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Role of NDMA in Tsunami Recovery and Reconstruction

The National Disaster Management Authority is closely monitoring the reconstruction process currently in progress. The reconstruction work is being carried out by numerous central and state government organizations.

January 2006

  • 13 January – The Hon’ble Union Home Minister chaired a Review Meeting in his Chamber on the progress of the tsunami rehabilitation and recovery efforts in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Hon’ble Union Home Minister desired that the members of the NDMA should familiarize and appraise themselves of the progress of the  rehabilitation and reconstruction work in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In view of this he also desired that Hon’ble Vice Chairman, General Vij should lead an Inter-Ministerial Team of Officers involved with the rehabilitation and reconstruction programme to Port Blair. This was also conveyed by the Hon’ble Prime Minister to the Hon’ble Vice Chairman, NDMA on 15 January 2006.
  • 23rd January – A meeting of the representatives of all the concerned ministries/departments, Planning Commission and Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ Resident Commissioner was convened at the NDMA office. Following the meeting the Inter- Ministerial Team was formed for the visit to the islands,  along with the Hon’ble Vice Chairman and Hon’ble Member of the NDMA. The objectives of this meeting were to discuss the progress of the tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction programme in the islands and to identify the constraints resulting in delays in progress and work out the modalities for fast tracking the pace of the rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts.
  • 27th January to 29th January – An Inter-Ministerial Team led by General N.C.Vij, Hon’ble Vice Chairman, NDMA, along with Professor N.Vinod Chandra Menon, Hon’ble Member, went to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to review the progress of the rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in some of the tsunami affected areas and to discuss issues with the island’s administration and various stakeholder groups.

March 2006

  • 17th March – A meeting was convened with the Hon’ble Union Home Minister for presentation of the findings of the Inter-Ministerial visit to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 

May 2006

  • 15th May – A meeting was held with the Hon’ble Home Minister on the progress of the reconstruction efforts in the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
  • Nagapattinam NGO Coordination Resource Centre (NCRC) Disaster Preparedness in Agriculture

September 2006

    19th September –
      A video conference was held on the progress of the Andaman and Nicobar reconstruction process.
Prof. N. Vinod Chandra Menon, Member, NDMA presenting the India Report on the Tsunami Recovery at the International Forum on Tsunami and Earthquake "Progress of the Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action and Recovery" which was held on 15 & 16 January 2007 at Kobe Japan.

National Work Shop on Biological and Chemical Disasters
22nd -23rd Feb., 2007

NDMA is mandate to bring out the guidelines for Biological and Chemical Disasters. Based on the guidelines the plans will be made by the respective concerned ministry/departments of the central government and state governments. The plans of the central government will finally be approved. The guidelines will give the details of all that is required to be included in the action plan for a comprehensive management of these disasters. The guidelines will focus on pre disaster preparedness, prevention, and mitigation in addition to the response and post disaster areas of recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction. To achieve this objective a national workshop was organised in which the experts resource persons from the concerned ministries, scientific institutions, scientific laboratories, academic and research institutions, DG Health Services of the states, Relief commissioners of the states and experts from the NGOs and community participated in this workshop. Two days brain storming sessions on various aspects of disaster management for biological and chemical disaster (Terrorism) was addressed.

Consequent to the workshop, first meeting of the core groups of Chemical (terrorism) disasters and biological disasters were held on 23rd and 26th March, 2007 respectively.


