• With the creation of the post of Director, 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 5000 personnel annually, from NDRF, SDRF, CD volunteers, other stakeholders and disaster response agencies of SAARC and other countries.
  
• It will immensely improve the standard of training imparted on disaster response to NDRF, SDRF personnel and other stakeholders.

Background

• National Disaster Response Force Academy was established in year 2018 at Nagpur by merging with it National Civil Defence College (NCDC).
  
• The main campus of the Academy is under construction, till then it is functioning from the existing campus of NCDC.
  
• The Academy presently imparts training to National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)/ State Disaster Response Force (SDRF)/ Civil Defence volunteers and other stakeholders and is envisaged to grow into a premier training institution of international repute.
  
• It will also provide specialized training to disaster response personnel of SAARC and other countries.