29-APR-1957 :- National Civil Defence College was founded .

The National Civil Defence College

 was formerly known as Central Emergency Relief Training Institute (CERTI), which was founded on 29 April 1957 in Nagpur district of Maharashtra in India. It is the first disaster management training institute of the country. The conflicts of 1962 and 1965 compelled the Government of India to reorient it's emergency training activities from natural disasters to those relating to protection of life and property, reducing damage and raising public morale during any war emergency. Hence, CERTI was renamed as National Civil Defence College on 1 April 1968.^]

This college is identified as a premier training establishment in Chemical Disasters by the Ministry of Environment & Forests of Government of India. It is also listed/cataloged in UNDHA centres of Disaster relief training.