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SENIOR APPOINTMENTS AND FOREIGN TRAINING
1.1.10 129 Secretary level and equivalent, 94 Additional Secretary level and equivalent,
380 Joint Secretary level and equivalent, 566 Director level and equivalent and
147 Deputy Secretary level and equivalent officers stand posted under the Central
Staffing Scheme as on 31 December, 2008.
FOREIGN TRAINING
1.2 Department of Personnel and Training has been nominating officers belonging to
Indian Administrative Service, Central Secretariat Service, State Civil Services and
officers serving under the Central Staffing Scheme, for various training programmes
abroad. Nominations are made for programmes sponsored by foreign governments
and also for programmes funded under the Domestic Funding Scheme.
1.2.1 During the year 2008, nominations for 10 long term foreign training programmes
(duration of approximately one year) under the Domestic Funding Scheme, were
finalised and a total of 67 officers were deputed to these programmes. These
programmes were : Manila – Master in Development Management at Asian Institute
of Management ( 4 officers) ; University of Duke, USA – MA in International
Development Policy ( 8 officers) ; Hurbert H. Humphrey Institute, University of
Minnesota, USA – MPA (6 officers) ; George Mason University, Washington – Master
of Public Policy (6 officers) ; Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USA - MA in
Public Service ( 8 officers); ISS, the Hague, the Netherlands – MA in Public Policy
and Management (6 officers); IDS, Sussex, UK–MA in Governance and Development
( 6 officers); University of Birmingham, UK – MA in Public Service ( 8 officers),
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia– MBA (9 officers) and Australian National University,
Australia – Master in Public Policy (6 officers).
1.2.2 Apart from the long term programmes mentioned above, officers were also
nominated for various short-term programmes available under the Domestic Funding
Scheme. Under this Scheme, a total of 212 officers were nominated for various
Institutes in the Hague, Bangkok, U.K., Manila, Australia and USA.
1.2.3 For the year 2009, 4 IAS officers have been selected for attending NDC Course in
January, 2009.
1.2.4 In addition to these, the Foreign Funded Training programmes for more than 4
weeks duration are also processed by the Department. During the year 2008,
nominations for about 84 such Foreign Funding courses were processed.
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