The Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, (acronym ISTM), is a Central Training Institute for civil employees, directly managed by the Department of Personnel and Training, under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India.
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, 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 several handbooks, guides and reference material for use in training programs. 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
Central Secretariat Service Railway Board Secretariat Service
References
External links Institute of Secretariat Training and Management Department of Personnel and Training on Wikimapia on Govt of India site ICAR notification on training Profile on Government of India web site
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