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ASIS Delhi Chapter

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaJanuary 10, 2020November 14, 202401 mins

ASIS Society of Protection Profession Delhi Chapter (Chapter# 207) recently held the elections for the new Executive Committee. The members of the chapter actively participated in the election process. The election results were announced by Balwant Singh Atwal, Returning Officer (Chapter Office Election 2019). Members who have been elected for the Executive Committee of ASIS Society of Protection Profession Chapter# 207 (Delhi) for the year 2020 are Manish Datta, IIRIS Consulting – as the Chairperson, Diwakar Nath Pandey, Gartner – as the Vice Chairperson, Mahesh Singh Chauhan, Fidelity International – as the Secretary, and Kanwar Singh Jyala, IndusInd Bank – as the Treasurer. They took over the baton on 1 January 2020.

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Athenta Providing Surveillance & Security for Gurpurab

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaJanuary 10, 2020November 14, 202404 mins

Athenta provided surveillance and a centralized web-based platform for monitoring and management of 20 zonal viewing centers and endpoint devices spread across Sultanpur, Lodhi for the festival of Gurpurab. They offered integrated command and control center as the nerve center for all smart city operations working as a virtual third eye providing 24×7 operational monitoring of the entire city. Gopal Joshi, Director, Sales, Athenta Technologies commented, “We are extremely pleased to be a part of such a festival where we are contributing our solutions to keep a check on every single activity and surveillance equipment, and ensuring the system and the infrastructure are up and running efficiently. Athenta aims to achieve twin purpose with this initiative i.e., to control an incident for safe procession and safety of the devotees, and secondly by increasing the efficiency of the city surveillance for easy access and monitoring.” The integrated command and control center takes live feed from various CCTV cameras/ surveillance system, city network, automation location tracking system (ALTS), video management system (VMS), variable message system (VaMS) & video analytics etc., installed all over the city to gather inputs from various departments and applications for analysis and research for better planning and implementation of the city. “With the help of stalled automatic location tracking system, tracking of the information becomes easier. It works as the backbone for connectivity of the city that is divided into various zones like parking, critical areas etc. This integration will help in managing the systems and subsystems independently. With, Athenta tool in place, it can cover the entire city and will help in camera Recording that is integrated with AI application to monitor crowd, fire safety, vehicle detection, face detection etc.,” quoted Rajeev Sharad, Urbaforce Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Athenta provides a zonal viewing center where the dedicated stakeholder of every zone is notified of any incident that takes place in their zone. A central command center helps in identifying and resolving unwanted incidents, while helping track and resolve the grievances of the devotee on a timely basis and effectively from a single platform of the command control center.

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South Asia Risk Review 2020

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaJanuary 10, 2020November 14, 2024022 mins

