Data Analytics in Psychological Research

1. Psychological Data Science

2. SPSS

1. File management 

Vote of thanks

VOTE OF THANKS

Respected  Professor-in-charge, Prof. Manoranjan Pal, despite of your several pre-occupations, you have arranged your time to inaugurate the programme. You always take care of the development of our small unit. As convener of the workshop, I express my deeply rooted thanks to you.

       Respected Professor S.P.Mukherjee, whenever we request you, you never said no. This gives us more positive energy to conduct more training, workshop, seminar, symposium. Your support help us lot. We all are waiting for your Keynote address. As convener, I express my heartiest thanks to you.

       My dear friend, Prof. Samyadipta Pyne, whenever I call you, you never said no. You have expressed your desire to organize next program in Hyderabad in collaboration with our unit. This is very inspiring message to us. I will try my best to make contract between ISI and your institute, the Indian Institute of Public health. As convener, I express my deep appreciation for your constant academic support.

       I am grateful to all the speakers of this institute, Professor Smarajit Bose, Prof. Prasun Das, Professor Sumitra Purkayastha, Professor Amita Pal for accepting my request to disseminate their valued knowledge. I express my hearty thanks to Prof. Ayanendranath Basu for accepting my request to chair the valedictory session of the program.

       Distinguished participants coming from different research institutes of different states of India, I am thankful to you for your participation. We will disseminate some new knowledge about Psychological data analytics. I believe that you all will be benefitted at last.

       I am thankful to all my beloved students, Anurupa, Sravanti, Sumona and Murshida who despite of data collection for Ph.D., arrange time to assist me in different ways to make the program success.

       As convener, I thank to our sincere staffs – Biplab Dey Sarkar, Swarup Ghara, Indrani karmakar, Ramlal Prasad and our Sr. Assistant, Dr. Himani Bhattacharya for their spirit and dedication to work.

       Several administrative units support us, e.g., staffs of Director’s office, SSD office, Accounts, Estate office, Reprography, Canteen, Electric and Maintenance and security office. I express my deep gratitude to them.

Thank you again for your involvement. 

Sendai Framework

http://www.unisdr.org/we/coordinate/sendai-framework

The Sendai Framework is a 15-year, voluntary, non-binding agreement which recognizes that the State has the primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibility should be shared with other stakeholders including local government, the private sector and other stakeholders. It aims for the following outcome:

The substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses, communities and countries.

The Sendai Framework is the successor instrument to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters. It is the outcome of stakeholder consultations initiated in March 2012 and inter-governmental negotiations held from July 2014 to March 2015, which were supported by the UNISDR upon the request of the UN General Assembly.

UNISDR has been tasked to support the implementation, follow-up and review of the Sendai Framework.

Download Chart of the Sendai Framework

The Seven Global Targets

(a) Substantially reduce global disaster mortality by 2030, aiming to lower average per 100,000 global mortality rate in the decade 2020-2030 compared to the period 2005-2015.
(b) Substantially reduce the number of affected people globally by 2030, aiming to lower average global figure per 100,000 in the decade 2020 -2030 compared to the period 2005-2015.
(c) Reduce direct disaster economic loss in relation to global gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030.
(d) Substantially reduce disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services, among them health and educational facilities, including through developing their resilience by 2030.
(e) Substantially increase the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020.
(f) Substantially enhance international cooperation to developing countries through adequate and sustainable support to complement their national actions for implementation of this Framework by 2030.
(g) Substantially increase the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments to the people by 2030.

The Four Priorities for Action

Priority 1. Understanding disaster risk

Disaster risk management should be based on an understanding of disaster risk in all its dimensions of vulnerability, capacity, exposure of persons and assets, hazard characteristics and the environment. Such knowledge can be used for risk assessment, prevention, mitigation, preparedness and response.

Priority 2. Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk

Disaster risk governance at the national, regional and global levels is very important for prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery, and rehabilitation. It fosters collaboration and partnership.

Priority 3. Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience

Public and private investment in disaster risk prevention and reduction through structural and non-structural measures are essential to enhance the economic, social, health and cultural resilience of persons, communities, countries and their assets, as well as the environment.

Priority 4. Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction

The growth of disaster risk means there is a need to strengthen disaster preparedness for response, take action in anticipation of events, and ensure capacities are in place for effective response and recovery at all levels. The recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction phase is a critical opportunity to build back better, including through integrating disaster risk reduction into development measures.

In India

Business standard (August 24,2015) reported that India will implement the Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction in letter and spirit, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said today. Inaugurating a workshop on 'Enhancing Private Sector Partnership for Disaster Risk Reduction' here today, Rijiju said India has upscaled its efforts to assist its neighbours and other countries in the field of disaster risk reduction.The 'Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030' was adopted during the third UN World Conference on disaster risk reduction held in Sendai, Japan on March 14-18, 2015 where India was represented by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The implementation of the Sendai framework involves adopting integrated and inclusive institutional measures so as to work towards preventing vulnerability to disaster, increase preparedness for response and recovery and strengthen resilience.