The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has honoured Pramod Kumar Mishra IAS with ‘Sasakawa Award 2019 for Disaster Risk Reduction’.
He is an Additional Principal Secretary to PM.
It was announced during the 6th ‘Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction’ (GPDRR) 2019 meet held at Geneva, Switzerland.
This is the most prestigious award of the United Nations in the area of Disaster Risk Management.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the Nippon Foundation created this award in 1989.
The theme of the Sasakawa Award 2019 was ‘Building Inclusive and Resilient Societies’.
Other winners
Sidnei Furtado
Director of Department of Civil Defence, Campinas, Brazil
Bijal Brahmbhatt
Director of the Mahila Housing SEWA Trust of India