Report on Crisis Management

Report on Crisis Management

‘Ups and downs are a part of life…

Depends on how you take it.

You can either be knocked down

By the undefined crisis,

Or you can stand and fight it.’

With the world going the difficult way and we humans following the suit, it was time to deliberate on and learn how to manage the crisis. The perfect ambience was created at Disaster Management Workshop on Thursday, 27 August, 2015 at our school.

The workshop turned out to be an enthralling experience for all the attendees as they got to hear the views of Mr. Mohit Bhala, the Vice President of Citi Group India, Safety and Security Group, the Head of the Northern Region of India.

From the interactive sessions; workshop and live demos to intelligent teachers sharing their views on how to manage crisis in school, the event saw a packed venue of enthusiastic attendees.

The opening session on ‘Role of Teachers in Crisis Management’ was led by the keynote speaker. He stressed on the fact that this is the age of transformation and that there is a definite need to define a ‘Strategy for Crisis Management’. He expressed, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

 One of the highlights of the workshop session was ‘Basics of Evacuation Process’. The discussion was moderated by all the teachers present there by citing examples/ situations from their experiences.

He asserted that risk holds the power, in a crisis inside or outside the school, the teachers have a crucial role to play and further added that time for half- measures is over. Confrontation of the situation should be the rule.

He summed up the workshop by showing a video clipping of 1970s on Fire Management. He mentioned, “Every little thing counts in a crisis. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges facing our cities, only the alert minds. We need to bring a revolution in our priorities, a re-evaluation of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living.  Be a prepared mind.”

The Vote of Thanks was proposed by the Primary In-charge by quoting, “Every crisis offers you extra desired power.”