FICCI organised their fifth edition of PSIC on November 10, 2017 in New Delhi. PSIC is FICCI’s annual programme which aims to bring together experts from the Government, Industry, Controlling Authorities, user agencies, and other stakeholders to discuss and debate various policy and regulatory issues concerning the private security industry. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, delivered the key note address during a Special Interactive Session and released FICCI-PwC Report on Private Security Industry. Manjari Jaruhar, Chair, FICCI Committee on Private Security Industry and Former Special DG, CISF, said that the minimum qualification for becoming a constable in the police force was 12+, but the private security industry was providing employment opportunities to the youth at the grass root level, even to those who had completed only 7th or 8th standard. In his theme presentation, Rituraj Sinha, Co-Chair, FICCI Committee on Private Security Industry and Group COO, SIS India Ltd., said that the private security industry was estimated to be INR 40,000 crore in terms of revenue with per annum growth of 18-20 per cent. Session on Policy issues pertaining to Enforcement of (PSAR) Act, 2005 was chaired by Vivek Bhardwaj, Joint Secretary (Police Modernisation), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. He addressed issues related to licences, verification, multiple regulations faced by the controlling authorities and also the PSAs pertaining to enforcement of PSARA. Chairing ‘Minimum standards/ guidelines for cash logistics companies,’ O. P. Mishra, Additional Secretary – Home, Govt. of NCT of Delhi mentioned that the Draft SOPs for secured cash handling & transportation has been modified by MHA and that will be coming out soon. He indicated that it is important that the training certificate issued to the security guard by one state should be recognized by all other states. The session further underlined that the standards once notified will act as a common guideline for all the operators dealing in cash business. Maj. Mandeep S. Garewal, Managing Director & Principal Consultant, Force Tech Security, as the chair of the panel on foreign investment gave a historical background on FDI scenario pertaining to the private security industry. The panel presented mixed views on the subject. The conference was attended by more than 120 delegates. There is a huge gap between private security industry and skill development ministry that needs to be attended. The private sector should consider and encourage Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) where private security workforce would be skilled, upskilled, and provided certification without any financial implication – Dharmendra Pradhan Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India The sector offered great employment opportunities as every year 3-5 lac new jobs are being created here. Besides, the categorization of private security workers as skilled and highly skilled workforce has benefitted the industry – Rituraj Sinha Co-Chair, FICCI Committee on Private Security & Group COO,SIS India Ltd. There is a need to make skilling robust for private security sector as it is lagging behind. The government should authorize more institutes to skill and upgrade manpower in the private security sector – Manjari Jaruhar Chair, FICCI Committee on Private Security & Former Special DG, CISF

SSSDC dons the mantle to prepare retiring soldiers for a second career after they retire, for the job roles of Security Supervisor, Private Security Officer and CCTV Supervisor. National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has signed MoUs with the Army and the Navy to skill the retiring personnel in domain training. The soldiers and sailors are already experienced in platform skills for they have been imparting military training to their subordinates throughout their Army/ Navy service. SSSDC takes the responsibility to train them to comfortably adapt to the practices of the private security sector. Army personnel in great numbers have opted to associate with the Security Sector as trainers and assessors. With the announcement of the Government of various skilling schemes, the skilling mechanism in the country has expanded exponentially, thus providing tremendous opportunities for the employment of trainers and assessors. The industry is very keen to absorb such well-disciplined and honest workforce. A new focus on rehabilitating the soldiers on superannuation has been given impetus. It is well known that an Infantry Soldier often retires very early, at an average full of life age of 40 years, where one is left with a fair amount of energetic age to live. At this age, one can work in full swing, and can efficiently earn a decent livelihood by supplementing their pension. SSSDC is working with 19 regimental centers and have trained 13000 personnel till date. We at SSSDC are proud to attain the opportunity to train the retired Army and Navy personnel who are already proficient in platform skill. It is a matter of our great pleasure and satisfaction to help and enable them re-establish their second inning of life in a respectable way. I feel SSSDC is the best benefitted entity in this transaction – Kunwar Vikram Singh Chairman, SSSDC SSSDC through its training partner Force 10 Protection Services (P) Ltd is imparting training to the retired Navy personnel under the scheme of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Force 10 have two training centers approved from NSDC as per the international standards. They have trained about 700 personnel till now. Director General Resettlement conducts various courses for the retiring personnel of the Armed Forces in order to facilitate them pursuing a second career. The courses designed for retiring NCO/ JCO/ Officers in the security domain vary from the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF) levels, ranging from five to six. The courses are conducted by the nominated training centers. For the current financial year, DGR has allocated 1500 vacancies in various job roles of Level 5 for the security domain. SSSDC lays great importance to the prestigious DGR Project and would exert its optimum to ensure that the project is executed in a flawless manner.

