INCOIS Wins 2025 Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar for Excellence in Disaster Management

INCOIS in Hyderabad won the 2025 Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2025 for its contributions to disaster management. INCOIS demonstrated outstanding commitment to ocean disaster management by winning this award. The Government of India created the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar to award people and groups for their important work in disaster management.

Officials make the selection each January 23 to honor Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth. The award celebrates people who volunteer to protect against disasters. The award package sets ₹51 lakh for institutions and ₹5 lakh plus a certificate for individuals.

Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar

Purpose of the Award:

• The Government of India created the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar to award people and groups for their important work in disaster management.

• Officials make the selection each January 23 to honor Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth. The award celebrates people who volunteer to protect against disasters.

• The award package sets ₹51 lakh for institutions and ₹5 lakh plus a certificate for individuals.

Selection of INCOIS for 2025 Award

INCOIS received top honors because its ocean disaster prevention systems cut coast-related losses and deaths through tsunami, cyclone, and storm surge monitoring services.

Key Contributions of INCOIS

• Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC): In a 10-minute alert period INCOIS delivers tsunami warnings to India and 28 countries across the Indian Ocean. UNESCO approves INCOIS as one of their leading Tsunami Service Providers.

• Cyclone and Storm Surge Forecasting: By predicting wave heights and weather systems INCOIS safeguards lives and protects marine activities across coastal areas.

• Search and Rescue Aided Tool (SARAT): SARAT emerged as an IT system made for the Indian Coast Guard, Navy, and Coastal Security Police to find missing people at sea.

• SynOPS Visualization Platform: To support coordination efforts during extreme situations INCOIS created the SynOPS Visualization Platform by linking operational data in real time.

• Disaster Response Impact: INCOIS supported disaster control operations when the 2013 Phailin and 2014 Hudhud cyclones arrived through prompt weather notices that enabled residents to leave the affected areas ahead of extreme weather events.

Awards and Recognitions

In 2024 INCOIS won the Geospatial World Excellence in Maritime Services Award and in 2021 the Disaster Risk Reduction Excellence Award showed the importance of their services for disasters and ocean activities.

Government’s Role in Disaster Management:

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's direction supported by Union Home Minister Amit Shah India has developed better ways to handle disasters and respond to emergencies which has lowered the death toll in natural disasters.

Conclusion

The Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2025 honors INCOIS for its vital contributions to protecting coastal communities against ocean-based disasters. INCOIS helps protect coastal India through advanced disaster warning methods and response tools.