Institute of Secretariat Training and Management

Institute of Secretariat Training and Management
Motto in English
 Efficiency and the Public Good
Type Registered Society
Established 1948
Officer in charge
 Sunita Handa Khurana
Location New Delhi, Delhi, India
28°33′06″N 77°10′52″E / 28.55167°N 77.18111°E / 28.55167; 77.18111
Nickname ISTM
Website Official Web Site
Secretariat Building, New Delhi

The Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, (acronym ISTM),[1] is a Central Training Institute[2] for civil employees, directly managed by the Department of Personnel and Training,[3] under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India.

The Institute is headed by Director, who is an officer of the Central Secretariat Service of the rank of Joint Secretary to Government of India.

History

The Central Secretariat Training School was established by Ministry of Home Affairs in 1948 with the primary objective to provide training to the officers of the Central Secretariat Service (CSS), Central Secretariat Stenographers Service (CSSS) and officers of other subsidiary services based at the Central Secretariat.

In year 1971, it was renamed as Institute of Secretariat Training and Management and the mandate was expanded to include officers of the State Governments, Union Territory Administrations, Central Public Sector Enterprises, Central Autonomous Bodies and other organizations in specialized and general areas and was renamed the Institute of Secretariat Training and Management. Presently, ISTM is the nodal agency for providing orientation training to all central government employees.

The Institute also provides consultancy services, undertakes research studies and help develop trainers and training techniques. Further, it also holds regular seminars for SAARC and Commonwealth countries.


Facilities

Vision[4]
To be a centre of excellence in secretariat training and management
Mission[5]
  • To provide training to the civil servants for encouraging learning & creativity leading to efficiency and public good.
  • To undertake research, consultancy and system analysis for capacity building in governance.
  • To collaborate with client organizations with continued interface for enhancing the quality of training.
  • To provide opportunity to the faculty members and the support staff to grow, develop and promote best training practices.
Objectives

: The Institute has the following set of objectives:[6]

  • To design, organize and conduct post-entry foundational, refresher and specialized training programmes for different grades of officers up to the middle management level.
  • To make an assessment of training quality at various levels.
  • To create and foster among the participants a positive and innovative outlook to work, and a sense of fraternity and team-spirit.
  • To provide peripatetic training support to State Governments and Union Territory Administrations.

Faculty: ISTM has an approved strength of 29 faculty members, on deputation from various government services who are provided training under different courses such as Trainers Courses, like, Direct Trainer Skills (DTS) and Design of Training (DOT) before they assume their responsibilities. The Institute also invites university professors, experts and administrators as guest faculty, from time to time, for special training modules.

Campus: ISTM campus consists of four buildings, Administrative Block, Hexagon (Seminar Halls) Complex, Library Building, and Hostel Block, each dedicated for a specific purpose. The Administrative Block houses all the offices of the Institute and a committee room whereas the Hexagon Complex, holds 8 seminar rooms, 2 conference halls and 2 auditoria.

Computers and Computer Laboratory: The Institute is equipped with a modern computer centre which manages the 130 node LAN network, cyber facility which connects the Administrative block, Library and Hostel complex.

Library: The library has a collection of 18,500 reference books and 23,600 instruction manuals and subscribes to many national and international magazines, journals, periodicals and dailies. It also houses 4 classrooms, each accommodating 130 trainees.

ISTM also has an 80 room hostel facility aimed at outstation trainees.

Courses

ISTM has put in place various training programs, on a variety of subjects,[7] such as CSS/CSSS Cadre Training Plan, programs on Management development, Financial management, RTI-Capacity building and Behavioural training, Secretarial / CSSS training, Computer courses and Trainers' development programs.

Publications

ISTM has brought our several handbooks, guides and reference material for use in training programs.[8]

Administration

List of Directors

Sr. No. Name From Till Occupation
1. B.D. Tewari 1948 1956 CSS
2. V.K. Menon 1956 1957 CSS
3. B.S. Atri 1957 1957 CSS
4. S.K. Sen 1958 1958 CSS
5. G. Nath 1958 1965 CSS
6. V.P. Mithal 1965 1971 CSS
7. M.L. Walwekar 1971 1973 CSS
8. J.C. Majumdar 1973 1974 CSS
9. H.L. Kapur 1973 1974 CSS
10. R. Rangarajan 1974 1978 CSS
11. B.S. Yadav 1978 1983 CSS
12. R.C. Gupta 1983 1985 CSS
13. H.S. Sarkar 1985 1986 CSS
14. B.S. Baswan 1986 1990 CSS
15. R.S.V. Subramanian 1990 1992 CSS
16. I.C. Bhatia 1992 1992 CSS
17. A.K. Chaudhuri 1992 1995 CSS
18. J.P. Pati 1995 2001 CSS
19. R.K. Saini 2001 2008 CSS
20. Khwaja Shahid 2008 2012 CSS
21. Umesh Kumar 2012 Current CSS

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Acronym". Allacronyms. 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ "CTI". List of CTIs. Department of Personnel & Training, Government of India. 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ "DOPT". NIC. 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Vision". Institute of Secretariat Training and Management. 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Mission". Institute of Secretariat Training and Management. 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Objectives". Institute of Secretariat Training and Management. 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Training". ISTM. 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Publications". ISTM. 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2014.

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