India hosted the International Conference on Cyberlaw, Cybercrime & Cybersecurity – a congregation of some of the best minds on cyberspace issues across the world during 16 & 17 November 2017 in New Delhi. The Conference was organized by Cyberlaws.Net & Pavan Duggal Associates, Advocates. The Conference was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, Justice Dipak Misra. He stressed upon the need for concentrating on emerging legal, policy and regulatory issues concerning cyberspace, and the need for all stakeholders including lawmakers and judiciary to be more aware about the nuances of emerging cyber technologies. He highlighted the growing necessity for the judiciary to be up-todate with the latest trends concerning cyberspace as the said issues would be coming before them for adjudication in the coming times. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the conference, Steven Wilson, Head, EUROPOL Cybercrime Centre highlighted the practical dangers that cyber criminals are posing to states and other stakeholders across the world, and how there is a need for coordinated international approach to deal with emerging challenges concerning cybercrimes and the darknet. He specifically pointed out the misuse of Internet of Things by cyber criminals, and also the increased use of the Darknet and increasing cyber security breaches are the new realities of today. The Conference Director Pavan Duggal, Advocate, Supreme Court of India and an internationally renowned expert and authority on Cyberlaw and Cybersecurity welcomed the delegates and highlighted the very rapidly evolving yet changing landscape concerning Cyberlaw in the digital ecosystem, and the need for lawmakers and all stakeholders to deal with the legal and policy issues concerning cyberspace in a more effective, holistic and pragmatic manner. He further highlighted the need for nations to come up with dedicated cyber security legislations to deal with increased breaches of cyber security as also emphasized the need for more international work to be done on attribution of cyber acts. He pointed out the significance of cyber sovereignty and how different nations are adopting different approaches to protect and preserve their cyber security. The Conference had dozens of distinct sessions with more than 150 speakers across the world. Some of the prominent speakers at the conference included Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India; Alfredo M. Ronchi, General Secretary of the European Commission- MEDICI Framework; Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India; Dr. Ajay Kumar, Additional Secretary, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India; Dr. Gulshan Rai, Chief Information Security Officer, Prime Minister’s Office, Gov- ernment of India; Dr. Vikram Singh, IPS, Former Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh Police; Stuti Narain Kacker, Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), and so on. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Judge Supreme Court of India chaired the extremely interesting session on Cybercrime, which came up with interesting recommendations on how to tackle with the emerging challenges of cybercrime in today’s scenario. The Conference further came up with the Outcome Document which highlighted various specific outcomes of the Conference including steps that need to be taken by the international and national stakeholders in order to further address legal, policy and regulatory issues concerning cyberspace. The Valedictory Session of the Conference was addressed by Hon’ble Justice Madan B. Lokur, Judge, Supreme Court of India, and Hon’ble Justice Ms. Gita Mittal, Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.

Homeland Security Committee of ASSOCHAM has conducted 6th International Conference and Exhibition on Homeland Security on 16 and 17 November 2017, at NDMC Centre, New Delhi. ASSOCHAM conceptualized and took up the initiatives to organised annual conferences on Homeland Security just after the sad incident of terrorist attack in Mumbai in November 2008. The two-day event was spread over five selected sessions on the topics of major importance for the Industry, which are as follows – Safeguarding ports, metros, railways, and transportation systems with intelligent solutions. Disaster management including managing radioactive and biological threats. Security of educational institutions. Operational challenges in counter insurgency, and their solutions. Border area management: Challenges and opportunities. Role of technology in smart policing. Cyber forensic and data analytics. The 1st day conference was inaugurated by Hansraj Ganga Ram Ahir, the Minister of State for Home affairs, Government of India; whereas Jitender Singh, Minister of State, Prime Minister Office Personnel, Government of India inaugurated the sessions on 17th. The event was attended by more than 300 participants which comprised all the stakeholders of the industry including manufacturers, OEMs, distributors and dealers, system integrators, and end users. The two-day forum highlighted various areas of concern and made strong deliberations among the stakeholders to bring about pertinent recommendations which government could consider while forming policies. The concept of accepting Make in India products was given stronger consideration than the current adoption of imported equipment, as the quality and application of our own products would be more result oriented. This can be enabled by making a government forum that can share security application requirements directly with the manufacturers and system integrators; departments such as BPRD and Police Modernization can play a leading role to let it happen. Solutions to counter insurgency lack features for specific local area environment. Costly equipment fails in the exact hour of need. Prior discussions of related case studies by paramilitary authorities with the industry will help design and manufacture apt solutions with least failure rates. A working committee for National Police University along with due representation from the industry in drafting the curriculum based on actual requirement of the end user will help bring security courses to understand and meet actual requirements of the public and private organizations better. This will bring more educated and trained security personnel, and will also create employment opportunities in the industry. The forum was majorly against the foreign direct investment in the security services sector, and for a Government Electronic Marketing Portal which can help in registering the products in the right categories of GeM. The forum also asked the Government to help in effective implantation of the UAV-Drone policy in coordination with the industry. The conference deliberated for a very clear and strong policy to define security rules to be implemented by educational institute, similar to the fire authority’s regulations. It should be mandatory to adopt them by every institute irrespective it is a normal school, college or university. It was discussed to recommend the government to share the case studies of smart city concepts implemented by the government with the industry highlighting the areas of successful implementation and utility, and also the areas lacking the desired results. This will help in bringing the missing solutions by the industry based on new business opportunity. A comprehensive security knowledge paper prepared by the knowledge partners Ernst & Young LLP was formally released to help the stakeholders get an insightful and material understanding of the key drivers, sector-specific challenges, digital solutions and way forward for providing the citizens of this nation a safe and secure and harmonious way of life. ASSOCHAM is the leading chamber of Commerce with members representing various industries and associations. It works closely with its members by conducting sector wise meetings, conferences and summits to facilitate issues pertaining to the growth and stability of country’s economy.