Page 1 of 10 Edition: May 2016 VOLUME 45 e-SECURITY POST With the aim to support two major initiatives of the Government i.e. “Make in India” and “Skill India” and to align to skill standards which are recognized globally, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Rajeev Pratap Rudy announced the launch of “Transnational Skill Standards” in India on 5 th April 2016 at IHC. These standards in skill development are benchmarked to United Kingdom across 82 identified job roles. The event was graced by Shri Rohit Nandan, Secretary, MSDE. British High Commissioner to India Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG was present as Guest of Honour. In his inaugural address, Shri Rudy said that standardisation of vocational education is crucial in bringing about a level in the efficiency of the skilled workforce. He said, it is government’s endeavour to benchmark the standards so as to support international mobility of Indian workforce and also prepare them to work in international companies having their operations in the country. He said, his Ministry has chosen UK standards to benchmark Indian Skills Standards since all the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries recognize UK skill certification. British High Commissioner to India Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG said that India and UK have been collaborating on skill development since a long time now and this is yet another effort to bring more quality in vocational education which will open more avenues for employment across countries for the youth. During the event two MoUs were signed between NSDC and Association of Colleges (UK) and NSDC and UK Awarding Organization City & Guilds and Pearson’s Education. These MoUs were signed to enable sharing of best practice, staff exchange and development of new models to increase employer engagement and investment in skills. Rajiv Pratap Rudy Launched Transnational Skill Standards in India
Transcript
Page 1 of 10
Edition: May 2016 VOLUME 45 e-SECURITY POST
With the aim to support two major initiatives
of the Government i.e. “Make in India” and
“Skill India” and to align to skill standards
which are recognized globally, Minister of
State (Independent Charge) for Skill
Development and Entrepreneurship Shri
Rajeev Pratap Rudy announced the launch of
“Transnational Skill Standards” in India on
5th
April 2016 at IHC. These standards in
skill development are benchmarked to
United Kingdom across 82 identified job
roles.
The event was graced by Shri Rohit
Nandan, Secretary, MSDE. British High
Commissioner to India Sir Dominic Asquith
KCMG was present as Guest of Honour.
In his inaugural address,
Shri Rudy said that
standardisation of
vocational education is
crucial in bringing about a
level in the efficiency of the
skilled workforce. He said,
it is government’s
endeavour to benchmark the
standards so as to support
international mobility of
Indian workforce and also
prepare them to work in
international companies
having their operations in
the country. He said, his
Ministry has chosen UK
standards to benchmark
Indian Skills Standards
since all the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
recognize UK skill certification.
British High Commissioner to India Sir
Dominic Asquith KCMG said that India and
UK have been collaborating on skill
development since a long time now and this is
yet another effort to bring more quality in
vocational education which will open more
avenues for employment across countries for
the youth.
During the event two MoUs were signed
between NSDC and Association of Colleges
(UK) and NSDC and UK Awarding
Organization City & Guilds and Pearson’s
Education. These MoUs were signed to enable
sharing of best practice, staff exchange and
development of new models to increase
employer engagement and investment in
skills.
Rajiv Pratap Rudy Launched Transnational Skill Standards in India
Page 2 of 10
The key highlight of this partnership is
recognition of the Indian SSC Assessment and
Certification by the UK Awarding bodies.
Those interested to migrate will simply have to
take “bridge training” on the gap identified in
the benchmarking process and get assessed on
the components of the “bridge training”. Thus
just by doing “bridge training” and getting
assessed and certified on it, will lead to award
of UK IVQ which has a global acceptance
including Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
countries.
Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman, Mr.
Mahesh Sharma, Director, Maj Gen A K
Sakhuja, CEO and Mr. U S Rathore,
Principal Standards & QA from Security
Sector Skill Development Council
participated along with various others
Sector Skill Councils.
Mr Sanjeev Paul, MD, SSMS, Mr Shivindra
Pratap Singh, MD, Lancers Network Ltd, Maj
Gen Deepak Sapra (Retd), MD, Army Welfare
Placement Organization and few employers
from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
countries who committed employment to
Indian workforce certified on these
benchmarked standards were also present at
the function.
