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report contains data-driven policy rec- ing Joint Secretaries break down com- perceptions and goal-setting in their
ommendations that will be presented mon myths, what to learn and unlearn, respective domains. It included speak-
to the Parliament. The project has been create a roadmap for their respective ers such as Nandan Nilekani, N. K.
a moving and eye-opening experience. ministries and also help them make a Singh, T. V. Somanathan, Amitabh Kant,
The end of the project brings satisfac- transition into the governmental set- Parameswaran Iyer, Arundhati Bhat-
tion of putting the grievances of the ting. The sessions were designed to tacharya, Sanjeev Sanyal, Bhaskar Khu-
tribal community forward in the form cover multiple facets from use of Tech- lbe (and others). Given the small size
of a report. nology in Governance, Programme of the group, the sessions were highly
Management (Planning & Strategy) to interactive. The Joint Secretaries can
covering specific case studies of bring- be grouped again for a day or two af-
ing change at scale – Swachh Bharat, ter 6 months to discuss action points
Lateral Entry Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan among others. achieved and have an early appraisal

Training Question & Answer Session designed of the work being done through peer
review and interaction with ministry
after every talk enabled the incoming
Programme: Joint Secretaries to remove doubts, officials.
30th

September,

2019 – 4th
October, 2019

The Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC) has appointed eight private sec-
tor professionals as Joint Secretaries
in Government of India. Their training
was conducted by the Department of
Personnel and Training (DoPT) through
Indian Institute of Public Administra-
tion (IIPA). In addition to the 1-week
training program run by IIPA, Quality
Council of India (QCI) was asked by
DoPT - specifically the Prime Minister’s
| Oc t ober - Dec ember 2 0 19 September to 4th October 2019. The
Office (PMO), to jointly host four days
of the training programme from 30th

sessions were centred around the idea
that interactions with speakers across
various domains will help the incom-

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