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Sasakawa Award
May 18 , 2019
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- 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 |
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