Capacity Building Commission organises regional workshop on Technology, iGOT and AI-enabled Training Quality Enhancement in Lucknow
Capacity Building Commission (CBC), Government of India, organised a Regional Workshop on Technology, iGOT and AI-enabled Training Quality Enhancement in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh today. Convened under Task Force 3 (TF-3) and held at the Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management (IRITM), Lucknow, the workshop saw participation from around 60+ officers and representatives of State Civil Service Training Institutions (CSTIs) across the northern States, some of whom joined online.
At the outset, Ms. Chandralekha Mukherjee, Principal Advisor, CBC, welcomed the participants, and addressed the need to strengthen digital learning ecosystems, enhance course quality on the iGOT Karmayogi platform, and adopt responsible AI-enabled training practices.
Subsequently, Mr. Ranjan Prakash Thakur, Director General, IRITM, thanked the participants for their presence and highlighted the importance of the workshop in supporting institutional readiness for emerging digital and AI-driven capacity-building approaches.
Mr. Sibichen Mathew, Chair, Task Force 3, presented the rationale and thematic focus areas of TF-3, underlining the need for minimum digital infrastructure standards, a structured digital readiness framework, and consistent training quality benchmarks.
The technical sessions featured domain-focused presentations by Task Force members and experts.
Mr. Kamal Kapoor, DDG NCA-F spoke on the Technology-enabled Training Framework, focusing on baseline digital infrastructure and accreditation-linked readiness indicators.
Mr. Rajkumar Bajpai, Additional Director, Indra Gandhi National Forest Academy and Mr. Satish Menon, JD, NADT spoke about the iGOT Course Quality & Prioritisation Framework, highlighting blended learning norms & faculty digital competency development.
Mr. Rakesh Verma, COO, Karmayogi Bharat, delivered a session on AI-enabled Training Tools & Guardrails, discussing responsible AI adoption, data ethics, & institutional preparedness. Mr. B.B. Rao, Inspector General, Jagjivan Ram RPF Academy, presented the PRATHAM training tool on training for Jagjivan Ram RPF Police Academy.
Participants engaged in structured breakout discussions, followed by group presentations capturing field-level experiences, implementation challenges, and reform-oriented recommendations. The discussion synthesised key insights, particularly on interlinkages between technology adoption, iGOT integration, and AI-enabled training quality enhancement. The workshop concluded with a summary of key takeaways and the way forward.
