Select IAS, IPS, IFS etc. to be imparted training at IIM-Ahmedabad on Gandhian approach

THE Central government has included Mahatma Gandhi’s “approach for decision-making for the poor, rural and the marginalised”, as a part of the curriculum for in-service training imparted to IAS and other All India Service officers, and also to Group "A" service officers during their central deputation tenure. Gandhian approach will be taught for a week in IIM-Ahmedabad for select officers with work experience of 12 to 20 years, a DoPT letter to union securities, issued last week, said. In fact, the upcoming 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation is being planned across the globe as a year-long event beginning October 2, 2018. 

Here below are 15 subjects chosen for in-service training programmes, along with the names of the institutes where that training will be provided:

1. Environment and Natural Resource Management

Training At: Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun

2. E-governance: Opportunities and Challenges

Training At: National Institute of Smart Government, New Delhi

3. Capacity Building Programme on Urban Development

Training At: Indian Institute of Human Settlement 

4. Gandhi as an approach for emphatic decision making for the poor, rural and the marginalised

Training At: IIM-Ahmedabad

5. Social Policy and Governance

Training At: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

6. WTO and Intellectual Property Rights

Training At: Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi

7. Sustainable Urbanisation in North Eastern and Himalayan States

Training At: Dr RS Tolia Uttarakhand Academy of Administration, Nainital

8. Public Procurement

Training At: CUTS Institute of Regulation and Competition, New Delhi

9. Specialised Law Course

Training At: OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana

10. Citizen Centric Services

Training At: Dr MCR Human Resource Development Institute, Hyderabad

11. Implementation and Monitoring of Sustainable Development Goals

Training At: Dr MCR Human Resource Development Institute, Hyderabad

12. Climate Resilience and Disaster Management

Training At: National Institute of Disaster Management

13. Environmental Impact Assessment (Development Projects)

Training At: Environment Protection Training and Research Institute, Hyderabad

14. Ethics in Public Servicee

Training At: IC Centre for Governance, Panchgani, Maharashtra

15. Agriculture and Rural Development of India (Policy, Issues, Innovation and Roadmap)

Training At: Management Development Institute, Gurugram