Institute of Secretariat Training and Management

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Institute of Secretariat Training and Management
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Motto in English
Efficiency and the Public Good
TypeA Secretariat Training Institute under the aegis of Department of Personnel and Training
Established1948
Officer in charge
S D Sharma
Administrative staff
99
Location
New Delhi
,
Delhi
,
India

28°33′06″N77°10′52″E / 28.55167°N 77.18111°E / 28.55167; 77.18111
Nickname ISTM
Website Official Web Site
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Secretariat Building, New Delhi

The Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, (acronym ISTM), [1] is a Central Training Institute [2] for civil employees, directly managed by the Department of Personnel and Training, [3] under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India.

Contents

The Institute is headed by Director, who is a career civil servant of the rank of Joint Secretary to Government of India.

History

The Central Secretariat Training School was established by Ministry of Home Affairs in 1948 with the primary objective to provide training to the officers of the Central Secretariat Service (CSS), Central Secretariat Stenographers Service (CSSS) and officers of other subsidiary services based at the Central Secretariat like Railway Board Secretariat Service.

In year 1971, it was renamed as Institute of Secretariat Training and Management and the mandate was expanded to include officers of the State Governments, Union Territory Administrations, Central Public Sector Enterprises, Central Autonomous Bodies and other organizations in specialized and general areas and was renamed the Institute of Secretariat Training and Management. Presently, ISTM is the nodal agency for providing orientation training to all central government employees.

The Institute also provides consultancy services, undertakes research studies and help develop trainers and training techniques. Further, it also holds regular seminars for SAARC and Commonwealth countries.

Facilities

Faculty: ISTM has an approved strength of 29 faculty members, on deputation from various government services who are provided training under different courses such as Trainers Courses, like, Direct Trainer Skills (DTS) and Design of Training (DOT) before they assume their responsibilities. The Institute also invites university professors, experts and administrators as guest faculty, from time to time, for special training modules.

Campus: ISTM campus consists of four buildings, Administrative Block, Hexagon (Seminar Halls) Complex, Library Building, and Hostel Block, each dedicated for a specific purpose. The Administrative Block houses all the offices of the Institute and a committee room whereas the Hexagon Complex, holds 8 seminar rooms, 2 conference halls and 2 auditoria.

Computers and Computer Laboratory: The Institute is equipped with a computer centre which manages the 130 node LAN network, cyber facility which connects the Administrative block, Library and Hostel complex.

Library: The library has a collection of 18,500 reference books and 23,600 instruction manuals and subscribes to many national and international magazines, journals, periodicals and dailies. It also houses 4 classrooms, each accommodating 130 trainees.

ISTM also has an 80-room hostel facility aimed at outstation trainees.

Courses

ISTM has put in place various training programs, on a variety of subjects, [4] such as CSS/CSSS Cadre Training Plan, programs on Management development, Financial management, RTI-Capacity building and Behavioural training, Secretarial / CSSS training, Computer courses and Trainers' development programs.

Publications

ISTM has brought our several handbooks, guides and reference material for use in training programs. [5]

Administration

List of directors

Sr. No.NameFromTillOccupation
1.B.D. Tewari19481956CSS
2.V.K. Menon19561957CSS
3.B.S. Atri19571957CSS
4.S.K. Sen19581958CSS
5.G. Nath19581965CSS
6.V.P. Mithal19651971CSS
7.M.L. Walwekar19711973CSS
8.J.C. Majumdar19731974CSS
9.H.L. Kapur19731974CSS
10.R. Rangarajan19741978CSS
11.B.S. Yadav19781983CSS
12.R.C. Gupta19831985CSS
13.H.S. Sarkar19851986IAS
14.B.S. Baswan19861990IAS
15.R.S.V. Subramanian19901992CSS
16.I.C. Bhatia19921992CSS
17.A.K. Chaudhuri19921995CSS
18.J.P. Pati19952001CSS
19.R.K. Saini20012008CSS
20.Dr. Khwaja M. Shahid 20082012CSS
21.Umesh Kumar20122016CSS
22.Dr. Sunita H. Khurana20152019CSS
23.Rashmi Chowdhary (Additional Charge)20192020IRPS
24.S.D. Sharma2020CURRENTCSS

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References

  1. ↑ "Acronym". Allacronyms. 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "CTI". List of CTIs. Department of Personnel & Training, Government of India. 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "DOPT". NIC. 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Training". ISTM. 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Publications". ISTM. 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

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