Annual Report 2011 - 2012

September 2011. The Training Programme for the 1996
batch has been initiated even as the MCTP for the 1995
batch is moving towards completion.
Two Refresher Courses for Section Officers of the Ministry
were conducted from 11-25 April, 2011, and 31 October-
11 November, 2011, in which officers were briefed on
communication skills, and various functions in Missions
abroad. In addition, the Section Officers underwent training
in Integrated Mission Accounting Software (IMAS). Two
Basic Professional Courses for Assistants, UDCs, and LDCs
were conducted from 28 April-6 May, and 1-9 September,
2011 in which the officials were trained in office procedure,
consular matters, passport and visa matters, accounting,
protocol, cyber security, etc. These officials were also trained
in IMAS. The FSI, for the very first time, conducted a training
programme for 46 departmentally promoted clerks
(promoted from group 'D' to group 'C') from 1-23 August,
2011, which included various modules like office procedure,
basic accounting, basic computer skills, and basic
communication skills.
A one-day workshop, on the 'RTI Act', in collaboration with
the office of the Chief Information Commissioner, was held
on 9 February, 2012.
Promotion of Links with Other
Organisations and Training Institutes
A five-day training programme for 38 diplomatic
correspondents was conducted on 18-22 July, 2011, on
'Diplomacy and Indian Foreign Policy'. One of the Joint
Secretaries represented FSI at the 12th Conference of Central
Training Institutions, held at the Lal Bahadur Shastri
National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, from 10-
11 October, 2011.
Programmes for Foreign Diplomats
The Institute continued to conduct various training
programmes for foreign diplomats, in its efforts at building
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bridges of friendship and cooperation, with countries around
the world. The courses for foreign diplomats conducted by
the FSI have been greatly appreciated.
The 51st and 52nd Professional Courses for Foreign
Diplomats (PCFD) were successfully organised by the FSI,
from 23 March to 21 April, and from 24 August to 23
September, 2011, respectively. Each course was attended by
20 diplomats from 20 different countries. The 53rd PCFD
was organised at FSI from 4 January-3 February, 2012. A
one-day special briefing for diplomats from Japan was
organised on 27 July, 2011. The 6th Special Course for
ASEAN Diplomats was organised from 16 November to 15
December, 2011, in which 38 diplomats from 10 ASEAN
countries participated. The foreign diplomats were taken to
various places of historical, cultural, and industrial
importance, in Delhi, Agra, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, etc.
Linkages with Counterpart Institutes
Abroad
Visiting foreign delegations discussed the possibility of
initiating/strengthening bilateral cooperation between the FSI
and their respective diplomatic academies. A five-member
delegation from Iraq led by Mr Labid Majeed Abbawi, Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs, held a meeting with the Dean
(FSI) in May 2011. Mr Nurlan Aitmurzaev, Deputy Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, leading a fourmember
delegation, met the Dean (FSI) in August 2011. A
two-member delegation led by Mr Leslie Flick, Head of Human
Resource Department, Department of Trade and Industry,
of the Republic of South Africa visited the FSI in October,
2011. Subsequently, a 12-member Vietnamese delegation from
the Ho Chi Minh National Institute of Administration
explored the possibility of bilateral cooperation in its
discussions with the FSI in November 2011.
A Trilateral MoU on Mutual Cooperation among
Diplomatic Academies was signed during the IBSA Summit
held in Pretoria on 18 October, 2011.