Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies

About Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies

Being blighted by the plethora of disasters, hazards, and, issues of comprehensive aftermaths of global warming, adverse environment, and climatic variability, the quintessential urgency to launch a discipline aiming at addressing the holistic approaches of disaster management was a logical demand of time. With a view to imparting knowledge, skills and academic training, and being supported by the Comprehensive Disaster Management Program (CDMP) of the Government of Bangladesh, Center for Disaster and Vulnerability Studies started journey on September 2, 2009 at the University of Dhaka. Later, the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerabilities Studies was established on December, 15, 2011 upon the approval of the Syndicate of University of Dhaka. ...

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Message from Director

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Dr. Dilara Zahid

Message from Director Welcome to the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies Dhaka University (IDMVS). IDMVS was founded as an Institute from the Department of Sociology in 2012 by Dhaka University and the Government of Bangladesh as a direct response of the University to the increasing concern on Disaster Management. Climate Change deterioration leading to the disaster s in the country’s ...

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Academic Programs

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Bachelor of Disaster Management (BDM)

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Master of Disaster Management (Professional)

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Master of Disaster Management

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MPhil

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Post Graduate Diploma

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Recent and Upcoming Events

14 Mar, 2022

National Conference on Disaster, Climate, and Sustainability

On the eve of National Disaster Preparedness Day (March 10, 2022), the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka is going to organize a National Conference on ...

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08 Jan, 2022

Certificate Program on “Disaster Risk Reduction, Humanitarian Response, and Intersectionality.”

As an awardee/sub-grantee of the Gender Responsive Resilience & Intersectionality in Policy and Practice (GRRIPP) Program, South Asia Region, we are offering a Certificate Program on “Disaster Risk Reduction, Humanitarian ...

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