ISTA WILL DEVELOP
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
STANDARDS FOR SSSDC
Mr Timothy Sells, MD, International Security
Training Academy (ISTA), Australia visited
SSSDC Office from 11 to 13 Apr to explore
ways to impart international training to
security personnel so as to enable them to get
jobs in abroad. Meeting was chaired by
Chairman, SSSDC & MOU in this respect was
signed between the two dignitaries.
Chairman shared about government’s vision &
interest towards International Certification. He
said Govt is more inclined towards UK &
Australia Standards. He informed about the
launch of transnational standards benchmarked
to UK standards.
CEO gave an overview of Security Sector
Skill Development Council. COO gave a
detailed presentation on the growth of Private
Security Sector.
Mr. Tim Sell, MD said that ISTA has
received international endorsement and has
been chosen by various governments and
corporate bodies to assist them in creating
their own security training programs. ISTA
has also delivered training to and developed
specialized course packages for the top clients.
Mr. Timothy Sells, MD, ISTA, Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman &
Maj Gen A K Sakhuja, CEO during the signing of MoU
Page 3 of 10
Mr. Tim said ISTA objective is to help educate
the civilian security industry with the
necessary skills that are required to
successfully guard and protect the community
and their assets with the highest level of
professionalism.
MOU signed between SSSDC & ISTA for
training of Master Trainers according to
International standards.
CAPSI PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO BASIC OPERATING
GUIDELINES FOR SECURED CASH
HANDLING & TRANSPORTATION
BY PSAs
MHA has forwarded a draft SoP for Secure
Cash Handling & Transportation by Private
Security Agencies under the PSAR Act to
sought CAPSI views. In view of the same a
meeting was organized on 29th
Feb 2016 at
4:00 pm at CAPSI Headquarters.
Mr. Mahesh Sharma, Secretary General,
CAPSI Mr. Ritu Raj, CEO- SIS Group, Mr.
Pawan Ahluwalia, Chairman Premier Group,
Mr. Jasbir Wasu, Vice Chairman, CAPSI, Mr.
Anil Puri, Executive Director, A P Securitas,
Mr. Sanjeev Paul, MD, SSMS, Mr. C Pal
Singh, Hony Director General, CAPSI, Mr.
Baldev Singh, Vice President, Checkmate
Services, Lt Gen J S Bajwa, Capt Sunil David
from Radiant Cash Management Services
attended the meeting.
Valuable inputs were received from the
Industry leaders. The amendments were made
to the draft based on the suggestions given
during the meet. The amended draft was
submitted to Ministry of Home Affairs. CAPSI
assured the Ministry to work with its member
companies to ensure that the basic operating
guidelines for cash handling and cash
transportation by licensed private security
agencies are fully implemented across the
country.
Our heartiest congratulations to our new
CAPSI family members
1. Royal Institute of Fire and Safety- Maharashtra
2. Star Security & Placement- Kerala 3. New Bond Security Services – West Bengal
4. Jai Balaji Security Services Pvt Ltd- Odisha
5. Stryker Security & Staffing Solutions Pvt Ltd-
New Delhi
6. Triple "A" Management Services - Uttrakhand
7. ABC Facility Management and Security
Services Pvt Ltd – Kerala
8. Ramesht Security Services Pvt Ltd. – Odisha
9. Proman Securitech Pvt Ltd – New Delhi
10. Sandline Security – Bihar
11. Sabharwal Security Consultants – New Delhi
“Growth is never by mere chance; it is
the result of forces working together”
Page 4 of 10
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) organized
meeting of all states Controlling Authorities
of PSAR at 11:00 am on 27th April 2016 at
Jaisalmer House, New Delhi. The following
points were discussed:
1. Provisions of draft SoP for secured cash
handling & transportation by Private
Security Agencies.
2. Enforcement of PSAR Act, 2005
3. Training
The meeting was chaired by Mr. TVSN Prasad,
Joint Secretary, Mr. Jaideep Govind, Addl
Secretary and Mr. Amrik Singh, Deputy
Secretary from MHA.
Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman,
Mr. Mahesh Sharma, Director, Maj
Gen A. K Sakhuja (Retd) , CEO, Col
Harjinder Singh (Retd), Principal T
& D from SSSDC attended the
meeting.
Shri RituRaj Sinha, CEO, SIS, Lt
General Prem Sagar, Director General
of International Institute of Security &
Safety Management and representatives
from State Police and Stake holders
from different States & UT were also
present.
MHA has come with strict SoP
guidelines for secure cash handling and
transportation by licensed PSAs under PSAR
Act.
