St Xavier's University launches course on disaster risk reduction management

St. Xavier's University has introduced a disaster risk reduction management course in collaboration with the India Japan Laboratory, Keio University. In a statement, the institution's vice-chancellor Felix Raj said the research centre of the university, which is offering the course, is named after renowned scientist and Jesuit Father Eugine Lafont.

Lafont had predicted a disaster around 1867 through his experiments in the St. Xavier's College laboratory, and the prognosis saved many lives, Felix Raj said, describing the disaster risk reduction management course as a befitting tribute to him.