MBA in Disaster Management

MBA in Disaster Management is a two-year full-time postgraduate program which providing training to students about how to tackle various disasters. The course is all about providing strategies to the students which will help to handle disaster-related situations. Apart from providing strategies to the deal with disasters, the course also trains students to minimize their impact. 
MBA in disaster management allows students to know some measures which reduce the chances of happening. 
The course provides various skills both technical and research skills which expertise the students to handle any disaster activity effectively. 

Objective of MBA in Disaster Management 

The two years MBA in Disaster Management program will aim at the following:

• The program will train the students who are interested in disaster management and related areas.
• The program will help the candidates who are looking for a career in disaster management.
• The course provides self-defence strategies for the people living in that area. Anyone from this category may go for the MBA in Disaster Management. 

MBA in Disaster Management Highlights

Check out all important details about MBA in Disaster Management from the table given below.

Admission to the two years MBA In Disaster Management will be done on the basis of entrance exam and percentage in the academics

• Candidates must have cleared B.Tech/ BCA/ BA or any other bachelor degree from any of the recognised institutes with 55% aggregate. The minimum percentage required will be different for each institute.
• Other candidates who have appeared for the final year examination and are waiting for the result are allowed to apply for the two years full-time management program. 

MBA in Disaster Management Admission Process

Admission to the MBA in Disaster Management will be done on the basis of entrance exam followed by face to face interview. 
The entrance exam will test candidates on the basis of their approach to solving problems and their aptitude skills. It will include various sections including quantitative, logical and verbal. Questions from various sections including Geometry, Probability, Stock and Shares, Permutations and Combinations, Trigonometry, Reading comprehension, Vocabulary, Arithmetic, Graphs will be covered in the entrance exam. Candidates need to clear the entrance exam in order to get selected for the interview group discussion round. 
Selected students will be called for the next stage. Dates for this round will vary from college to college. The Group Discussion and Interview will test the candidates on the basis of their Confidence, Creativity, Group Behaviour, Awareness, Reasoning ability, Flexibility, Communication skills, Leadership, Assertiveness, Initiative. 

MBA in Disaster Management Course Fee

Candidates will have to submit the course fee ranging between INR 17,000 to 1,60,000 in order to appear for the two-year management programs. However, the course fee for the program will vary from the institute to institute. Candidates who are going for admission may check the total fee and admission fee for the program from the information brochure released by the college. 

MBA in Disaster Management Entrance Exam

Colleges/ Institutes providing admission in the MBA in Disaster Management will select candidates on the basis of their scores in the entrance exam. Candidates will have to appear for any one of the exams in order to get eligible for admission. Some of the management entrance exams are  XAT, SNAP, CAT, MAT, NMAT & CMAT. Students may check the eligibility criteria of the college to find out further details about the entrance exam. 

Top Institutes offering MBA in Disaster Management

Some of the well-known colleges available in the country offering MBA in Disaster Management are listed below.

Semester wise break up of MBA in Disaster Management Syllabus is provided below.

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Semester 4

MBA in Disaster Management provides various career options which the student may choose after successfully clearing the degree. Candidates looking for the government sectors may join the emergency services, law enforcement departments, relief groups and local authorities while others looking for private sectors may find career opportunities in various organizations which are dealing in disaster management services. Besides this, there are some international agencies which hire professionals in disaster management. 

Some of the profiles which are well suited for the professionals in disaster management are Trainees, Assistants, Experts, Analysts, Engineers,  Researchers, Medical Health Experts, Community Development Personnel, Rehabilitation Workers, Paramilitary Personnel or First Responders, Environmental Experts, Social Welfare Personnel. There are some organisations available which hire professionals for their own disaster units. Companies from insurance companies, chemical industry, petroleum industry, and mining industry are included in this category. Check out some of the career opportunities and job prospects available to you after you complete the programme.

• Analyst
• Engineer
• Assistant
• Expert
• Rehabilitation Worker
• Environmental Expert
• Medical Health Expert
• Researcher
• Trainee