Mussoorie: The 11th capacity building program for senior civil servants of Sri Lanka by the National Center for Good Governance (NCGG) has started from Monday. This two-week long program (from July 28 to August 8) will further strengthen the relations between India and Sri Lanka at the administrative level as well. This time 40 experienced officers of Sri Lanka have arrived in Mussoorie with the intention of learning, understanding and closely observing India’s ‘good governance model’.
Dr. Surendra Kumar Bagade, Director General of NCGG, while inaugurating the program said that this is not just a training, but a confluence of ideas. Here India’s administrative experience and Sri Lanka’s vision are meeting on a common platform. He called upon the participants to play an active role in the interactive sessions and consider whatever they learn from India’s policies and schemes to implement it in their country. The outline of the program is very rich and diverse. It has been designed in such a way that the participants can get in-depth experience at every level from theory to field, policy to practical models.
Some of the key topics in the program, good governance and strategy, public policy making and implementation, model of schemes like Ayushman Bharat, functioning of Digital India and e-office, digitization of land records, PM Gatishakti Yojana and leadership skills and communication skills were explained in detail. The officers will also be taken on a tour of leading institutions and projects of India, including Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration, Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun Development Authority, Muzaffarnagar District Administration, PM Gatishakti Experience Center, Delhi, Prime Minister Museum and the amazing heritage of history Taj Mahal, Agra. These visits will not only provide an opportunity to see, but to understand the administrative system of India closely.
NCGG officials said that this program is not just a means of training the officers, but is an initiative to further strengthen the bridge of trust, cooperation and learning between India and Sri Lanka. When these officers return to the valleys of Mussoorie, they will take with them a new understanding of India’s administrative efficiency and a strong resolve for a shared future. These international programs run by NCGG are taking India towards a “Global Governance Knowledge Hub”, where experience, innovation and leadership are taking shape together.
