Kohima, November 21 (DIPR): The first ever 5-day mid-career training 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, IAS as the chief guest.
The Chief Secretary expressed his appreciation to the faculty members of ATI for organizing the training, which he said was important for effective functioning of the State government. Mentioning the importance and contribution of NCS & NSS officers, he said they are the best raw materials to be imparted with this kind of training as they still have many years to serve the state government. He further said that many a times, the senior officers fail to put innovative ideas or additional inputs to the functioning of the state government due to lack of exposure and adequate training. He also asked the trainees 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. Henceforth, the training programme will be an annual fixture of ATI, he added.
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. The 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.
