Dr. Kasi Sekar has received many awards:

• Sinha Award for the best research in the field of social work. 

• Best Humanitarian Services for the psychosocial care for the Kashmir Earthquake survivors by the Government of India and Government of Jammu and Kashmir. 

• Independence Day Award by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

• WAPR-IC 2016 award for Excellence in Psychosocial Rehabilitation.  

• Dr. Rajeshwar Prassad Award for the Social Policy, Social Action in 2017. 

• NAPSWI Lifetime Achievement Award 2019.

Dr. Kasi Sekar has worked in most of the major disasters in India since the last three and half decades

• He is a core group member of the National Disaster Management Authority on the National Guidelines on Psychosocial Support and Mental Health Services in Disaster Management. 

• He was a Member of the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority.

• He is a member of the Karnataka State Disaster Management Advisory Committee.  

• He is the Secretary for the National Task Force on Psychosocial Support and Mental Health Services for COVID 19 of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2020.

Dr. Kasi Sekar 

• Has more than 250 publications both in International and Indian journals. 

• He has carried out nearly fifty projects with many INGOs as well as WHO Geneva and India on psychosocial support for survivors of disaster.

• He has widely travelled to many countries in Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia and other countries including Japan in connection with International Disaster Humanitarian Responses. 

• He was invited by Terres de Homes to Jakarta, Indonesia for training Master Trainers from the South Asian region on Tsunami psychosocial support. 

• He has been coordinating National Psychosocial Support Helpline for Disaster Survivors since its inception in March 2022. The helpline has received more than 6 lacks of calls from across the county so far. 

• He is a visiting faculty to the Administrative Training Institute, Mysuru, Karnataka. I also work with the Disaster Management Cell, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the National Disaster Response Force, the National Institute of Disaster Management, and various NGOs in the field of disaster management. 

• He has also worked extensively with children in Difficult Circumstances across the country, using curative, preventive, and promotive psychosocial approaches.

His Specialization and Training Modules:

He is a highly experienced National Trainer who has carried out more than 500 capacity-building programs on various topics for professionals from GOs and NGOs. The training modules he is specialized in include:

Disaster Psychosocial Care capacity building modules

• Sensitization on PSSMHS 

• Psychosocial First Aid (PSFA)

• Psychosocial Support (PSS)

• Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (PSRR)

• Psychosocial prevention and mitigation (PSPM) 

• Psychosocial preparedness (PSP)

• Stress Management for disaster responders

Other related capacity building modules

• Psychosocial care for children in difficult circumstances ( PSCDC)

• Life Skills Education (LSE)

• Enriching Family Life ( EFL)

• Mental Health Issues among Children 

• Resilience building in children 

• Counseling skills 

Publication:

He has co-authored several manuals and workbooks on disaster psychosocial support, disaster risk reduction, life skills education and psychosocial care for children in difficult circumstances.

Areas of Interest: 

He primarily works with disaster survivors, children, adolescents, and persons with mental illness at individual, family and community levels. His areas of interest are:  

• Disaster risk reduction 

• Climate change 

• Disaster Psychosocial Support

• Capacity building  

                          Professional Aim: To apply this formula:   “Hazard x Vulnerability x Exposure = Risk – CAPACITY = Disaster”