Administration Manual - B.E.S.T. Undertaking.

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1) While recommending the officers of the Undertaking for training in foreign country/countries,
the following principles are observed :-
(a) The officer to be recommended for training in foreign
country/countries should possess educational qualifications
(general or technical as the case may be) commensurate with
the level of training. For long duration training, appropriately
qualified officer should be recommended. However, for cursory
and short duration training, officer with higher qualification/s
should be recommended.
(b) The officer to be recommended for training in foreign
country/countries should possess adequate background and
knowledge of the subject matter or the field, in which he is
proposed to be sent for training.
(c) While recommending the officer for training in foreign
country/countries, his knowledge of the subject matter, his
past experience, his capabilities and the work carried out by
him during the last few years should be taken into account.
(d) The officer proposed to be recommended for training in foreign
country/countries should have at least 5 years’ experience in
the particular Branch/Department/Division of the Undertaking
to which the training in foreign country/countries relates and
should have at least 5 years of service left-out after completion
of the training in foreign country/countries.
(e) The officer proposed to be recommended for training in foreign
country/countries should be required to carryout the work in
the Branch/Department/Division related with the training in
foreign country/countries under reference at least for a period
of 3 years after the completion of such training in foreign
country/countries.
(f) The officer to be recommended for training should be the officer
who will be required to actually maintain the system or required
to actually carryout the work under reference after receiving
training in foreign country/countries.
(g) The training in foreign country/countries acquired by the officer
concerned should benefit the Branch/Department/Division
from which the officer is proposed to be recommended for
training in foreign country/countries.
(h) All the above factors from (a) to (g) being equal, ‘inter-se’
seniority of the officers in the respective Branch/
Department/Division should be taken into account while
recommending the officer/s for training in the various
country/countries.