Mission Bharat Bane Surkshit: Safety of Corporate India by Behavioural Science Approach

By : Harbans Lal Kaila

Page No: 111-127

Abstract
Focusing on the prevention of losses of life and business (in the contextof daily incidents like fires and fatalities at sites), this article is based on the industrial settings of Indian corporates, and is an endeavour to address on the possibilities, approach and vision of how an ambitious corporate safety movement namely Bharat Bane Surkshit (BBS) is achievable, through an understanding of a variety of key aspects such as positive outcomes of BBS implementation and key persons in companies who implemented it, BBS culture rating, quality of observations and spot-correction of at-risk behaviours, criteria for selection of BBS observers, dependent safety culture as a risk in safety approach. Other aspects included are the BBS organizational procedure to behaviouralize ISO 45001, focusing on the margins of BBS implementation to optimize it, BBS content design for HODs. adopting site BBS policy, and there commendations of the 4th BBS national conference of the Forum of Behavioural Safety, 2020.

Authors :
Harbans Lal Kaila : He earned Masters’ degree in Psychology from Guru Nanak Dev University, Doctorate from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, is a retired Professor of Organizational Psychology with 36 years of professional experience, served at the SNDT women’s university and the Central Labour Institute in Mumbai for 28 years, published books/articles and participated in national/international conferences. He pioneered BBS training/ implementation in India, conducted 1000 BBS workshops in India/abroad and is a member expert panel for National Safety Council. Dr. Kaila represented India in Conferences at New York, Berlin, Muscat, Rome, New Zealand, Japan, London, Dubai, Egypt and Sydney. He is an Editor – Journal of Psychosocial Research and Founder Director - Forum of Behavioural Safety.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2020.15.01.9