"The significance of disaster in today’s environment comes under question. Why do we need to bother so much? After all, disasters have been with us for as long as the recorded history and presumably even longer. Disasters are phenomenon, which cannot be stopped altogether but advance planning can mitigate sufferings. What precautions are necessary is a question, which needs research, analysis and documentation. We must initiate action in order to avoid such disasters.
India covers an area extending from snow-covered mountains in the North to the tropical rain forests of South. Because of large geographical size of the country, India often faces natural hazards like floods, cyclones and droughts occurring frequently in different parts of the country.
World Bank, however, lauded the Eleventh Finance Commission’s recommendation for a greater role of insurers and creation of a National Center for Calamity Management to provide advice to the government on the financing of calamity recovery efforts. World Bank could assist the country by offering a catastrophe risk management model that could be effectively used to reduce fiscal and financial exposures to natural disasters.
The whole issue has been approached and treated in a very systematic and scientific manner, keeping the practical aspects in mind. This edited book, though not voluminous, yet comprehensive and exhaustive in its totality, would create an awareness among all concerned and prove to be source of enrichment, for the general readers who may eventually help themselves to cope with similar situations."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R.K. Sharma
Dr. R.K. Sharma, (born 1932) Professor and Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Jabalpur retired in 1992. Subsequently he was Visiting Professor in the University of Sagar for one academic session and Senior Research Fellow of the Indian Council of Historical Research for three years. Dr. Sharma’s contributions to the cause of Indian Archaeology in general and Archaeology of Madhya Pradesh in particular are widely acclaimed. On account of this he was felicitated by a Volume (in two parts) entitled “Heritage of Indian-Past and Present†which was brought out in his honour and presented to him in 1994. The credit of directing the archaeological excavations of Gilaulikhera, Kakrehta and Patan goes to him. A large number of research papers have been published by him in journals of national and international repute. His prestigious publications include : Madhya Pradesh Ke Puratattva Ka Sandarbha Granth (Bhopal, 1974), The Temple of Chaunsatha Yogini at Bheraghat (Delhi, 1978), Art of the Paramaras of Malwa (Ed.) (Delhi, 1979), The Kalachuris and Their Times (Delhi, 1980), Indian Archaeology-New Perspectives (Ed.) (Delhi, 1982), Archaeology of Bhopal Region (Delhi, 1980), Rock-Art of India (Ed.) (Delhi, 1983), Vajapeya – Essays on Evolution of Indian Art and Culture (Prof. K.D. Bajpai Fel. Vol.) (Ed.) (Delhi, 1987), Studies in Shell Script (Ed.) (Delhi, 1990), Art of the Kalachuris (Ed.) (Bhopal, 1991), Excavations at Kakrehta (Delhi, 1992), Krsna Smrti (Prof. K.D. Bajpai Comm. Vol.) (Ed.) (Delhi, 1995), and Prehistoric Art in India (Dr. S.K. Pandey Fel. Vol.) (Ed.) (Delhi, 1996). A series of other publications are in process.
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