The Exhibition was inaugurated by Ms Renuka Chowdhury, Union Minister. In her opening note she pointed out the importance of imparting Disaster Management Education to children and their role in shaping the future in times of disaster. Quoting Israel and Japan, she stressed that these countries have shown us how to build a society that can face the challenges of inevitable disasters with courage. She emphasized that there is a need to facilitate Public Private Partnership in providing Disaster Management education.

Dr NM Kondap, Vice Chancellor of NMIMS University also supported her viewpoint and discussed the Disaster Management education as a part o socialization Process. Followed by this Ms Renuka Chowdhury had an interactive session with faculty members and students of NMIMS University where she spoke on ‘Women’s Empowerment and Role of Universities’. She spoke about contemporary issues which women face both in family and workplace. She also requested the University to start a course on ‘Inter-personal Counseling’ which can be of great value to the society at large.