Dr. P.K. Mishra conferred with Sasakawa Award
19, May 2019
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CONTEXT :
- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) conferred Sasakawa Award 2019 for Disaster Risk Reduction to Dr. Pramod Kumar Mishra.
- He is the Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister of India.
- The award was announced during the ongoing 6th Session of Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) 2019 at Geneva.