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- INTRO
- 2500- 1700 BC
- 1500 BC -600BC
- 600 BC-300 BC
- 400 BC TO 200 BC
- 230 BC to 230 CE
- 300 BC To 300 CE
- Early 300 CE TO 600 CE
- 275 CE- - 897CE
- (543- 757 AD) and then (975-1189 AD)
- 593 CE - 982 CE
- 850 CE to 1279 CE
- 952 CE to 1343 CE
- 180 CE to 624 CE
- 700CE to 1200CE
- 1206- 1526 CE
- 1540 CE to 1555 CE
- 1526 CE to 1707 CE
- 1336- 1646 AD
- 1347 CE to 1527 CE
- 1773-1858
- 1858- 1947
- 1947 - Present
Recommendations
- The current flexible training scheme, wherein 1-week/ 2-week programs offered by the Indian Institutes of Management at Ahmedabad, Kolkata, and Bangalore, are open for IAS officers on an optional basis and should be expanded and shown in replacement of the current system of compulsory 1-week training. (Not implemented)
- In areas of considerable importance for IAS officers, such as decentralized planning, rural development, ethics, human rights, freedom of information, etc., where no institute would be offering programs in the ordinary course, a certain number of workshops/retreats should be specially organized by the Training Division. Workshops/retreats should be structured around a participative approach, with professional facilitation, so that the exchange of experience amongst officers serves as the primary source of learning. (Not implemented)
- Considering the changing job profile in an IAS officer's career, compulsory inputs need to be imparted at three mid-career levels to equip the officer to meet the requirements of his assignments over the next ten years. To maintain uniformity in terminology with the professional induction training (Phase-I and Phase-II), the three mid-career programs may be the Phase-III, Phase IV, and Phase V programs.
- The Phase-III program should be imparted in the 12th year of an officer's career. This would ensure that most officers are past their district assignments, and many would also have done a short spell in the State Secretariat, directorate, etc. To better benefit from the inputs during Phase III and avoid any practical difficulties, a precise commencement date should be announced well in advance. Efforts should be made to get all the officers of a single batch together to enhance the spirit of camaraderie and enhance learning through a mutual exchange of experience. Any officer who cannot attend in their 12th year of service should be slotted within two years.
- Considering that the job profile undergoes a significant change at around this point, the Phase-III program should be of a minimum duration of 8-weeks. This should comprise 5-weeks of academic content and 3-weeks of study and exposure visits to best practices in India (10 days) and abroad (10 days). An outline of the educational component of 5-weeks has been annexed.
- Out of the 2-weeks of exposure visits, 1-week should be domestic visits, and 1- week should be a foreign study tour. Considering the likely costs, these visits could be mainly in the South Asian/South East Asian region, whose development path is more akin to India’s.
- The criteria for selecting an appropriate institute for the conduct of this
program should be the following:-
- It should be an institution of excellence and have substantive multi-disciplinary faculty.
- It should have a long-term commitment for continuing the courses and an interest in public administration and public management.
- It should also have a record of research and publications
- It should have adequate residential facilities for the participants.
- It should be willing to conduct these courses and, if possible, award transferable credits towards an appropriate degree.
- Phase IV programme should be given in the 20th year of service
- Duration of Phase IV programme could be of 12 weeks
- Phase V programme should be given in the 28th year of service
- Considering the major shift in the nature of work of the officers of the target group for Phase IV & Phase V, major training input is recommended.
- Phase-III, IV, and V training should be compulsory, like Phase I & II. It is expected that the officer has attended various training courses, which find mentioned in the relevant column of the ACR already prescribed, will be duly taken note of by the authorities when deciding the subsequent assignments of the officers.