KJ Devasia

Dr KJ Devasia, having 23 years of domain experience, is responsible for handling multiple innovative and sustainable initiatives at Bangalore International Airport Limited that spread across corporate resilience, business continuity, enterprise risk management, emergency and disaster management, disabled aircraft recovery, and medical and public health emergency management. He has been an integral part of the construction, commissioning, and the ongoing operations of the airport from the beginning. Dr Devasia is passionate about aviation, traveling, and photography.

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Resilience, continuity, risk management – a new benchmark for airports

The aviation industry, precisely the airport sector, has been incredibly alert and cognizant of the new kinds of challenges and risks in the post-pandemic era. The increasing number of risks clubbed with the unprecedented impact of climate change prompt airport operators to invest more time and resources in devising strategies to overcome such uncertainties. Enterprise risk management paired with business continuity and systematic response to events are the new benchmark for ensuring organizational resilience in the aviation sector. Privatization of airports and the compulsion of self-financing to add new infrastructure underline the need for a calculated effort in this domain.

The audience will learn:

• Benchmarking risk-response-continuity planning for business resilience in airports
• Integrated approach toward emergency and crisis management to avoid duplication of efforts and efficient management
• How to ensure ROI by investing more into risk management, business continuity and emergency response – best practices
• Innovation and technological intervention and opportunity is resilience planning
• Uniform and standardized practices in business resilience