Hyderabad: K Srinivas, Additional Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Government of India, addressed over 300 trainee civil servants, belonging to different services who are undergoing 93rd Foundation Course at Dr MCR HRD Institute of Telangana here. The theme of his presentation was “Capacity Building in Government- Innovations and Challenges”.
Srinivas said that one of the significant characteristics of Indian bureaucracy is that it is ‘top-light’ and ‘bottom-heavy’. Despite their small numbers, when compared to global norms, he said, with a sense of pride, that the civil servants contributed impeccably to enriching the quality of public administration.
However, Srinivas stated that merely doing a good job is not enough. He called for a concerted effort at managing the image of civil service in a professional fashion. “Creating wider awareness about their spectacular achievements among different sections of society and reinforcing their trust in civil service is the need of the hour”, he pointed out.
“The widespread belief that private sector is a good paymaster is a myth, whereas, the reality is that the Government not only spends huge funds on the continuous development of civil servants but also provides them a vibrant platform to contribute their optimum best to the nation building initiatives”, he observed.
“Being an integral part of the highly privileged and elite sections, you are under an obligation to give back to the society what it has invested in you”, he advised and added that civil servants have ample opportunities to contribute to development and welfare initiatives, irrespective of the services to which they belong.
Srinivas and B.P. Acharya, Spl. Chief Secretary and DG of the Institute, gave away certificates to trainee civil servants who successfully completed the e-Learning modules, designed by DoPT. (NSS)
