IIM, Ahmedabad to launch programme for training civil servants

New Delhi, May 22 (UNI) Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad proposes to start a one year post-graduate programme in Public Management and Policy from next year to train civil servants, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

Minister of State for Human Resource Development M A A Fatmi told the upper house in a written reply that the Department of Personnel and Training of the union government would sponsor upto 25 candidates from Indian Civil Sevices out of an expected class size of around 50.

The programme starting in 2007-08 would have three components i.e Core Management module, a core Public Management and Policy module and Electives leading to concentration in a number of areas in public management and policy, he said.

The proposed programme also intends to cover the nature, causes and the remedies for corruption, he said.

Already, IIM, Ahmedabad has been training civil servants through short term programmes in various areas including development of management skills independently or as nominatees sponsored by DoPT, he informed.

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