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16th Civil Services Day

April 21, 2023

VIKSIT BHARAT

Empowering Citizens & Reaching The Last Mile

Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances

Government of India
 Cabinet Secretary
cordially invites you on the

occasion of

16th CIVIL SERVICES DAY

Chief Guest

Shri Narendra Modi

Hon'ble Prime Minister of India
At 1100 hours

Friday, 21st April, 2023

Vigyan Bhawan

New Delhi
 You are cordially invited to the

Inaugural Ceremony
of

16th CIVIL SERVICES DAY

20th April, 2023 at 1000 hours
Plenary Hall, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

Chief Guest

Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar

Hon’ble Vice President of India

Presided by

Dr. Jitendra Singh

Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the
Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of
Earth Sciences, Minister of State in the Prime
Minister’s Office, Minister of State in the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department
of Atomic Energy and Department of Space,
Government of India
 PROGRAMME
20TH – 21ST APRIL, 2023, VIGYAN BHAWAN, NEW DELHI

Day 1: 20.04.2023 (Thursday)

0900 - 1000 hrs. Registration

1000 hrs Arrival of Chief Guest - Hon’ble Vice President of India
1000 - 1003hrs National Anthem
1003 - 1005 hrs Lamp Lighting
1005 - 1008 hrs Welcome Address by Secretary, DARPG
1008 - 1016 hrs Film on Journey of Prime Minister’s Awards
1016 - 1021 hrs Address by Hon’ble MoS (PMO & PP)
1021 - 1025 hrs Release of Book on National Good Governance Webinar Series
1025 – 1040 hrs Address by Chief Guest – Hon’ ble Vice President of India
1040 - 1045 hrs National Anthem
1050 hrs Inauguration of Civil Services Day, 2023 Exhibition ‘Good Governance
Practices in India – Awarded Initiatives’ – by Hon’ble Vice President of
India
1100 – 1130 hrs Tea Break
1130 – 1300 hrs Plenary Session – 1 : Empowering Citizens -Leveraging Public Digital
Platforms
1300 – 1400 hrs Lunch Break
1400 – 1530 hrs Plenary Session – 2 : Promoting Circular Economy for Sustainable
Development
1530 – 1600 hrs Tea Break
1600 - 1730 hrs Breakaway Sessions on:
 Piped Water for all–Jal Jeevan Mission
 Holistic Health care for All – Health & Wellness Centres
 Improving Quality of Education – Improving Outcomes through
Vidya Samiksha Kendras
 Aspirational Blocks Program – Reaching the Last Mile

Day 2: 21.04.2023 (Friday)

AWARDS EVENT
1000 hrs All Invitees to be seated
1100 hrs Arrival of Hon'ble Prime Minister
1105 - 1108 hrs Welcome Speech by Cabinet Secretary
1108 - 1114 hrs Speech by Hon'ble Minister of State (PMO & PP)
1114 - 1120 hrs Screening of Film on Award Winning Initiatives
1120 - 1123 hrs Release of Books by Hon'ble Prime Minister
1123 - 1140 hrs Presentation of Awards by Hon'ble Prime Minister
1140 hrs Address by Hon'ble Prime Minister
End of formal function
Ceremonial Photograph followed by Interaction of Hon'ble Prime Minister
with Awardees (by invitation only)
Hon’ble PM Departs
 CIVIL SERVICES DAY 2023 – PANEL DISCUSSION ON
20th APRIL, 2023, VIGYAN BHAWAN, NEW DELHI
Plenary Session 1 - 11.30-13.00 Hrs.

Session Theme Chair Panelists Rapporteur

Plenary Empowering Shri Ashwini Shri Alkesh Kumar Shri Abhishek
Session - I Citizens - Vaishnaw, Sharma, Secretary, Singh, President &
Leveraging Minister of Ministry of Electronics CEO, NeGD,
Public Digital Electronics and Information Ministry of
Platforms and Technology Electronics and
Information Information
Technology Shri K. Rajaraman, Technology
Secretary, Department of
Telecommunication

Shri Parag Jain,

Principal Secretary, IT,
Maharashtra

Ms. Debjani Ghosh,

President, NASSCOM

Plenary Session 2 - (14.00-15.30 Hrs.)

Plenary Promoting Shri Ms. Leena Nandan, Shri Naresh

Session - II Circular Bhupender Secretary, Ministry of Gangwar,
Economy for Yadav, Environment Forest and Additional
Sustainable Minister for Climate Change Secretary,
Development Environment, Ministry of
Forest and Ms. Alka Upadhyay, Environment
Climate Secretary, Ministry of Forest and
Change Road, Transport & Climate Change
Highways

Shri Pankaj Jain,

Secretary, Ministry of
Petroleum & Natural Gas

Shri K.N. Vyas,

Secretary, Department of
Atomic Energy

Smt. Supriya Sahu,

Additional Chief
Secretary,
Environment,
Government of Tamil
Nadu
Breakaway Sessions (1600 – 1730 Hrs.)

