On 26th Feb. 2010, an informative seminar was being inaugurated by Padmashree Award Holder Shri B. Bhattacharya at Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata. Shri B. Bhattacharya is currently the member of Nuclear and Radiological Emergency, National Disaster Management Authority, Government of India and was the former director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. The seminar depicted the preventive measures on Disaster Management with latest trends in Science and Technology which can help in predicting Disasters well in advance and can help to rescue the society in a developed way. Shri B. Bhattacharya has given an excellent presentation on the boons of Science and technology in Predicting Disasters in the Nation. The seminar was also contributed by Dr. Sutapa Chowdhury, HOD, Atmospheric Science Department, Calcutta University, Dr. Sivabrata Chatterjee, Former Member, Expert Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India and Dr. Anup Kumar Ghosh, Member, Centre of Polymers Management, IIT Delhi.
The seminar was attended by more than 100 members which include corporates, students and Professors. Among them the prominent are Emami, Vikram India, Patton, United World School of Business, IBMR, IBRAD, Future Institute of Engineering and Management, Megaflex, Dippon, Cico technologies etc. As Disaster Management is now an essential topic to current reforms in the society, it is very much neglected by common people and that is the reason many calamities have occurred in the recent times. To make the students and common people aware of the fact, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata has initiated this seminar to contribute to the society to a greater extent. Prof. B. B. Paira, the Director of Heritage Institute of Technology has also given an insight to the topic and created a benchmark for the noble cause for which the college sustains.
