National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)

• The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) has been recognised as a global ‘centre of excellence’ in the domain of landslide disaster reduction.
• The institute has been recognised as a World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction (2023-2026) during the sixth world landslide forum held in Florence, Italy.

ABOUT NIDM

• The NIDM, is a statutory body that functions under the Disaster Management Act of 2005
• One of the NIDM’s key responsibilities is to create human resources, enhance capacities, give training, conduct research, document disaster management projects, and lobby for legislative changes.
• The Institute works with a variety of ministries, state governments, and municipal governments, as well as academic, research, and technical institutions in India and overseas, to achieve its objectives.
• NIDM also provides capacity building support to a variety of national and state-level agencies.
• Ministry of Home Affairs is the nodal ministry.
• NIDM President– Union Minister of Home Affairs