In Collaboration with Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority and District Administration Kinnaur the Institute organized district level three days Basic and Intermediate Programme on “Incident Response System” from 15th to 17th October, 2018 at Rekong Peo. The target group of this programme consisted, Officer from District Administrations, IRT Team and HoDs/Senior Officers from different departments of District Kinnaur.  The programme was attended by 40 participants representing different State and Central Government Departments of the District. The three days programme was inaugurated by Shri Gopal Chand, IAS, Deputy Commissioner Kinnaur.  After the Inaugural address of Chief Guest, National Level eminent Resource Person, Col. V N Supanekar (Retd.), Director, Disaster Management Centre YASHADA, Pune, Government of Maharashtra presented the overview of the three days IRS programme. The main objective behind this programme was to follow the    Guidelines on the Incident Response System (IRS) issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)for effective, efficient and comprehensive management of disasters in the State of Himachal Pradesh and pre-designate the officers to perform various duties as well as train them in their respective roles and responsibilities. During the three days duration of the programme Col. V N Supanekar (Retd.), imparted information on all the modules of basic and intermediate Course of Incident Response System. All the participants shown keen interest and attention in all the sessions and participated actively in group works and discussions also.  The Chief Guest for closing session was Shri Surender Thakur, HAS, AC to Deputy Commissioner, Kinnaur who  presented  the closing address and also took the feedback from the participating officers  regarding the three days programme  and thereafter the participation certificates  were distributed.