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TRAINING INSTITUTES
Social Services Society which organizes outdoor clinics for the poor TB patients of
Mussoorie and surrounding areas, including rickshaw pullers; and runs a school
“Balwadi” for the poor children. Blood donation camps are organised twice a year
where enthusiastic participation from the probationers is seen.
17.3.3 During 2007, one Foundation Course viz., 81 st Foundation Course was organised
and in the following year one Foundation Course viz., 82 nd Foundation Course was
organised from 1 September to 12 December, 2008. One Parallel Foundation Course
for the allied services was also organied at the Dr. MCR Institute of Human Resource
Development of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad
IAS PROFESSIONAL COURSE, PHASE–I (26 WEEKS)
17.4 After completion of the Foundation course, the IAS officer trainees and trainees of
Royal Bhutan Civil Service undergo the Professional Course Phase-I for 26 weeks.
This course aims to develop and hone the professional skills in handling a large
range of responsibilities that an officer shoulders within the first ten years of service.
An emphasis is laid on the understanding of public systems and their management,
together with grounding in public administration, law, economics and computer
applications. During the first part of Phase-I, the officer trainees are sent on a nine
week Winter Study Tour [Bharat Darshan] comprising attachments with the three
armed forces, public sector, private sector units, municipal bodies, voluntary
agencies, specially those working in difficult conditions, and civil administration in
insurgency affected areas, etc. The officer trainees are required to maintain a detailed
account of their activities and visits by means of a daily diary, which is used for
assessment. They are also required to make presentations on their experience and
learning upon their return.
17.4.1These exposures give the officers an opportunity to experience the diverse mosaic
of our country. They also get an opportunity to see and understand closely the
functioning of various organisations. The stay at villages as part of the Winter
Study Tour and exposure to grass root realities of our country sensitizes the officer
trainees to the plight of the citizenry. Interaction with grass-root level political executive
also sharpens their understanding of democratic institutions. Stress is laid on local
self-government institutions being respected and helped as facilitators in the process
of development.
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