The officer stated that the curriculum for IAS or Civil Services at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) must suit India’s changing scenario and therefore, needs to be accordingly modified constantly and from time to time.
He also suggested widening the range of the visiting faculty at the Mussoorie Academy and making Guest faculty more inclusive of scientific experts, industrial entrepreneurs, successful Startups, and women achievers.
Mr. Singh called for joint programs by institutes that are devoted to capacity building for good governance like, for example, LBSNAA, National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), Institute of Secretarial Training and Management (ISTM) and others so that instead of working in silos, there could be synergistic programs which would supplement the individual efforts made by these institutes.
One major step was taken by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in the direction of major reforms, the Minister said, was instituting “Mission Karmayogi”, which when defined would be the emphasis on the shift of functioning from ‘Rule to Role’
The Minister said, this program was initiated in 2001 in the aftermath of the Kargil War and has gone a long way in familiarizing the participants with the challenges of external and internal security and plays a wider role in exposing the participating officers to the imperative Civil-Military synergy.
As India enters 75 years of its independence, said Singh, and plans for the next 25 years, such programs enable us to prepare the Civil and the Military authorities to jointly work in different conflict situations internally as well externally.
