CBDM India 2025 Conference | International Conference on Disaster Resilience 2025 | Community-Based Systems for Saving Lives & Health

// Schedule //

Location- IRIDM

19th June 2025

Location - Auditorium
Introduction -Expectations/Ground Rules/Mentor - Mentee
- All Faculty
Thursday

8.15 am - 8.30 am
Location - Auditorium
Introduction and Overview: Disaster Management
- Gp Capt Dr Rajaram Bhat
Thursday

8.30 am - 9.30 am
Location - Auditorium
Disaster Triage
- Dr Tausif Thangalvadi
Thursday

9.30 am - 10.00 am
Location - Foyer

Tea Break

Thursday

10.00 am - 10.15 am
Location - Hall A
Moulage Pre-brief for First Responders
(police, fire, RPF, NDRF, civil defence, home guards etc )
- Dr Aruna Ramesh
Thursday

10.15 am - 11.00 am
Location - Hall B
Moulage Pre-brief for Admin
( revenue, education, panchayat etc)
- Dr Naveen Bhat IAS
Thursday

10.15 am - 11.00 am
Location - Hall C
Moulage Pre-brief for Medical Responders
- Gp Capt Dr PM Rao
Thursday

10.15 am - 11.00 am
Location - Auditorium
Moulage Pre-brief for Others
(Media, NGO, volunteers etc)
- Dr RK Nair
Thursday

10.15 am - 11.00 am
Location - IRIDM Theatre
Disaster Moulage of Mass Casualty Incident
(10 teams with representaion from all the groups above)
- All delegates to participate
Thursday

11.00 am - 12.40 pm
Location - IRIDM Theatre
Incident Site Recap ( Team Specific )
- Team Observers
Thursday

12.40 pm - 01.00 pm
Location - Canteen

Lunch Break

Thursday

1.00 pm - 1.45 pm
Location - Auditorium
Moulage Debrief Presentation about each team
- Dr Sahana G
Thursday

01.45 pm - 03.05 pm
Location - Halls A,B,C, & Auditorium
Customising Disaster Response Guidelines: Group Discussions
- Facilitated by Group Mentors in separate halls
Thursday

03.05 pm - 03.45 pm
Location - Foyer

TEA BREAK

Thursday

03.45 pm - 04.00 pm
Location - Auditorium
Disaster Response Guidelines:
Presentations by all group Panelists Air Marshall Dr MS Sridhar, Dr Naveen Bhat IAS,
Dr Aruna Ramesh, Shri VVS Srinivas, IPS Officer Karnataka Police
- 5 minute presentation by Group Leaders (delegates) followed by panel discussion
Thursday

04.00 pm - 05.00 pm
Location - Auditorium
Certificate Distribution and Group Photo
- All Faculty
Thursday

05.00 pm - 05.15 pm
Location - Auditorium
Faculty Debrief
- All Faculty
Thursday

05.15 pm - 05.30 pm

Search & Rescue SCENARIOS

1	Live sniper fire scenario with savable victims	Dr Rajkumar / Gp Capt Rajaram Bhat
2	Entrapment in a collapsed tunnel	Gp Capt PM Rao / Dr Navin Puttum
3	Stampede - due to chaos in the railway station	Dr Santhosh / Dr Aruna Ramesh / Railway Medic
4	Victims of grenade attack	Dr Karthik Reddy / Dr Anitha Rajkumar
5	Multiple electrocutions from a high voltage live line	Dr Girish / Dr Nikhil
6	Coach pile up with entrapment and multiple victims	Dr Tausif /Wg Cmdr Dr Nidhi Singh / Railways Instructor
7	Jumping from the coach while escaping from assaliants	Dr Varun / Dr Nikeata
8	Safe evacuation from armed assaliants breaking in to field hospital	Police DySP / Dr Lulu / Dr Gunaseelan
9	Pantry Car on Fire	Railway Medic / Dr Akmal / Dr Raman Goud/td>
10	Fire- AC coach on fire	Fireforce Officer / Gp Capt Kiran / Railway Medic
11	Submersion in a Rail Carriage fallen off the bridge: DEMO	Railway Instructor / Dr Priyanka

Scientific Session 6: Acute Medical Care for Victims of War
- 20 mins - Battlefield healthcare lessons from Armed Forces
  
