Mid-career training programme for NCS & NSS officers underway

The first ever five-day mid-career training programme for NCS & NSS officers who have been in the service for the last 10 to 15 years began on November 21 at Administrative Training Institute, Kohima with the chief secretary of Nagaland, Pankaj Kumar as the chief guest.
According to DIPR report, chief guest expressed his appreciation to the faculty members of ATI for organizing the 1st ever mid-career training programme for NCS & NSS officers which he said was important for the effective functioning of the state government. Mentioning the importance and contribution of NCS & NSS officers, he said they were the best raw materials to be imparted with this kind of training as they still had many years to serve the state government. He further said that many a times, the senior officers failed to put innovative ideas or additional inputs to the functioning of the state government due to lack of exposure and adequate training.
Urging the trainees, he also asked them to keep an eye on the ongoing training and to bring constructive criticisms, topics, contents or suggestions which they feel is pragmatic and necessary in this fast changing world.
He also informed that this training programme would be an annual fixture of ATI.
Joint secretary & additional director (Admin) ATI, Kevekha Kevin Zehol who is also the president of NCS delivered the welcome address and the concluding remarks for the inaugural function. Additional chief secretary & financial commissioner (Retd) Haryana, Krishna Mohan & director, ITS, Ministry of Defence, Prachish Khanna were the resource persons on the topic “Ethics & values in public governance” on the first day.