St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata has launched a catastrophe danger discount administration course in collaboration with the India Japan Laboratory, Keio College.
In a press release, the establishment’s vice-chancellor Felix Raj stated the analysis centre of the college, which is providing the course, is known as after famend scientist and Jesuit Father Eugine Lafont.
Lafont had predicted a catastrophe round 1867 by way of his experiments within the St. Xavier’s Faculty laboratory, and the prognosis saved many lives, Felix Raj stated, describing the catastrophe danger discount administration course as a befitting tribute to him. He additionally highlighted the necessity for creating consciousness of catastrophe administration with correct and newest information in order that danger could be minimised.
Keio College’s India Japan Laboratory Director Dr Rajiv Shaw stated this course will see the switch of Japanese expertise in catastrophe mitigation and resilience with correct information, ability, expertise and instruments.
The course is an final result of an MoU signed earlier between St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and India Japan Laboratory of Keio College, the assertion stated.
Together with college students, students and social staff, a gaggle of officers of the division of catastrophe administration and civil defence have enrolled within the first batch of this course, which might be addressed by internationally acclaimed useful resource individuals from India and Japan, the assertion added
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