Addl Secretary formed 3 different Committees to
map the PSARA requirement with SSSDC training
standards. Enforcement Committee formed under
the leadership of Kunwar Vikram Singh,
Chairman, SSSDC; Training Committee headed
by Maj Gen A. K Sakhuja, CEO-SSSDC & third
committee formed ie. Cash & Transit Committee
headed by Mr. Rituraj Sinha, CEO, SIS. They will
submit their views in next two months.
Col Harjinder Singh, Principal T & D briefed
the present Controlling Authorities on the
following points through his presentation.
The process of training and
certification carried out by the SSSDC.
The system of audits of training
centres and the compliances before
approval.
The curriculum and content of the
courseware was also shown physically by
circulating handbooks of Unarmed
Security Guard (USG) and Security
Supervisor.
List of 271 Training Centres was given to all
Controlling Authorities for their information.
SECURITY SKILLS & TRAINING DISCUSSED DURING MHA MEET
Mr. TVSN Prasad, Joint Secretary, Mr. Jaideep Govind, Addl Secretary and Mr. Amrik Singh, Deputy Secretary from MHA during the discussion with States Controlling Authorities
Page 5 of 10
Skilled India Entrepreneurs 2016 organized
Business Summit on 20th
March 2016 at
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi to explore the
growth oriented business opportunities
from Asia Pacific region.
This business summit was a platform for
entrepreneurs to exchange business ideas and
information on Entrepreneurship’s
contemporary ways of growth, understand the
elements developing entrepreneurship, identify
new methods of business growth for emerging
markets, integrate new resources, technology
and budget, innovation to maximize business
growth.
Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman, CAPSI, Mr.
K. Mohapatra, CEO, Electronics Sector Skills
Council of India, Commander (Retd.) Mr.
Sudhir Kumar, Asian Professional Security
Association (APSA), Ms. Jagruti Mehta
Sanghavi, Committee Member, The Federation
of Indian Women Entrepreneurs, Mr.
Subhrangshu Neogi Director – Group
Marketing & Brand, Religare Enterprises Ltd.
Lala Satish Chand Singhvi, President, Delhi
Jewellers Association, Mr. Pankaj Gupta,
President, Industrial Association Uttrakhand,
Mr. P. K. Gupta, Chairman, Confederation of
Indian Pharmaceutical Industry were among
eminent speakers of the event.
Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman- CAPSI
shared his views on current business
opportunities in the industry for the
entrepreneurs.
Around 500 successful entrepreneurs from
various states attended Skilled India
Entrepreneurs 2016 (SIE2016).
CEOs, Directors and Managers from various
sectors and industries across Asia including
extractive, manufacturing, apparel, electronics,
utilities, logistics, information technology,
agriculture, risk consultancies, service sectors
and financial and educational institutions.
GROWTH ORIENTED BUSINESS IDEAS FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Page 6 of 10
Central Association of Private Security Industry
(CAPSI) in association with the Government of
Bihar organised a day long Security summit on
“Secure Bihar – The Role of Private Security”
on 7th May 2016 at Hotel Maurya, Patna. The
event was inaugurated by Shri Amir Subhani,
Secretary, Dept of Home and Shri Dipak Kumar
Singh, Secretary, Labour Department, Govt of
Bihar.
Shri Jitendra Kumar, IPS, Special Secretary &
Controlling Authority, Department of Home,
Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman, CAPSI &
SSSDC & Mr. Mahesh Sharma, Secretary
General, CAPSI attended as a Guest of Honor.
Several Industry experts & Govt officials were also
present in the summit.
Home Secretary, Shri Amir Subhani Said “the
government would promote Security Skills &
Knowledge for community safety”. He further
mentioned the state government was committed to
implement the PSARA more effectively and
witnessed a productive role of security agencies in
the state.
Addressing the participants, Chairman,
Kunwar Vikram Singh said that private
security forces when working together with the
State Government and police could serve as a
force multiplier in providing safe and secure
environment to the society.
He further added that 25% of seven million private
security guards of the country are from Bihar.
They are always given preference because of their
hard work & reliable nature. Chairman said
CAPSI will set up productive training centres in
Bihar where people with graduate degrees and
NCC background will be trained.