2019 for South Asia has been one of the most eventful years in the past decade. 2019 witnessed the first trans-line of control air attacks between India and Pakistan after almost five decades, and one of the worst terrorist attacks in about a decade in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh is hailed by experts as one of the most advanced, criminal minded and crafty terrorist organization in the sub-continent. The Taliban revived itself as a major player in Afghanistan for the first time since their removal from power in 2001. On the political front, India saw major political and constitutional reforms, while Sri Lanka and Maldives have seen new governments. Pakistan continues to grapple with uniformed democracy in new ways. Nepal’s growing closeness with China, seen alongside China’s increasing role in Sri Lanka and Pakistan too has India worried. On the economic front, South Asia too saw a big flux in 2019. While the economy of Pakistan has come to a historical low, India and Nepal have revived their economies ten years after the global economic crisis to become some of the fastest growing economies. Bangladesh continues to remain one of the fastest growing economies in the region with its GDP growth rate forecast at 8% in 2020. South Asia remains the region with one of the highest growth rates, and one of the largest markets with youngest work force. Against this backdrop of geopolitical and economic challenges coupled with massive opportunities in market growth and capitalization focus, it becomes important to carefully evaluate the risks of doing business in South Asia. MitKat’s South Asia Risk Review 2020 brings to you an indepth geo-political analysis of the major issues affecting each country in the region, the influence of external powers in domestic markets and political space, as well as a forecast for the coming year based on trend development and analysis. Lt Gen Sudhir Sharma PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VSM (Retd), Chairman “Geopolitical and geo-economic turbulence, endemic in the South Asian region, continued in 2019 and is likely to manifest in the similar vein in 2020. Certain important events of this year are likely to cast their shadow on the strategic dynamics, and the inherent fissures and fault lines in the ensuing year will exacerbate further. The 2019 parliamentary elections in India though offered continuity on one hand, on the other however, the loud and vitriolic campaign polarised the fractured polity even more. The election of Mr Modi and the revocation of Article 370 in Kashmir and realignment of state boundaries evoked a shrill response from Pakistan and some other nations. Earlier India had raised the stakes in a high gamble air strike on terror targets in Balakot, Pakistan in Feb 2019; and changed forever the status quo of the fragile LoC between the two countries. The China-Pakistan nexus got further strengthened, and this axis is likely to dominate the geopolitical discourse of the region. The tentative ‘quad’ grouping to counterbalance China and the BRI would further strain the insecurities of the dominant players.” NEW RISKS FOR A NEW DECADE As we enter a new decade, the world at large finds itself at a societal, economic and environmental tipping point. Growth in manufacturing economies is slowing down, economic inequalities are on the rise, and climate change is taking place at a faster pace than before. Simultaneously we also see an increase in radicalized movements, particularly against immigrants and minorities. There is also a growing disbelief in the capitalist system, and a backlash against the pace of technological developments and dwindling number of elites that control an even larger share of the global market. These trends get mirrored in South Asia. These geo-political and geo-economic trends put governments in South Asia in a bind, with increasing pressure to find new ways to deal with the new risks as they are emerging, or risk losing business with the companies holding back investments and changing supply chains to avoid certain countries. We therefore see five persistent risks for 2020 in South Asia: Civil disturbance/ activism Protests, riots, and violent activism across the countries are expected to pose one of the most important risks to business continuity in South Asia. As civil dissonance grows, and avenues for protest under the democratic system increase, civil disturbances can be expected to remain one of the most persistent risks for 2020. Terrorism and extremism Each country of the region faces persistent threats from increasing radicalized groups and individuals, many of whom join various terrorist and extremist groups spread across South Asia. Disruptions to business operations from terrorist threats would continue to remain high in 2020. Technology Technological risks would encompass the constant new innovations that outpace each other, rendering slow adoption of any technology into business – a more futile and expensive exercise. The integration of new and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data development and management, if not managed properly would expose businesses to various compliance and financial risks. Economic flux Geo-economics, and in particular the effect of shifting political strategy towards short-term economic goals would see multiple countries in South Asia facing an economic flux. This can be expected to manifest in the form of shifting economic policies, vulnerabilities in market transactions, and changes in repo rate and currency rates based on political decisions. Environmental risk Fast-paced climate change with resultant extreme weather phenomenon, as well as shifting environmental regulations imposed by governments due to political pressure from activists, international platforms, as well as genuine concerns can lead to business disruptions. INTERCONNECTED, INTERDEPENDENT , & YET UNDER EXTERNAL INFLUENCE As we move ahead with the high levels of globalization achieved in the past two decades, it is unlikely that South Asia would be able to focus on these risks without any influence from the larger global trends – or that it even should. While acknowledging the influence that all countries and international developments have on governance, politics and economy of a country, or a subcontinent, South Asia is more influenced by the trends and power overshadow of two of the three major power centers of the…

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Public Police India

MassMediaLink India LLP SecurityLink IndiaJanuary 10, 2020November 14, 2024014 mins