Session Theme Chair Panelists Rapporteur

BS- I Piped Water Shri Gajendra Ms. Vini Mahajan, Shri Vikas Sheel,
for all–Jal Singh Secretary, Department Additional
Jeevan Shekhawat, of Drinking Water and Secretary,
Mission Minister for Jal Sanitation Department of
Shakti Drinking Water
Shri Manoj Joshi, and Sanitation
Secretary, Ministry of
Housing and Urban
Affairs

Shri V K Madhavan,
Chief Executive Officer,
WaterAid India

Shri Anurag
Shrivastava,
Principal Secretary,
Namami Gange and
Rural Water Supply
Department,
Government of Uttar
Pradesh
BS –II Holistic Health Dr Mansukh Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Ms. Roli Singh,
care for All – Mandaviya, Secretary, Ministry of Additional
Health & Minister for Health & Family Secretary,
Wellness Health & Family Welfare Ministry of Health
Centres Welfare & Family Welfare
Shri P. Senthil Kumar,
Pr. Secretary, Health,
Govt. of Tamil Nadu

Shri Ramkumar. S,
Mission Director,
National Health
Mission, Govt. of
Meghalaya

Ms. Priyanka Shukla,

DM, Kanker,
Chhattisgarh
BS- III Improving Shri Shri Sanjay Kumar, Shri Vipin Kumar,
Quality of Dharmendra Secretary, Department Joint Secretary,
Education – Pradhan, of School Education & Department of
Improving Education Literacy School Education
Outcomes Minister & Literacy
through Vidya Dr. Ratankanvar H.
Samiksha Gadhavicharan, State
Kendras Project Director,
Samagra Siksha, Govt.
of Gujarat

Shri Sunny K. Singh

Deputy Commissioner,
Changlang District,
Arunachal Pradesh

Shri Anurag Behar

CEO, Azim Premji
Foundation

BS – IV Aspirational Shri B.V.R Ms. Lazima Bhatta, Ms. V Radha,

Blocks Subrahmanyam, Deputy Additional
Program – CEO, NITI Resident Secretary, NITI
Reaching the Aayog Representative, UNDP Aayog
Last Mile
Shri Swatantra Kumar,
Member Secretary,
Planning, Madhya
Pradesh

Shri Ravishankar
Shukla, District
Collector, Dumka,
Jharkhand

Shri Lingaraj Panda,

District Magistrate,
Gajapati, Odisha
All are requested to attend all Plenary/Breakaway Sessions.
Breakaway sessions may be attended as suggested below:-

Sessions Ministry / Department / State / UT

School Education & Literacy, Higher Education, Youth Affairs, Meity, Minority
Affairs, Defence Production, Defence Research & Development, Skill
Development & Entrepreneurship, Labour & Employment, Science &
Technology, Scientific & Industrial Research, Tribal Affairs, Social Justice &
Plenary Hall- Empowerment, Space, Statistics & PI,Civil Aviation, Defence, Textile, I&B,
Improving Quality of Corporate Affairs, DoPT, Expenditure, Investment & PAM, NIC, Tourism,
Education – Telecommunication, Home Affairs, Public Enterprises, Culture, Law & Justice,
Improving outcomes Agriculture Research & Edu, Parliamentary Affairs, NITI Aayog, , Post, Andhra
through Vidya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana,
Samiksha Kendras
Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim,
Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal,
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman &
Diu, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Ladakh
Drinking Water & Sanitation, , Agriculture Co-operation & FW, Animal
Husbandry, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Housing & Urban Affairs ,
Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Power, New and Renewable Energy,
Financial Services, Revenue, DPIIT, Commerce, Railways, Shipping, Ports and
Waterways, Road Transport & Highways, Niti Aayog, Heavy Industries, Coal,
Hall No.6 - Piped Mines, Steel, Petroleum & NG, Earth Science, Atomic Energy, External Affairs,
Water for all – Jal NABARD, Soil & Land Use Survey of India, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal
Jeevan Mission Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu,
Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Delhi,
Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Ladakh
Health & Family Welfare, WCD, AYUSH, Food & PD, Food Processing,
Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities, Chemical & Petrochemical,
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Environment & Forest, Skill Development &
Hall No.5 - Holistic
Entrepreneurship, Atomic Energy, Niti Aayog, Fertilizers, Ex-Serviceman
Health care for All –
Welfare, Water Resources, Pension, I&B, DIPP, MSME, Andhra Pradesh,
Health & Wellness
Centers Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu,
Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman and
Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Delhi,
Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Ladakh
Niti Aayog, Health & FW, Agriculture, School Education & Literacy, Consumer
Affairs, DONER, MSME, Land Resources, Water Resources, WCD, Skill
HallNo.4 -
Development & Entrepreneurship, Meity, Economic Affairs, MSME, Investment
Aspirational Blocks
& PAM, NIC, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,
Program – Reaching
the Last Mile Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab,
Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
and Daman & Diu, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Puducherry,
 Ladakh

SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS
This invitation is non-transferable. It is intended only for the person named
therein.
Please carry this invitation card along with the envelope to gain entry.
Please carry some photo identification (Election I.D. card, driving license,
Identity card issued by Govt. department or employer) and present the
same at the entry point.
Please be seated positively by 9:30 AM on 20.04.2023 and 10.00 am on
21.04.2023.
Please do not carry bags, briefcase, edibles, arms/ammunition, cigarettes,
matchboxes, lighters, radio/transistors, tape recorders, cameras, laptops,
electronics remote car keys etc. or other electronic equipment to the
function.
Please paste the car label enclosed on to the wind screen of your vehicle.
Ceremonial Photographs and Inter-action is by Invitation only. Invited
Prime Minister’s Awardees, 2022 are to be seated at their designated places
on 21.04.2023 after the Awards Function.