02-November-2026
IIT Roorkee and Deakin University have reported the completion of a leadership programme for crisis managers held from 27–29 October at IIT Roorkee’s Greater Noida campus. The collaboration links academic and professional expertise in resilience and disaster response. Completion of a workshop establishes that training occurred; improved preparedness must be demonstrated separately.
This distinction should guide the next phase of university engagement with public institutions.
Crisis leadership is tested when information is incomplete, communications are disrupted and decisions cannot wait. Training must prepare participants for those conditions.
The Education Times believes that universities have a valuable role in bringing research, structured exercises and independent evaluation into administrative practice.
That responsibility extends beyond organising a successful event. Institutions should help participants identify weaknesses, rehearse decisions and return to their organisations with a workable improvement plan.
The Education Times questions whether executive training consistently follows up what changes afterwards. Do participants revise procedures? Are communication failures corrected? Can teams demonstrate clearer responsibility during an exercise?
These questions need evidence that respects security and confidentiality while allowing useful public accountability.
The Education Times recommends follow-up assessments, supervised simulation exercises and documented reviews of institutional learning. Participants should practise coordination across departments and identify what happens when a key person or system becomes unavailable.
Universities should also apply the same discipline to their campuses, including hostels, laboratories, health facilities and large events.
Public agencies and industry partners can contribute realistic scenarios. Academic independence should be protected so that evaluation can identify uncomfortable weaknesses.
Judge crisis education by the decisions it improves. A university partnership should leave institutions better prepared to act, with tested procedures and clear responsibility when lives are at stake.