  20 mins - Management of war wounded Experiences from Africa and the Middle East
  
  20 mins - Logistic Challenges of Providing Water, Sanitation & Hygiene during Disasters
- Air Cmde Gurpreet Singh Bhatia Command Hospital, Bangalore
  
  Dr.Vinay Ashtunkar, Anasthesiologist, UAE
  
  Dr.Mayur Kale [ MSF,South Asia]
Saturday

9.00am -10.20am
Parallel Scientific Session 7: Abstracts Presentation
- Judges: Dr.Suresh David & Dr.Suresh Bada Math
  Coordinator: Dr. Girish
Saturday

9.00am -10.20am
Tea Break

Saturday

10.20 -10.40 am
Scientific Session 8: Prevention &Management of Man- made Disasters
- 20 mins - Accidental Fires (Urban, Industrial, Wild) and their Management
  
  20 mins - Railway Accident Prevention and Management, and Safety Measures
  
  20 mins - Impact of Hazardous waste on the environment & its Management.
  
  20 mins - Disaster Resilient Infrastructure for damage control.
- Prof. Dr. Anant Sontake [Fire Service College ,Nagpur]
  
  Shri.VVS Srinivas[ Director,IRIDM]
  
  Dr.Atul Vaidya [Vice Chancellor ,LIT ,Nagpur]
  
  Mr.Ashis Kumar [ Director,Operations,CDRI]
Saturday

10.40 am - 12.50 pm
Parallel Scientific Session 9: Disaster Response Lessons from Grass-roots
- 20 mins - Role of ASHAs and CHWs in Disasters
  
  20 mins - Experience Sharing on Civil Defence Response: Maharashtra
  
  20 mins - Youths in Disaster Response: Current Trends
  
  20 mins - Disaster response by local community
- smt.Seema Mehra, ASHA coordinator , Uttarakhand
  
  Cmdt Rajeshwari Kori ,Mumbai
  
  Mr.Amit Kumar Dhadich [ RAWS, Bhopal]
  
  Dr. Saroj Naithani [ Retd Director, National Health Mission ,Uttarakhand]
Saturday

10.40 am - 12.50 pm
Lunch Break

Saturday

12.30pm to 1.15 pm
Scientific Session 10: Continuing Essential Health Care during Pandemic
- 20 mins - Preparedness for outbreak/Pandemic by Public Health Teams
  
  20 mins - Emergency Obstetrics during recent Pandemic in Jharkhand: Experience Sharing
  
  20 mins - Covid Response by a Community Hospital: Experience Sharing
  
  20 mins - UNICEF Global Framework for Health & Nutritional Support for vulnerable children during emergencies
- Dr.Sanjay Zodpey,CEO,PHFI
  
  Ms.Lindsay Barnes[Jharkhand]
  
  Dr.Dennis and Dr. Kumar [ svym]
  
  Dr.Shridhar,UNICEF
Saturday

1.15 pm - 3.00 pm
Parallel Scientific Session 11: Nuggets of Gold from Disaster Response till Date
- 20 mins - Lessons Learnt form Kerala Disasters
  
  20 mins - Disaster Response Stories from Communities
  
  20 mins - Building local capacity and preparedness for floods in Assam
  
  20 mins - North Carolina Floods 2024
- Mr.Vijay Raghavan Hon Director CADRRE
  
  Ms.Divya Gupta [SEEDS,Vadodara]
  
  Dr.Lakshmanan IAS [Secretary to Govt of Assam]
  
  CDC,USA
Saturday

1.15 pm - 3.00 pm
Tea break

Saturday

3.00pm - 3.20 pm
Panel Discussion : Future proofing Disaster Management :Policy and Practice - Ms.Farhat Mantoo[MSF], Dr. Gitanjali Govindarajan[Snehadhara], NDMA?? WHO ? Moderator -Flt.Lt Dr.M A Balsubramanya
Valedictory and Closing Remarks and Prize distribution for Best Paper presentations and Posters.

Pre Conference Schedule

Location- IRIDM

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Search & Rescue SCENARIOS

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Judges: Dr.Suresh David & Dr.Suresh Bada Math Coordinator: Dr. Girish

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Judges: Dr.Suresh David & Dr.Suresh Bada Math
Coordinator: Dr. Girish