VIKAS

Recently, Indian government has launched new learning programmes for government servants in line with good governance day.

December 25 is celebrated as the ‘Good Governance Day’ to mark former PM Vajpayee’s birth anniversary since 2014. It is meant to foster awareness among citizens about government accountability and administration, and inculcate “good governance” as a habit for civil servants.

Vikas – Variable and Immersive Karmayogi Advanced Support.
It is a blended programme with iGOT (integrated government online training) Karmayogi platform.
Aim – For capacity building of Middle management civil servants in Central Secretariat.
Program duration – It consists of 33 hours complemented by 30 hours of offline training at ISTM.
Focus – On development of functional, behavioural and technological competencies required in Central Government.

The Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM) which was established in 1948, a premier Central Training Institution in training of officers working in the Central Secretariat, State Governments/Union Territories, Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) and Autonomous Bodies.

3 new features on the iGOT Karmayogi Platform

My iGOT – To deliver targeted training courses for individual officer addressing their unique capacity building needs.
Blended Programs - To facilitate equitable access to training methodologies and it integrate traditional offline classroom courses with online learning components.
Curated Programs – To cater to diverse learning needs of the ministries/departments and training institutions where the course providers will curate relevant content from the repository of iGOT.

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