David Cresswell is continuing his assignment in Delhi, India, where he is delivering a Security Management Stage 1 Course to security managers from Cairn India Ltd, the local subsidiary of the Scottish-based oil and gas company Cairn Energy plc.
After a week looking at some of the generic issues of security management best practice, next week looks at some of the tougher challenges that characterise the Indian security environment. India’s diverse ethnic, linguistic and religious character has created a complex security environment in which there are numerous multifaceted threats, not least of which is militancy and terrorism. Coupled to this, land acquisition for industry is fast emerging as one of the most burning issues of our times and there is fierce and often violent resistance from local communities who want to preserve their subsistence farming way of life.
Week 2 of the programme, therefore, will address in some detail the more complex issues of managing the risk of human rights violations, corporate social responsibility, community unrest and civil disturbances.
The course will be repeated during the period 22 September – 3 October, and there are a limited number of subsidised places available to participants from other companies, in India and beyond. Details of the programme content and the heavily discounted course fee can be obtained from Janet Ward.