Chairman: Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, Former Chief Justice of India and Ex-Chairman National Human Right Commission Vice Chairman: Dharmendra Deo Mishra, Ias, Former Chairman, Board of Revenue, Uttar Pradesh Secretary: Deo Datta, IAS Former Chairman and C.E.O., Noida Authority, Noida, Uttar Pradesh National President: Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman, Central Association of Private Security Industry Chief Executive Officer: Rakesh Kumar Maheshwari, Senior Chartered Accountant As per a survey, about 98% of the people are not satisfied with the state of policing. As they say, the police are corrupt and misbehaving. 89% believe that it is the police who are supposed to reach the troubled persons, that too, immediately after the offense is reported – instead of the aggrieved going to the police. They also don’t approve the police beating or ill-treating the alleged persons who are in their custody for any criminal offence, unless convicted. 100% of them believe that the police officers who misbehave with the visitors/ complainants/ public should be suspended or removed immediately from services. MISSION To help people for getting their grievances, complaints registered, heard and properly redressed with the coordination of higher police/ government authorities. To promote awareness about the legal rights and responsibilities of the citizens of the country. To connect public with police personnels for healthy relationship. To connect people for help, and cooperate with each other. To honour police personnels, law enforcement agencies and members of the public for their outstanding service to the society. Further, 100% of the surveyed people believe that the police should be well equipped, well-educated and versed about human rights, and well trained with the latest technologies and weapons. 98% were of the opinion that the awareness programmes about human rights, and legal and public safety awareness should be spread. People should also co-operate with the police as they believe that the security guards are not yet properly synchronized and supportive to each other. Every police station should have a facilitation centre to provide drinking water, tea, cold drinks, snacks, and photocopy machine and computers on no profit or no loss basis. Moreover, 98% people believed that in case of death or any causality during the duty hours their family should be provided due cognizance and taken care by the government. Salaries and other facilities should also be enhanced so as to remove/ minimize the scope of corruption. Strangely, 82% of the surveyed reported to not have any experience with the police so far. Under the given pretext, a non-government organization called ‘Public Police’ was registered as a Trust in the beginning of 2019 in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, Former Chief Justice of India and Ex-Chairman National Human Right Commission. The deed of trust was made and executed by the Chief Executive Officer of Public Police, Rakesh Kumar Maheshwari, Senior Chartered Accountant with the other dignified trustees of the NGO. The other members are former High Court judges, former senior lAS officers, former senior IPS officers and some distinguished members of the civil society. The Public Police aims to become a trustworthy and reliable intercommunication link of the society to the law enforcing agencies. 90% of the surveyed once also supported for a common platform for addressing their complaints, and 95% agreed that public police partnership would be a very useful platform for bridging the gap and solving the people’s problems. In fact they were very keen to become a part of the public police and active member. While speaking about the NGO Public and Police – Justice Balakrishnan recollected the unfortunate situations he experienced all through his entire career and opened his heart by saying, “The citizens want to live peacefully in safe and protected environment which needs the co-operation with each other. But, generally they feel alone and not satisfied with the actions taken by the police. The public should feel safe and protected while going to the police, but nowadays there are instances that public are afraid to go to the police. “The police are for public protection and prevent them from crime. They are also responsible for maintaining law and order of the country. The true measure of the effectiveness of any police force is not the number of arrests or police actions but the absence of criminal conduct and violation of law in the society. “On the other hand, this is not possible for any government or police to be with each and every citizen, to safeguard them so when crime is increasing against the senior citizens, females, children and others, the people of the country should stand against the criminal activities. “Now the time has come to be united and fight against crime. Our organization helps the people connect with each other by registering themselves as the member of the organization. Public Police is a charitable trust incorporated (NGO) where people can register their problems, and the organization will take up the problems with the higher police authorities and concerned government authorities to resolve at the earliest.” The organization will do conferences, camps, events and other mode of information for updating the people and also try to increase the healthy relationship between public and police. The people also understand that police personnels are members of the same society who face so many difficult situations and circumstances due to the involvement of powerful persons. Further, they have to act according to the legal system. So many times the actions of the police are not according to the wish of the aggrieved persons. The people should also pay respect to the police and cooperate in performing the responsibilities assigned to the police. Former Chairman and C.E.O., Noida Authority, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Deo Datta, 1985 batch IAS (Retd.) who has served as the District Magistrate and Divisional Commissioner at various territories of Uttar Pradesh is the Member Secretary of the Public Police India. SecurityLink India has had the privilege to meet him and chat one-on-one. He was very excited about the forum and explained, “The NGO will create a forum and a…