The Governing Board of the SAARC Disaster Management Centre comprises of representatives of all 8 Member States besides a representative of Secretary General SAARC and of the Ministry of External Affairs, India. The Governing Board approves the policy decisions of the Centre and finalizes its programme, activities and budget.

The Chairman of the Centre rotates among the Member States alphabetically. Mr. R.K. Srivastava IAS, Joint Secretary (Disaster Management), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India is the current Chair of the Centre.

Director of the Centre serves as the ex-officio Member Secretary of the Governing Board.

The Centre has 5 Divisions of which 4 are Technical and 1 Administrative Division. Each Technical Division has its Head, two Specialists and one Research Assistant.