. People from diverse
backgrounds ' including relief workers, engineers, social scientists, or
medical professionals ' have worked in disaster management. This has
facilitated the growth of disaster management as a substantive field.
However, as a field of practice, it demands specialisation to meet with
the dynamic challenges posed by disasters. The Master's programme in
Disaster Management, offered by the Jamsetji Tata Centre for Disaster
Management, aims at enhancing knowledge, capacities and skills, and
perspective on disasters. While enabling an understanding of disasters
from the vantage point of science and technology in prediction,
mitigation and response, the programme will also foster a critical and
reflective appreciation of current debates in disaster management within
the framework of social and environmental justice, state and civil
society dynamics, development, conflict and displacement, and
globalisation. The Master's programme is designed to include thematic
and issue-based courses related to aspects such as the relationship
between environment, livelihood and disasters, institutional building
and governance, inequalities and social exclusion, local knowledge
systems and disaster management. The course will also endeavour to
cultivate appropriate values, a strong multidisciplinary knowledge base
and skills essential for intervention in disasters and their prevention.
Students will develop expertise in select areas such as logistics and
supply chain management, public health, information and communication,
peace, conflict and human security, and so on. Spread over 4 semesters,
this Master's programme is a pioneering initiative within the country
and has certain unique features which will enable mid-career
professionals to combine their work with study. It has one year of
intensive contact classes with field exposure and internship. Research
is a compulsory component of the programme. In the second year, students
have the option to work off campus with very limited course work. The
programme however, will follow a pre-determined calendar. It also offers
multi-level entry'exit option where a student coming for a semester can
obtain a Certificate in Disaster Management on completion of the
stipulated requirements. Students who wish to continue through with the
next semester would obtain a Diploma. Alternately, a student on
completion of the Certificate programme could come back after a break
(not exceeding 5 years from the date of completion of the Certificate
programme), and join in for the second semester. In order to obtain the
Master's degree a student can complete the 4 semesters without a break
or in an incremental manner after completing the credits required for a
diploma. As an emerging field, the need for qualified personnel within
disaster management is high. Students who graduate with this degree will
find opportunities in the development sector with government and
non-government organisations, with consultancy firms, or could go on to
pursuing research, training and teaching careers.
Selection Procedure:
Those satisfying the eligibility requirements will be assessed for
selection (Total Marks = 200) through the following:
1. Academic Background (30 Marks): Marks are awarded to each applicant
on the basis of overall percentage of marks secured in the Bachelor�s
Degree Examination and the maximum marks are 30. However, high academic
achievement is not the only criterion on which the candidate will be
selected.
2. Written Test (100 Marks): A Written Test in English aims at an
assessment of:
a. proficiency in English Language,
b. awareness of and reflection on disaster related issues, social and
environmental justice, humanitarian assistance,
c. analytical capabilities, and
d. sensitivity to social and technological issues. The time allotted is
two hours.
3. Personal Interview (70 Marks): To become eligible for the Personal
Interview (PI), a general candidate should secure a minimum score of 45
marks (35 marks for SCs and STs) in the written test.