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IIMA Community
Earthquake Reconstruction Effort
(IIMACORE): http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~iimacore/
IIMACORE
takes lead:
IIMACORE has played its own role
in relief efforts in the aftermath of the earthquake. Members of the IIMA community—faculty,
staff and students—had involved themselves in direct relief,
coordinating supplies to the affected areas through NGO
networks, and providing support wherever needed. Since the
relief phase has passed, IIMACORE has phased out its
relief initiative effective from March 1, 2001.
Right after the quake, with in a few days the students of IIMA
had put together a data base under IIMACORE initiative
steered by Prof Vijaya Sherry Chand to provide opportunity on
the web to volunteers to enter their preferences for the
resources or time or skill that they wanted to contribute
towards disaster mitigation. The present information system (
DMIS ) is in fact a slightly improvised version of that
application for not just the city of Ahmedabad but various
states of the country and in fact any where in the
world. The contribution of the IIMA students (Abhishek Rawat, Prashant Girbane, Rakesh Pande, Nilanshuk
Haldar Namit Mehta and
Phanikiran N. L.) and Faculty
continues to be a major support for this initiative.
The students under the guidance of Prof Pankaj Chandra,
Prof P R Shukla and Prof Devanath Tirupathi had also
developed an inventory control system for relief material
which was handed over to relief commissioner at Bhuj with in
two days of the visit of IIMA team of students and
faculty. In due course the supply chain system may be also set
up on the web so that coordination among various volunteers
may become feasible and more efficient. Suggestions and
support from various colleagues who wish to contribute to this
cause are most welcome.
Many individuals and groups have contributed
to the relief effort with money and material. We thank all of
them here, since it has not been possible to acknowledge all
the contributions individually. IIMACORE will not accept any
donations (money or material) from March 1, 2001 (except for
funds committed before March 1, 2001).
IIMACORE members plan to carry forward some of
the work initiated into the long-term rehabilitation stage,
through small groups or as individuals. Examples of these
activities include damage assessment surveys, educational
rehabilitation and supporting certain NGOs in the affected
districts.
We once again thank all the volunteers and
well-wishers who contributed to IIMACORE’s work.
Contact Information:
Prof. Vijay S. Chand
Chairman, IIMACORE,
Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India - 380015.
E-mail : earthquake@pgplan.iimahd.ernet.in
Telephone : (91) 079-6324924
Fax : (91) 079-6306896
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