It’s back-to-classroom for bureaucrats
AHMEDBAD: bureaucrats walking the corridors of power in New Delhi, perhaps soon back in the classroom. The Union Home Ministry, which wants their ability to manage the spruce, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) to start an MBA course for mid-career officers of IAS .
And they must be distinguished by an authorisation procedure, as in cats or GMAT, to participate in post-project programme of public policy and administration, is expected to start in 2007.
The program was initiated by the Ministry of Personnel Division, bureaucrats, above all, probably at the head of PSU, “a perspective on how public systems are managed and how management principles help the out of politics. ”
The B-two training school for bureaucrats in the years 2002 and 2003 in Delhi.
Sources IIM-A campus informed that the programme was in principle by the Institute, the Board of Governors may also broadbased participation of non-governmental organizations and multilateral organizations that work in the field of law and order.
“It is an integral part of a year MBA program for bureaucrats, with approximately 10 to 15 years’ experience. Many of these bureaucrats, even head up public enterprises which compete with the private sector and multinationals. This will help sharpen their skills, Indicates a source.
The request of the Ministry of the house, who came, about a year ago, when the Institute has crossed swords with the Union HRD-ministry, IIM-A to a core team of 12 members for college working on the programme and content approval.
“The first admission of 30 and even if it was tentatively scheduled for 2007, we are working to launch simultaneously with the Executive PGP program,” adds the source.
The IIM-A is the same for foreign participation in the program aims bureaucrats and neighbouring countries to join the programme.
He presented a briefing on six directors of the Asian Development Bank, visited the Institute on Friday and invited them, creating scholarships for bureaucrats in developing countries, they Fund.
The program will focus on a number of issues in public administration, including infrastructure, health care and regulatory functions.