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(ii) Developing technical, analytical and leadership skills for public policy,
(iii) Providing opportunity in specialization and
(iv) Exposing them to alternative systems of public management in other countries.
During 2023-24, 8th Batch of One-year Advanced Management Program in Public Policy
(AMPPP) commenced on 11thAugust, 2023 at Indian School of Business- Hyderabad/ Mohali,
which is being attended by 28 participants. 15thBatch of Program in Public Policy & Sustainable
Development (PP & SD) commenced on 9th October, 2023 at TERI School of Advance Studies-
New Delhi, which is being attended by 2 participants. 16th Batch of Post Graduate Diploma in
Management-Public Policy and Management (PGDM-PPM) commenced on 27th September, 2023
and is being attended by 8 participants. 20th Batch of Post Graduate Diploma in Management-
Public Policy and Management (PGDM-PPM) commenced on 03rdOctober, 2023 and is being
attended by 15 participants.
A workshop to review/revamp LTDP scheme with all the stakeholders was conducted on
26.12.2023 at Civil Services Officers’ Institute (CSOI), K.G. Marg, New Delhi.
Mid-Career Interaction between Armed Forces and Civil Services Officers
7.22 Mid-Career interactions programme (MCIP) between Armed Forces and Civil Services
Officers are being organized at the Central Training Institutes/State Administrative Training
Institutes and Defence Institutions in various parts of the country with the objective to benefit
both the Armed Forces and Civil Services Officers by way of mutual learning from each other’s
strength and also by imbibing the best points of each other’s work culture, ethos and customs.
This, in the long run, is expected to help the participating officers to combat future challenges to
national security in a better manner.
During the current financial year 2023-24, 4 programs have been planned- one by DoP&T and
three by M/o Defence i.e. each by Army, Navy & Airforce. The MCIP were conducted at 15th
Infantry Division (Army), Amritsar, Gopabandhu Academy of Administration (GAA),
Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, Maritime Warfare Centre- Vishakhapatnam (NAVY), and College of Air
Warfare- Secunderabad (Air-Force) on the themes ‘Threat on India’s Internal Security by
Radicalization and information warfare’, ‘Disaster Management', ‘Maritime Security of India’,
and ‘Whole of Nation’. Out of these, three programs have already been conducted and the fourth
MCIP at College of Air Warfare- Secunderabad (Air-Force) is scheduled from 12th to 14th
February, 2024.
7.23 Department of Personnel and Training has been nominating officers for training programs
abroad. In the past, these programs were funded by bilateral or multilateral assistance. Keeping in
view the importance and benefits of providing international exposure to the officers, a scheme of
Domestic Funding of Foreign Training (DFFT) was started in 2001 with Government of India
funding. This covers both long-term and short-term training in various universities/institutes in
several countries. A scheme of “Partial Funding of Foreign Study” was also started in 2002-03 as
another component of the scheme of DFFT under which Government of India provides limited
financial assistance to such officers who secure admission in reputed universities and in programs
relevant to their present or future career in the relevant field.
During 2023-24, the DFFT programs could not be conducted since there was restriction imposed
on foreign training due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The Officers were nominated for
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