Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Jan 30: To commemorate the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today launched the DoPT’s On-line certificate course on “Relevance of Gandhi in the Contemporary World” at a function here.
The online course/programme on Mahatma Gandhi is an initiative of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) under the iGOT programme to pay tribute to the Father of the Nation, coinciding with the Martyr’s Day today.
Addressing the gathering, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the Mahatma’s teachings are more relevant today than ever before. “Gandhiji created a mass awareness for people’s participation in the freedom movement. Even today, the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), inspired by Bapu, has turned into a mass campaign because of translating Gandhian thought into action.
The online module/course on “Relevance of Gandhi in the Contemporary World” under the iGOT platform will be a certificate programme. This Department has collaborated with the Centre for Gandhi and Peace Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and Gandhi Smriti and DarshanSamiti (GS & DS), to develop this Certificate Programme.
Speaking on the occasion, Secretary, DoPT, Dr C Chandramouli said the online Certificate course will soon be introduced in the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie for Civil Services probationers. Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, Prof. Nageshwar Rao and Senior Officers of DoPT and DARPG were present.
All Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Officers, Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Forest Service (IFoS), Group ‘A’ Central Civil Service Officers and all Group ‘A’ officers belonging to Central Secretariat Service (CSS), Central Secretariat Stenographer Service (CSSS) and State Administrative/Civil Service officers will be eligible for this course. All the details regarding this online certificate course can be accessed on www.igot.nic.in .
Dr Jitendra Singh later also chaired a Review Meeting of the DoPTduring which he was apprised of the implementation of the Hundred Days’ Vision achieved by the Department.
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