SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today asked Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development (IMPARD) to sponsor all the students of Jammu and Kashmir qualifying preliminary examination of Indian Administrative Services (IAS) for further training outside the state to prepare for the finals.
“You should support all the successful candidates of preliminary examination of IAS and help them to receive further necessary training, if they are willing, in reputed and recognized Institutes outside the state so that they prepare in a better way to qualify the final examination’, he told IMPARD.
J&K youths are second to none in talent, the Chief Minister said.
He said they could prove their mettle at national and international stages if provided opportunity and guidance appropriately.
The Chief Minister was receiving brief at the 12th meeting of Executive Council of J&K IMPARD here.
In a detailed PowerPoint presentation, Director General IMPARD, B B Vyas presented resume of the functioning of Institute and referred to new initiatives taken to upgrade and improve the performance of the Institute.
As many as 250 annual programmes of four different natures are being presently conducted in the Institute which include foundation training for KAS qualifiers, capacity building for Panchayat members and refresher courses for in service officers.
He said IMPARD is providing training to 80 KAS aspirants at its Srinagar centre and 80 at Jammu centre presently.
Mr Vyas said facilities like website, computerisation and digitalisation of library, video conferencing, infrastructure development, construction of bore well, ATM facility and biometric attendance are being put in place in the two centres of IMPARD.
He said 14 new creations have been notified to give strength to the faculty of the Institute