List of Participants

SNo. Prefix Name Designation Office Address
1 Gen NC Vij, PVSM,UYSM,AVSM (Retd) Vice Chairman,NDMA National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel,Near IGI Airpot New Delhi #
2 Lt Gen JR Bhardwaj, PVSM,AVSM, VSM,PHS (Retd) Member , NDMA National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel,Near IGI Airpot New Delhi #
3 Shri KM Singh Member , NDMA National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel, Near IGI Airport New Delhi #
4 Prof NVC Menon Member , NDMA National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel, Near IGI Airport New Delhi #
5 Shri M S Reddy Member , NDMA National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel, Near IGI Airport New Delhi #
6 Shri B Bhattacharjee Member , NDMA National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel, Near IGI Airport New Delhi #
7 Smt P Jyoti Rao Member , NDMA National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel, Near IGI Airport New Delhi #
8 Shri HS Brahma Additional Secretary National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel, Near IGI Airport New Delhi #
9 Smt Deepali Khanna Financial Advisor National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel, Near IGI Airport New Delhi #
10 Shri JB Sinha Jt. Secretary National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel, Near IGI Airport New Delhi #
11 Rear Admiral VK Singh,VSM (Retd) Consultant , NDMA National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel, Near IGI Airport New Delhi #
12 Maj Gen JK Bansal, VSM NBC Coordinator National Disaster Management Authority, Centaur Hotel, Near IGI Airport New Delhi #
13 Mr Adrian Baciu Coordinator, Bioterrorism Interpols Bio-terrorism Prevention Programme, Lyon, France
14 Lt Gen D Raghunath, PVSM,AVSM(Retd) Principal Executive Sir Dorabji Tata Centre for Res. & In Tropical Diseases, Bangalore
15 Mr Er. Sekhar Director DRDE, Gwalior
16 Prof Santosh Kumar Proffessor NIDM, Delhi
17 Prof N K Ganguly DG,ICMR ICMR, Delhi
18 Dr. R.K. Sharma Addl. Dir. DRL, Tezpur
19 Lt. Col. Ajay Kumar Sahni Microbiologist Defence Research & Development Establishment, Gwalior
20 Dr. R. Vijayaraghavan Scientist 'G', Associate Dir. DRDE,DRDO, Jhansi Road, Gwalior-474002
21 Dr. K.S.Manja Director of Personnel DRDO, Bhawan, Rajaji Marg, New Delhi
22 Prof Nimesh G. Desai Head, Dept. of Psychiatry & Medical Suptd. Instditute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences, Dilshad Garden, Delhi-95
23 Dr. P Ravindran Director, MoH & FW SEAO,WHO, New Delhi
24 Dr. Shashi Khare HOD, Microbiology Deptts NICD delhi
25 Dr. R N Salhan Addl. DG&Medical Superintendent Safdarjung Hospital,VMMC,New Delhi 110029
26 Prof Y K Gupta HOD Pharmacology Deptt of Pharmocology, AIIMS, New Delhi
27 Dr R L Ichhpujani Additioal Director & NPO NICD delhi
28 Brig S K Puri (Retd) Dean IHMR , Jaipur
29 Maj. Gen. S K Kaul Sr. Consultant (surgery) O/o DGAFMS, MOD, M BLOCK, N. DELHI-110001
30 Brig. Sanjiv Laumas DACIDS(OP LGS) Room No. 16, INCP, Min Of Def., South Block, New Delhi-110011
31 Dr. S.J.Gandhi Dy. Director(Epidemic) Commissionerate of Health ServicesBlokck No .- 5, Dr. Jivraj Mehta Bhavan,Gandhinagar, Guajrat
32 Mr. Sanjay Kumar Srivastav Second In Command 106 BN NDRG:BSF, DIZBERIA, BARASAT, KOLKATA - 700129
33 Dr. Joydeep Chattopadhyay Chief Medical Officer 106, BW NDRF : BSF, MADHYAMGRAM, KOLKATA-700129
34 Brig. S B S Lidder Commander Faculty of NBC Protection, College of Military Engg., Pune
35 Dr. N. Lakshmi Bhaskar Sr. Resident NIMS Hospital, Hydrabad
36 Dr. Rajesh Kr Amrohi SMO 6th Bn ITBP, P.O. Sec 26, Panchkula, Haryana
