National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India In Collaboration with International Justice Mission “Challenges faced by Students and Educational Institutions during Pandemic – Responses and Way Forward” on Wednesday, 23rdSeptember 2020 from 12.00 Noon to 2.00pm Concept Note: Challenges faced by students & educational institutions during Pandemic- Responses and way forward Disaster, a serious disruption occurring over a short span or extended period of time that causes extensive loss in people, material possessions, economy and or environment which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources or strength. Disaster Management Teams over the years with their perfect mitigation strategies, plans and collaborative work with the locals had effectively tackled issues and situations, ensuring to bring back the normalcy with greater restoration. India has the largest population in the world with approximately 500 million people in the age bracket of 5-24 years present a large opportunity in the education space. India is the only country which has over 250 million school going students. There were a lot of initiatives taken by the Ministry of Education to ensure education for the children of school going age. The State Governments have also introduced special initiatives to ensure education to all like Mid-day meal scheme, free laptops, cycles, play way mode teaching, open schooling and etc., In spite of these initiatives there are challenges in achieving education to all due to various socio-economic factors. The Millennium Development Goals focus on various fields of improvement in nations and India is a signatory to the Millennium Declaration adopted at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2000 and has consistently reaffirmed its commitment towards the eight development goals. India is committed to ensure the quality education to all its student population which is one of the goals. When everything was going fine, the unexpected disaster caused by the Pandemic had left and leaving marks among the student’s community. Mode of learning being made online, many students struggle to afford to have online classes as many doesn’t have equipped gadgets, enough money to pay for internet, payment of fees and feasibility. Many families with one gadget were forced to prioritize son’s education against daughter’s education leaving bias. In Parallel, the educational institutions also face tremendous challenge in taking education online. The mental health of the staff and students remain a question mark and there were instances of suicidal deaths and attempts among students. As a response to the need that is visible in the society, this webinar will focus on Responses and ay forward on the challenges faced by students and educational institutions during Pandemic. Eminent speakers with wealth of knowledge and experience at educational institutions and field will be speaking on the topic and be giving practical, workable solutions for the participants. The learnings, recommendations will be compiled for future implementations. II. RESOURCE PERSON: a. Dr Miriam Samuel, Associate Professor, Head, Department of Social Work, Madras Christian College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu b. Mrs. Sharen Gideon, Head- HR and L&D, United International School and Institutions c. Kural Amuthan. T, III. WEBINAR SCHEDULE TIME KEY POINTS SPEAKERS/ PANELLIST 11.30am – Panellist Audio, Video 11. 45am Panellists, Moderators, tech support checks Welcome the participants 12.00pm – Bumjangam Chiru and invite the Dignitary 12. 05pm Head, LED to deliver Opening (5min) International Justice Mission Remarks 12.05 pm – T. Praisey Glory Bai Opening Remark 12.10 pm Lead, Survivor Advocacy & (5min) Rehabilitation IJM Bengaluru Response to Opening 12.10 pm – Bumjangam Chiru Remark and invite the 12. 15 pm Head, LED Dignitary to deliver the (5 Min) International Justice Mission Key-Note Address Major General Manoj Kumar Bindal 12.15 pm – Executive Director, 12. 25 pm Key-Note Address National Institute of Disaster (5min) Management (NIDM) Moderator response to 12.25 pm – Bumjangam Chiru the Keynote Address and 12.30 pm Head, LED Introduce the First (5min) International Justice Mission Speaker: Challenges faced by Dr. Miriam Samuel 12.30 pm – Colleges and Students Associate Professor & Head 12.50 pm during Pandemics and Department of Social Work (20min) Way Forward Madras Christian College Moderator response to 12.50 pm – Bumjangam Chiru the speaker and 12.55 pm Head, LED Introduce the Second (5min) International Justice Mission Speaker: Mrs. Sharen Gideon Challenges faced by 12.55 pm – Head- HR and L&D Schools and Students 01.15 pm United International School and during Pandemics and (20min) Institutions Way Forward 01.15 pm – Moderator response and Bumjangam Chiru 01.20pm Introduce the third Head, LED (5min) speaker: International Justice Mission Challenges faced by the Mr. Kural Amuthan, 01.20 pm – Marginalised Students Head, Government and Community 01. 