Course Team - lbsnaa

� Winter Study Tour (eight weeks – commencing on 17th December 2011 to 10th February 2012)
� On-campus training inputs commencing on 21st February 2012 till 8th June 2012, along with week-long
attachment with the Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training in New Delhi in April 2012
The Phase I Programme: A Typical Day
The Phase I is a full time training programme with an eclectic mix of curricular and extra-curricular activities. A typical
day would commence at 0630 hours with physical exercises at the Polo ground. Academic sessions would
commence at 0930 hours sharp. The details would be specified in the weekly timetable. Unless altered otherwise
through special notices, there would be following 55-minute sessions during a working day.
Sessions Timings
Session I - 0930-1025 hrs
Session II - 1035-1130 hrs
Tea break
Session III - 1200-1255 hrs
Session IV - 1305-1400 hrs
Lunch break
Session V - 1500-1555 hrs
Session VI - 1630 - 1730 hrs
(Session VI would usually be stipulated for games/ extra-curricular activities)
The evenings would be dedicated to programmes by Clubs and Societies including cultural programmes.
Attendance in all the sessions listed in the weekly timetable is compulsory.
Academic Inputs
The on-campus academic training commences on 21st February 2012. While the syllabus prescribed under "The
Indian Administrative Service (Officer Trainees' Final Examination) Regulations, 1955" is the basic framework, suitable
modifications have been made to adapt it to the changing training needs of IAS Officers. The academic modules are
structured around thematic inputs covering varied domains that IAS Officers have to deal with. These would be
interspersed among sessions in Law, Economics, Political Theory and Constitution, Languages and ICT.
The training methodology being adopted in this Course would constitute a mix of lectures, case discussions,
seminars, panel discussions, order writing exercises, moot courts and mock trials, management games and role
plays, group exercises, films and slide shows, field and outdoor visits, among others. Several experts and eminent
persons from diverse backgrounds would be invited to address you during the Course. These would expose you to
alternative perspectives and diversity of opinion, which are necessary for making any considered decision.
As an IAS Officer, you have to become thorough with the language of the State of allotment. Statutory language
examinations would be held during the Phase I programme. Those of you already familiar with the cadre language will
be provided advanced instruction in administrative usage of the language and will also be required to undertake
alternative modules and activities. You would be required to present your State Paper in the cadre language, while the
hard copy of this assignment can be submitted in English. The ICT module for Phase-I has been designed specifically
to familiarize you with computing environment in districts, concepts/issues involved in computerizing a system, latest
trends in technology, web design, client/server computing, e-governance and so on. The idea behind this input is not
to make Officer Trainees “computer-professionals”, but to acquaint them with the capabilities of technology in their
real life working environments.
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