37 Mr. Deepak Chokeda Major 4011 Fd Amb, C/O 56 Apo
38 WG CDR Mudit Sharma Commanding Officer Air Force Station, Arjangarh, Mehrauli, Gurgaon Road, New Delhi-47
39 Dr. S. Prakash Director Stali Institute of Health & Family welfare, Magadi road, Banglore 560023, Karnataka
40 Dr. R.C.S Sayana D.G(Medical Health) 107,Chandra Nagar, Dehradun
41 Air Com. R. C. Kashyap Principal Director Medical Services Medical Dte, Air HQ(RKP), R K Puram, New Delhi - 66
42 Gp.Capt. N Swain DMS (O&P) Air HQ, R.K.Puram, New Delhi
43 Mr. S. R. Bharti Dy. Comdt. CISF Arakonam (T.N.)
44 Mr. S Vijaya Sekar Dy. Director, TN Fire Service North Western Region, Vellore, 632001, TN
45 Dr. S. Alphonse Selvaraj Joint Director, Public Health Chennai, Tamil Nadu
46 Dr. G.C. Padhl C.M.O.(SG) NDRF(A) CISF. Surakshya comp. Dist. Vellore (TN)
47 Mr. R.K.Yadav Station Officer, DFS Nehru Place Fire Stn., New Delhi -19
48 Mr. C.M. Bakshi DIG, CRPF, Pune Talegaon Pune
49 Dr. Subhash Salunke Regional Advisor EHA WHO - SEARO, IP Estate, New Delhi 110002
50 Dr. V. Sekhose Principal Director,Health &FW Directorate, Health & Family Nagaland, Kohima
51 Mrs. C C. Wangdi Addl. Secretary Land Revenue & Disaster Management Dept. Sikkim
52 Mr. W.M.S Pariat Relief Commissioner Main Secretariat Building, Shillong, Meghalaya - 793001
53 Mr. V.K. Pipersenia Principal Secretary, Revenue, R&R depts Assam Secretariat, Dispur-781006, Assam
54 Mr. Anurag Sharma IG & Director National Industrial Security Academy, Hakimpet, Hyderabad
55 Lt. Col. Rohit Kapur Jt. Dir. Medical Services (Ops & Plans) Dte. Gen Medical Services (Army) Room No.111 L Block Integrated HQ MOD (Army)
56 Mr. R Kaul Technical Officer B DRDE, Gwalior
57 Mr. Amit Saxena Scientist -B DRDE,Gwalior
58 Dr. A.K. Aggarwal Dy. Medical Commissioner,ESIC Panchdeep Bhavan, ESIC HO Office, CIG Marg. New Delhi-110002
59 Mr. P.S. Jangpangi Addl. Secy & Commr Disaster Management Secretariat, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
60 Mr. K.S.Rawat Sr. Field Officer Force Hqs. SSB, R K Puram, N Delhi
61 Dr. Suhel Akhtar Commissioner, Govt of Manipur Room No 150, Ministers' Block, Secretariat, Imphal - 795001
62 Mr. D. S. Rawat C.O O/o Director General, SSB, Force Hqr, East Block-v, R.K.Puram, N.Delhi
63 Mr. Y.C.Modi Jt. Dir.,CBI CGO Complex, New Delhi
64 Lt. Col. S S Bhatia Research Pool Officer Directorate General Medical Services (ARMY), AG's Branch/Army HeadQuarters, L-Block, New Delhi - 110001
65 Dr. K C Sharma Dy. Director Health Services Health & Family welfare, Directorate, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla-9
66 Mr S.Satayanarayanan Senior Staff Coresspondent Dyal Singh Library 1.D.D.U Marg,New delhi-110002
67 Mr. J.N.Singh Gen.Secy Aware world (Ngo)c-181,Pandav Nagar New Delhi-110092
68 Mr. Asar Pal Singh Liaison Officer,Lakshadweep office of the liaison officer of lakshadweep,f-301, Ms Appartments K.G.Marg New Delhi
69 Dr. C.Rajendiran M.D Addional Prof of Medicine Chief- in- charge IMCU &poision center GGH & MMC
70 Dr. G.S.C.N.V. PRASAD Deputy Medical Supritendent,Associate Proffessor, Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences Panjagutta,Hydrabad-500082 AP.India
71 Dr. Arasu Sundaram Programme Director, Disaster Mgmt Cell Anna Institute of Management Green Ways Road Chennai -600028
72 Dr Raman Chawla SRO to Member(JRB) NDMA,Centaur Hotel New Delhi
73 Mr. Reddy Nagabhushan RA Director NDM-II Ministry of Home Affairs
74 Mrs. Preeti Sudan,IAS Commissioner, Disaster Mgmt & Principal Secy. Revenue Deptt Revenue Deptt. L Block, AP Secretariat, Hyderabad
75 Dr. Dhruba Hojai Director of Health Services,Assam Directorate of health services,assam,hengrabari,Guwahati-36
