Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor Prof. Gurmeet Singh delivered the Presidential Address in the inaugural session of the ‘Five Days Faculty Development Programme on Psycho-social Care in Disaster Management’ for the Social Work Educators of South India organized jointly by the Department of Social Work, Pondicherry University and the National Institute of Disaster Management, New Dehli on 6th November, 2023. Sri.E.Vallavan,IAS, District Collector of Puducherry, Dr.Ajinder Walia, Head, GIDRR Division of NIDM, Prof.B.B.Mohanty, Dean, SSS&IS, Prof.K.Anbu, Head(i/c), Department of Social Work and Dr.P.B.Shankar Narayan, Coordinator of the FDP were present during the programme.