38 short-term courses in foreign universities earmarked under DFFT scheme, 2019-20; Full List

THE CENTRAL government has announced the names of the universities, courses and the dates for which the officers will be sponsored under the Domestic Funding of Foreign Training (DFFT) Scheme. The upper age limit for short-term programmes is 52 years as on July 1, 2019, but there is no age limit for the short-term programmes at Harvard University, University of Chicago, Cambridge University, University of California Berkeley and ANZSOG for officers of joint secretary/additional secretary/secretary level (equivalent to postings in GOI),  a DoPT order said. 

Here below is the list of 38 short term programmes offered under the DFFT Scheme for 2019-20:

1. University of California, Berkeley, USA: Certificate programme in Public Policy (August 2019 to December, 2019)

2. University of California, Berkeley, USA: Certificate Programme in Public Policy (Jan, 2020 to May, 2020)

3. University of California, Berkeley, USA: Ethics and Governance (2 to 15/06/2019)

4. University of California, Berkeley, USA: Negotiations for Public Leaders (07 to 20/07/2019)

5. Cambridge University, UK: Leadership and Strategic Thinking (To be finalised)

6. Cambridge University, UK: Leadership and Strategic Thinking (To be finalised)

7. ENA, Paris: Management in the Public Sector (To be finalised)

8. ENA, Paris: Fighting Corruption (To be finalised)

9. ENA, Paris: Local government (To be finalised)

10. LKY, NUS, Singapore:  Essentials of Policy Development (12 to 16/08/2019) 

11. OPM, USA: Building Coalitions the art of Successful Collaboration (earlier it was “Collaborative Leadership”) (12 to 15/08/2019) 

12. OPM, USA: Executive Development: Leading Change (9 to 13/09/2019)

13. ANZSOG, Australia: Advance Leadership Program (To be finalised) 

14. Syracuse University, USA: Certificate Programme in Public Administration (To be finalised) 

15. Syracuse University, USA: Certificate Programme in Public Administration (To be finalised)

16. Harvard University, USA: Implementing Public Policy (earlier called “Leaders in Development: Managing Change in a Dynamic World”) (To be finalised)

17. Harvard University, USA: Infrastructure in a Market Economy: Public-Private Partnerships (May 12, 2019 - May 24, 2019)

18. Harvard University, USA: Senior Managers in Government (July 21, 2019 - August 09, 2019)

19. Harvard University, USA: Leading Successful Programs: Using Evidence to Assess Effectiveness (April 28, 2019 - May 03, 2019)

20. Harvard University, USA: Leadership for 21st Century: Chaos, Conflict and Courage (September 15, 2019 - September 20, 2019)

21. Harvard University, USA: Creating Collaborative Solutions Innovations in Governance TBD (not yet determined)

22. Harvard University, USA: Leadership Decision Making (To be finalised)

23. Harvard University, USA: Leadership Decision Making (June 09, 2019 - June 14, 2019)

24. Harvard University, USA: Leadership for 21st Century: Chaos, Conflict and Courage (To be finalised shortly)

25. Harvard University, USA: Emerging Leaders (May 05, 2019 - May 10, 2019)

26. Harvard University, USA: Applying Behavioural Insights to the design of Public Policy (To be finalised) 

27. University of Chicago, USA: Financial analysis for non-financial managers (10 to 14/06/2019 or 9 to 13/12/2019)

28. University of Chicago, USA: The advanced strategy program: building and implementing growth strategies (28/10- 01/11/2019)

29. University of Chicago, USA Attracting Global Investment (19 to 21/06/2019) 

30. University of Chicago, USA: Machine Learning and Public Policy (09 to 11/09/2019) 

31. University of Chicago, USA: Policy analysis and impact evaluation (05 to 07/05/2019)

32. University of Chicago, USA: Leading evidence based decisions (Washington Campus) (15 to 17/08/2019) 

33. University of Chicago, USA: Marketing Analytics to Drive Growth (earlier Big Data and Marketing Analytics) (07 to 09/10/2019)

34. Duke University, USA: Project Appraisal and Risk Management (May 12-June 7, 2019)

35. Duke University, USA: Tax Analysis and Revenue Forecasting (June 16-July 12, 2019)

36. Duke University, USA: Budgeting and Financial Management in Public Sector (July 7-July 26, 2019)

37. Duke University, USA: Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Governance (July 7-July 26, 2019)

38. CMU, Adelaide Graduate Certificate in Business Intelligence and Data Analytics ST (4 months or 1 semester)