Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Dec 18 : 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 said today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for good governance reflects in Government’s recent initiatives like “Mission Karmayogi” and “Aarambh” undertaken by the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT).
Addressing, through virtual medium, the Valedictory Function of 95th Foundation Course for IAS and other trainee officers of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) Mussoorie, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the training course conducted during the trying times of Corona Pandemic has found its true virtue out of adversity
Expressing satisfaction that out of a total of 428 trainee officers in this Foundation Course, 136 are female that is roughly 32%, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the trend has gained momentum in the last six to seven years after the assumption of office by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He also underlined that the presence of a large number of officers, about 245 from Engineering background and others from technical streams, will go a long way in Good Governance practices as this government had launched various specialized flagship schemes which need special expertise like the Ayushman Bharat, Soil Health Card or the promotion of Inland Waterways.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said that officers have an opportunity to become the architects of New India, the foundation of which has been laid by Prime Minister Modi. He recalled that in the last 5 to 6 years, a series of new beginnings and innovations were undertaken by the Prime Minister to provide a new orientation and direction to bureaucracy in India. He particularly mentioned that a three-month Central Government stint as Assistant Secretaries for IAS officers in the beginning of their career started a couple of years back had helped adding tremendously in the capacity building.
In 2020, for the 95th Foundation course 428 participants from various services started the Foundation Course from 12th October 2020. Because of COVID pandemic, the thematic exercise this year – “Aarambh-2020” – was organised from 14th October to 31st October, 2020, with experts and global thought leaders sharing their knowledge and experience on the theme chosen for this year, “Governance in India @100”.
In his address, Dr. Sanjeev Chopra, Director of LBSNAA said that for conducting the online sessions, the Learning Management System (LMS) known as GYAN is used at LBSNAA. He said that the Prime Minister’s Vocal for Local campaign was well imbibed in the course and new things like co-learning in history projects and in other streams were encouraged. He said that this batch has the ability and agility to overcome the adversities like Corona and wished them all success in their future endeavors.
Dr. Jitendra Singh also distributed the President of India Gold Medal and Certificate for the Best Officer Trainee. He also laid the foundation stone of Government Primary School at Charleville, Mussoorie. A short movie made by the officers was also shown on the occasion.
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