76 Mr Michael yaden Addl. Director, Civil Defence, Nagaland Lower Chandmari,khoima Nagaland-797001.
77 Dr. S.P.S Sohal Jt. Director, Health Services O/oDirector health services Punjab Chandigarh
78 Col T.S Sachdeva Director, Perspective Planning (NBC Medicine) Addl Director general perspective planning general staff branch,integrated Hq of mas(Army)
79 Brig Rahul Kumar Deputy Director General (NBC Warfare) Addl director general perspective planning general staff branch,integrated Hq of MOD(Army)New Delhi-110011
80 Mr Anand M Sharan Additional Resident Commissioner, Harayana Harayana Bhawan, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi
81 Dr. S Kumar Prinicipal & Dean M S Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore
82 Dr(Mrs) Sanchita Bakshi Director of Health Services, Govt of West Bengal Swastha Bhawa, Salt Lake, Sector-4, Kolkata-700091
83 Mr Raman Khadwal Commandant Dte Gen ITBP, Block-2 CGO Complex, Lodi Road New Delhi-110003
84 Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Director Dte of Health Services, Old Sectariate, Srinagar Kashmir
85 Mr Vijay Nangolia Director Institute of Public Health & Hygene
86 Mr Rakesh Aggarwal Supdt of Police,CBI EOU-IX, Block -3 CGO Complex, CBI
87 Dr G S Naidu Deputy Director(Public Health) Dte of Health, New Saram, Pondicherry
88 Capt (Dr) Dheeraj Kumar Meidical Officer Base Hospital, New Delhi
89 Dr MM Oberoi DIG/AC-III, CBI CGO Complex, New Delhi
90 Dr Sarvesh Tandon Asstt Professor VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
*91 Dr Narender Kumar Director of Personnel DRDO, Bhawan, Rajaji Marg, New Delhi
*92 Dr R K Khetarpal Head,Plant Qurantine Division National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources,Pusa Campus New Delhi-12
93 Prof NR Biswas Professor Deptt of Pharmocology, AIIMS, New Delhi
94 Maj Abhaya Kumar Das Major, AMC 320 Field Ambulance, C/o 99 APO
95 Mr R C Sharma Chief Fire Officer Delhi Fire Services, Delhi
96 Mr Nawal Singh Mandki Sanchalak, Bhoo Abhilekh Commissioner Bhoo Abhilekh, Raipur Chattisgarh
97 Dr Rajnanda Desai Dy. Director, Medical Dte of Health Services , Panaji Goa
98 Mr CBS Rathore DIG, CRFP CRPF, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
99 Mr S G Bhati, IPS DIG (Intellegence) Office of the ADG(Intelligence) Police Bhawan, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
100 Dr S S Saha Director , Health Services , Delhi Govt. F-17 Karkardooma, East Delhi
101 Dr N K Sharma DGHS O/o DGHS
102 Mr G Theva Neethi Dhar Additional Secretary (R&R) & Collector Saram, Pondicherry-605013
103 Mr K Sellamuthu, IAS Joint Commissioner(LR) Deptt of Revenue Admn. DM&M, O/o RC
104 Mr Raajiv Yaduvanshi, IAS Commissioner & Secy. (Revenue)/ RC Secretariat, Govt of Goa, Porvorim Goa-403501
105 Mr Deepak Sharma PPS NDMA,Centaur Hotel New Delhi
106 Shri Rubaab Sood Disaster Mgmt Cosultant NDMA,Centaur Hotel New Delhi
107 Mr. Dipak Dash, Media Sr correspondent Times of India (metro)times house 7 B52 marg New Delhi
108 Mr. Sanjeev kapur, Media Chief operating officer jain studios Campus,Scindia villa,Sarojini NagarRing Road,New Delhi 110023
109 Mr. Kamlesh KR.Singh Correspondent jain studios Campus,Scindia villa,Sarojini NagarRing Road,New Delhi 110023
110 Mr. Manoj kumar, Media Cameraman Jagran Tv PVt Limited fC-7,Sector 16-A film city noida201301,UP India
111 Mr. Shishir Srivastava, Media Special correspondent Jagran Tv PVt Limited fC-7,Sector 16-A film city noida201301,UP India
# The present address of NDMA is NDMA,NDMA Bhawan, A1 - Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi-110029.
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