The Central government has approved the creation of a post of Director in Senior Administrative Grade (SAG) at the National Disaster Response Force Academy (NDRFA) in Nagpur.
With the creation of the post of the director at the NDRF academy, the command and control of the organisation will be entrusted to a senior and experienced officer, who can steer the institution as per the intended objectives.
The academy will impart skill-based practical training to over 5,000 personnel annually, from NDRF, SDRF, Civil Defence (CD) volunteers and other stakeholders, besides disaster response agencies of SAARC and other countries.
The academy will also cater to analysing and improving the training programmes to meet the changing needs and requirement of the stakeholders. It will immensely improve the standard of training imparted on disaster response to NDRF, SDRF personnel and other stakeholders.
