Institute of Secretariat Training and Management

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Institute of Secretariat Training and Management
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, ,
India

28°33′06″N 77°10′52″E / 28.55167°N 77.18111°E / 28.55167; 77.18111
NicknameISTM
WebsiteOfficial Web Site
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.

The Institute is headed by Director, who is a

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,

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]

  • Handbook for Personnel Officers - 2013
  • Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) - A Study
  • Handbook for Inquiry Officers and Disciplinary Aut
  • Fundamental Rules & Supplementary Rules
  • Constitution of India
  • ADR Reading Material
  • SDR Reading Material
  • Orientation Training Program - Phase 1
  • Orientation Training Program - Phase 2
  • CBPR Poverty Alleviation

Administration

List of directors

Sr. No. Name From Till Occupation
1. B.D. Tewari 1948 1956 CSS
2. V.K. Menon 1956 1957 CSS
3. B.S. Atri 1957 1957 CSS
4. S.K. Sen 1958 1958 CSS
5. G. Nath 1958 1965 CSS
6. V.P. Mithal 1965 1971 CSS
7. M.L. Walwekar 1971 1973 CSS
8. J.C. Majumdar 1973 1974 CSS
9. H.L. Kapur 1973 1974 CSS
10. R. Rangarajan 1974 1978 CSS
11. B.S. Yadav 1978 1983 CSS
12. R.C. Gupta 1983 1985 CSS
13. H.S. Sarkar 1985 1986 IAS
14. B.S. Baswan 1986 1990 IAS
15. R.S.V. Subramanian 1990 1992 CSS
16. I.C. Bhatia 1992 1992 CSS
17. A.K. Chaudhuri 1992 1995 CSS
18. J.P. Pati 1995 2001 CSS
19. R.K. Saini 2001 2008 CSS
20. Dr. Khwaja M. Shahid 2008 2012 CSS
21. Umesh Kumar 2012 2016 CSS
22. Dr. Sunita H. Khurana 2015 2019 CSS
23. Rashmi Chowdhary (Additional Charge) 2019 2020 IRPS
24. S.D. Sharma 2020 CURRENT CSS

See also

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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