Safe and Secure Schools: A Comprehensive Guide for Improving Safety and Security Environment in Schools

Wing Commander Suhas M Shukla, had been a valued colleague in the Indian Public Schools’ Conference. He worked with distinction as Principal of some reputed Sainik Schools. He also headed a Security Management Institute. Thus, he has hands on experience in education, security and management, which he has dealt with ably.

The need to make our schools more safe and secure is felt urgently after the unfortunate incident in a reputed school in the Delhi NCR. Wing Commander Shukla’s comprehensive and exhaustive book ‘Safe and Secure Schools’ could not have been more timely; it satisfies the urgently felt need of schools today.

--Dr. M.V.Prasad, Former Principal, Daly College, Indore & Past Chairman, IPSC

Wing Commander Suhas M Shukla (Retd) graduated from the prestigious National Defence Academy, Pune. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force, in its flying branch. He took part in 1971 Indo-Pak war.

He worked at Sainik Schools, of AP, Karnataka, and Rajsthan, under the Ministry of Defence. He was also the Commandant of Bhonsala Military School, Nasik. Later, he set up the Royal Gondawana Public School at Nagpur.

He was Honorary Secretary of the Indian Public Schools' Conference. He has visited a number residential public schools of the country.

Whilst working as the Commandant Bhonsala Military School, he was greatly influenced by the writings on the matters of national security of Dr BS Moonje, the founder of Bhonsala Military School. He started the Bhonsala Industrial Security Training Academy at Nasik.

Later, he established the Institute of Industrial Security Management and Research at Nagpur. His training syllabus was accepted by Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nasik, and a certification course for security guards was started by the university. He was appointed as the paper setter and examiner of the course.

He has been a member of the American Society for Industrial Security.

His other two books - 'School Management' and 'Security Management' were published recently.

His wife Sumangala, is also an educationist.