Chairman mentioned that on successful completion
of training and assessment, every trained and
certified security guard will be given a smart badge
embedded with SSSDC logo and barcode. This
will give them professional confidence and also
special status in the society.
He mentioned that soon after the Labour Code on
Wages Bill is passed in the Parliament, the
security guard holding this Badge will get 25%
higher wages than the wages of Semi- Skilled
workers. This badge will make them socially and
financially strong.
Shri Jitendra Kumar, Special Secretary, Home
Department said that the state government has
strict norms under PSARA to regulate functioning
of private security agencies making it mandatory
for them to get a licence. Shri Dipak Kumar Singh,
Secretary, Labour Department discussed the
opportunities and challenges in Private Security
Industry in the state and enforcement of the Bihar
Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act 2011,
efficiently and effectively.
Maj Gen K Majumdar, COO, SSSDC also spoke
on the occasion. He emphasised on the skilling of
youth and urged TPs to open maximum training
centres for skill development in the state. Mr. D P
Singh, Convener, Bihar Chapter extended special
thanks to all for making the event grand success…
“CERTIFIED SECURITY GUARD” BADGE LAUNCHED IN BIHAR
Shri Amir Subhani, Home Secretary launching STAR (Certified
Security Badge) with Shri Dipak Kumar, Labour Secretary & Kunwar
Vikram Singh, Chairman, CAPSI
Page 7 of 10
Mid Term Board Meeting of World Association
of Detectives was held from 17th April to 20th
April 2016 at the Clontarf Castle, Dublin,
Ireland.
Mr. Chuck McLaughlin, Chairman, Mr. Matthias
Willenbrink, President, Kunwar Vikram Singh, 1st
Vice President, Mr. Mike Lacorte, 2nd Vice
President, Bob Heales, Executive Director
participated in the meeting. All these delegates
were together on the same platform to share their
innovative ideas to develop and enhance the
quality and standard for private investigations.
Mr. Ajit Singh, 3rd Vice President, Ms. Taralika
Lehri, Director & Ambassador India & Asia, Mr.
Sujeet Menezes, Director, Mr. C Bhaskar Reddy,
MD, Excel Security Services, Mr. R P Chauhan,
Designated Director, Capt Santosh Sharma,
Director, Hindustan Security Force participated
from India.
Mr. Chuck Mclaughlin shared his responsibilities
and mentioned about Association Management
System (AMS) through which association database
is maintained. He said WAD needs new sponsors
& advertisers for the website. He invited the
audience to promote their business through WAD
website.
Kunwar Vikram Singh said that we have done
quite well as far as new membership enrolment is
concerned. It gives pleasure to share that more
than 76 Investigation and Security professionals
shown their faith in the WAD and applied for its
membership. WAD has
granted membership to all
of them as they were
found professional of good
standing in their respective
countries.
He mentioned WAD is
now represented in over 80
countries, expanding our
network and rapidly
reaching every corner of
the globe providing trusted
business to business
intelligence and service in
the global economy.
During the meeting, it was decided to hold
WAD 91st Annual Conference in the historic city
of Romania from 13th
September to 18th
September at Athenee Palace Hilton, Bucharest.
Kunwar Vikram Singh & Mr. R P Chauhan with WAD ladies
at Dublin
Mr. Ajit Singh, Capt Santosh Sharma & Kunwar Vikram
Singh at WAD Gala Dinner
WAD – MID TERM BOARD MEET
Page 8 of 10
Kunwar Vikram Singh, Chairman,
Security Sector Skill Development Council
(SSSDC) met Mr. John Bruton, Former
Prime Minister, Ireland along with Mr. R P
Chauhan, Board of Director - SSSDC &
Mr. C Bhaskar Reddy, President APSA.
They discussed the potentials of setting up
Centre of Security Excellence through joint
venture in India. Mr. Bruton was impressed by
the idea and the need to train Indian youth in
Security Skills of International standards so
that they get placement opportunities in
Europe and other countries.
After the discussion, they agreed to sign an
MoU with Security Sector Skill Development
Council (SSSDC).
Chairman got an opportunity to visit various
training centres in Ireland to understand their
process of training. He visited Baldoyle
Training Centre along with other members of
the delegation. Delegates were impressed to
see the centre endowed with excellent
infrastructure &
modern training equipment provides a
comfortable environment to carry out training.
