Earthquake problems are not new to our country.We have witnessed several moderate earthquakes in the last 2 decades causing around 2 lakh casualty and innumerable property loss.These events are ravaging nations leaving behind countless victims.Pre-disaster planning i.e., mitigation and preparedness can have a good impact on minimizing the post-disaster response i.e., emergency, rescue and rehabilitation.This also reduces tragedy and suffering to great extent.Main reason for the casualties is collapse of buildings.In order to ensure the construction of safe building infrastructure, we need to address several issues.To contribute to some of the issues, IIIT Hyderabad established Earthquake Engineering Research Centre (EERC).

Vision Statement

Vision of EERC is to become a centre of excellence in research on Earthquake Engineering and related areas.It aims to give solutions for disaster management in general and construction of safe building infrastructure in particular.