The Home Ministry announced the winners of Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2020.
The award will be conferred to Uttarakhand’s Disaster Mitigation & Management Centre in the institution category and Kumar Munnan Singh in the individual category.
It is announced every year on January 23, on the occasion of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary.
The award aims to recognise the excellent work done by individuals and institutions in India in the field of disaster management.
Kumar Munnan Singh was appointed as a founder member of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in 2005 in recognition of his commendable work during the destructive 2004 Tsunami.