Curriculum covers a wide range of courses for
persons entering in labour market for the first
time with other several courses to further
develop personal, administrative and technical
skills which were explained in detail. The visit
to training center was very informative and
impressive.
Chairman also visited Police Training
Academy of Ireland where he was informed
the complete process of training being
imparted to the new police recruits at the
Academy. The academy prepares the recruits
after various background checks, examination,
physical requirements, for the police force.
Mr. Mark Forman shared their future plan of
opening 10 Nos of Security Training & Skill
Development Academy in India under the
guidance of Chairman, SSSDC. Delegates later
visited Europa Security Training Academy.
FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF IRELAND TO SUPPORT SECURITY SKILL PROJECT
Page 9 of 10
IBCI (Indian Business Conference Institute)
organized 5th Edition of Building a Secure
India Summit- 2016 on 20th May at Double
Tree by Hilton, Gurgaon. The theme of the
summit was “Smart Security - Doors to the
Future”. The event was supported by Central
Association of Private Security Industry
(CAPSI) & Security Sector Skill Development
Council (SSSDC).
The summit was inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief
Guest and Industry Expert Shri Kunwar
Vikram Singh, Chairman; Col Darshan Singh,
VP, Head Crisis & Security; Cdr. Gautam
Nanda, Director, Indian Eye Security were
present as Guest of Honour.
Shri Parag Vora, Head Group Security,
Mahindra & Mahindra, Lt Vineet Kumar,
President, Cyber Peace Foundation, Shri Amit
Narang, Regional Manager & Business
Development, HID India, Shri Manish Tiwari,
CISO, Microsoft, Col V S Chandrawat, SM
(Retd)-ADANI Group, Capt S B Tyagi, DGM
Security – GAIL (India), Col U S Rathore,
Principal Standards & QA, SSSDC were
among eminent speakers of the event.
In his inaugural address,
Chairman shared his views on
the Future Smart Security
Guard and the process to
choose right Security Agency.
He explained how and why
smart methods are the basic
qualifications for the future of
Security. Chairman highlighted
the latest trends and
developments in the
deployment of the Security
Guard.
Chairman explained the role
and contribution of SSSDC in
Skill India Mission of Prime Minister. He
suggested end-users to be active and strictly
demand for the certified security guard. He
appreciated the way SSSDC was deeply
involved in drafting National Occupational
Standards(NOS) & Qualification Packs (QPs).
He further shared information about the
various schemes run by the government and
invited the audience to be a part of these
schemes and get benefitted.
Chairman informed about the launch of
Certified Security Guard Badge by CAPSI
which will be given to the guard only after
successful completion of his training &
assessment by SSSDC. This will help them in
securing their future.
He further mentioned about MoUs signed
between SSSDC and foreign countries ie. UK,
Australia and Ireland. He said that these MoUs
were signed to establish the recognition of
private security industry for meeting global
standards and also to impart international
training to security personnel so as to enable
them to get jobs in abroad.
The event concluded with the interactive panel
discussion on – “Smart Security – Doors to the
Future”
DEMAND FOR SMART & CERTIFIED SECURITY GUARD
Page 10 of 10
Kunwar Vikram Singh with Sir John Murphy, Police Chief
& Mr. Paul Champion, President of ABI at Gala Dinner
Annual General Meeting of Association of British Investigators was held on 23rd
April 2016
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Liverpool, UK.
Paul Champion, ABI President welcomed the participants from different countries across world.
Ibrahim Hasan, a recognised expert on data protection shared his views on Freedom of Information
& Surveillance law. Peter Farrington briefed on working with the Surveillance team, Neil Smith,
Investigative Researcher & Trainer spoke on Intelligence gathering from social media.
Eric Schelmerdine, General Secretary, ABI thanked all the members for their continued support
and contribution to ABI.
Sir John Murphy, Police Chief, Peter Jenkins, Darren Schelmerdine, Laila Saleh from Egypt, Risto Haataja
from Finland, Kunwar Vikram Singh, Mr. R P Chauhan, Mr. Ajit Singh participated from India.
ABI – ANNUAL GENERAL MEET 2016
Kunwar Vikram Singh, Mr. Peter Jenkins, Mr. R P Chauhan
& Mr. Ajit Singh during discussion at ABI meet
Central Association of Private Security Industry 276- Sultan Sadan, Lane # 03 West End Marg, Saidullajab New Delhi – 110030 (India)