40 pm during Pandemics and Relation, International Justice Mission (20min) Way Forward. Moderator Response to 01.40 pm – Bumjangam Chiru the speakers and open 02.00 pm Head, LED the floor for Q & A and (15min) International Justice Mission Vote of Thanks. IV. Banner NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS : 512 V. Webinar Participants S. Full Name Designat Institution City Email Mobile N ion 1 Debarshi Sr Lead, IJM Kolkata [email protected] 75960641 Chatterjee LED 04 2 DR. G. LUBNA Associate JBAS College for Chennai [email protected] +9198401 BANU Professor Women 78473 3 DEBAJYOTI Lecturer Pragathi Group Of Bangalore [email protected] 8660526 BISWAS Institutions, 150 Bangalore 4 Dr. K. Yasmin Assistant The Quaide Milleth Chennai yasminmazhar@gmail. 9884655 Professor College for Men com 708 5 MEGHNA ASST. CSWNN Mumbai meghnavesvikar@yaho 98194215 VESVIKAR PROF. o.co.in 66 6 P.SIVAKUMA Research Mk University Chennai shivakumar8632@gma 0883845 R scholar Madurai Tamilnadu il.com 4131 Assistant India professor Departme nt of commerce 7 SACHIN Student Jain University Bangalore [email protected] 81236471 NAGARAJ 23 8 NIKKI Investigat Freedom Firm Nagpur [email protected] 89562211 NANDGAVE or 89 9 SENTHILNAT ADVOCAT G.K. LAW CHENNAI gklawassociates18@gm 9840421 HAN V E - ASSOCIATES ail.com 319 MADRAS HIGH COURT 10 Praisy Jacob Staff Maharaja agarsen Ghaziabad [email protected] 8802955 Nurse hospital 620 11 RAKHI Student Pragjyotish College Guwahati [email protected] 78961597 BAISHYA 06 12 R. Ph.D Annamalai university Cuddalore maharamalingam1992 93843791 MAHALAKSH Research Annamalai nagar @gmail.com 43 MI scholar chidambaram Departme nt of History 13 D. Assistant ABI and ABI College Thanjavur [email protected] 9600853 AROKIASAMY Professor of Arts Science and om 780 Technology 14 NEELESH LAW ST.ROCKS DEGREE Mumbai aroraneelesh96@gmail 9833835 NARINDER STUDENT COLLEGE OF LAW .com 882 ARORA 15 KM. DIKSHA Student of Shivpati post graduate Siddharth diksha03upadhyay@g 9628100 U.G. college,Shohratgarh, Nagar mail.com 593 Siddharth Nagar 16 M JAGADISH RESEARC HIMALAYAN DEHRADU [email protected] 9885123 KUMAR H GARHWAL N 880 SCHOLAR UNIVERSITY 17 Mr s. Vijay Manager SAveetha medical Chennai renaltransplantsmch@ +1875495 transplant college and hospital gmail.com 9066 18 SUKHVINDER NA NA Delhi sukhvinder70440@gm 88268157 ail.com 54 19 Bridget Assistant Holy Cross College Trichy [email protected] 08825718 Professor m 193 2 KATHERASAL Junior Osmania University Hyderabad srinivas.katherasala@y 81211840 0 A SRINIVAS Research ahoo.com 95 Fellow 21 Natarajan V Advocate IJM Chennai [email protected] 76670777 44 2 Dr.M.Shunmu Professor SCAD COLLEGE OF Cheranmah [email protected] 9994295 2 gasundaram ENGINEERING AND adevi om 296 TECHNOLOGY Tirunelveli district- 627414 2 Dr Shanthi Professor AMET University Chennai [email protected] 94445631 3 Nachiappan m 46 2 TANU TEACHER BCM senior secondary Ludhiana [email protected] 81462299 4 school, Basant city m 00 2 ARUN Counsellor Vallabhbhai Patel New Delhi [email protected] 95997254 5 RAHEJA Chest Institute, m 77 University of Delhi 2 PARNA SAHA Student Magadh Mahila Asansol saha.parna.2000@gma 8918004 6 College, Patna il.com 915 University, Patna, Bihar 27 GLORY DATA IJM BLORE [email protected] 99166555 NAMRATHA C AND 02 PROGRA M ANALYST 2 Dr Chairperso National Anti Crime Bangalore [email protected] 94310359 8 Mohammad n Human Rights m 00 Safdar Mustafa Council of India 2 Dr N.RAMAN Principal Kongu arts and Erode [email protected] 98432153 9 science college 19 Autonomous 3 DEEPAK Assistant Rathinam College of Coimbatore deepaksounder.bba@r 97514857 0 SOUNDER R Professor Arts and Science athinam.in 29 31 POOJITHA Student DR.Ambedkar global Tirupati poojithapolichetty18@ 9000887 POLICHETTY law institute gmail.com 990 3 Dr.MANOJ Associate Faculty of Law, Swami Meerut [email protected] 9412208 2 KUMAR Professor Vivekanand Subharti m 846 TRIPATHI University, Meerut 3 GLADYS Lead IJM Chennai [email protected] 9840967 3 FINNEY Governme 266 nt and Communit y Relations 3 Vidhya K Assistant Auxilium College Vellore [email protected] 93453057 4 Professor (Autunomous) Vellore 71 3 B.KEERTHI ASSISTAN SRMIST,KATTANKU CHENNAI keerthushadow@gmail 72997156 5 T LATHUR, TAMIL .com 69 PROFESS NADU OR 3 Dr. R. ASSISTAN RATHINAM Coimbatore prof.jaishankar85@gm 9790022 6 JAISHANKAR T COLLEGE OF ARTS ail.com 828 PROFESS AND SCIENCE OR 37 ANUSSHA Correspon CFCA Trichy [email protected] 9003300 dence 820 Coordinat