I consider it a great privilege and pleasure to address you this morning as the next Presidentof the Indian Psychiatric Society. I am most grateful to the membership of the Society for having elected me to this highest position in the profession at the national level, and for having bestowed this high honour upon me. I feel humble when I think of all the great stalwarts who have earlier served ...

the specific vulnerability of children and by extension, the need to promote disaster awareness among children as an integral part of disaster risk-reduction strategies is an emergent theme in the disaster management fraternity. the challenge however, is in the design of awarenesspromotion tools that are relevant to and appropriate for the specific learning needs of children. the disaster aware...