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Ms Ismat Ara Sadique, Minister of State, Ministry of Public Administration,Government of Bangladesh, has said that India is a 'trusted development

partner' to her country.Launching a training programme designed by the Administrative Staff College

of India (ASCI) for Bangladesh civil servants at College Park Campus in BanjaraHills in Hyderabad on January 30, 2017, she said: "India is a trusted developmentpartner for us. Having common legacy of administration and being a forerunnerof development of the largest democratic country, India has a lot more to share."

She thanked ASCI for having trained 205 officials from Bangladesh in PublicPolicy in governance, Public-Private Partnership, public service delivery, e-gover-nance, ICT and other areas.

"To make realise the dream of achieving 'Vision 2021' adopted by our PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina, we need to have skilled and committed workforce and

Bangladesh Minister visits ASCI

ASCI Chairman Mr K.Padmanabhaiah presenting a book to Ms Ismat Ara Sadique, Minister of State,Ministry of Public Administration, Govt of Bangladesh, at the inaugural of a training programme forcivil servants of Bangladesh on January 30, 2017. ASCI D-G Mr RH Khwaja is also seen.

Mr. DushyantMahadik,

AssistantProfessor, Centrefor Economics &Finance, ASCI, has

been selected for the prestigiousChevening Fellowship of theBritish Foreign and theCommonwealth Office inpartnership with University ofOxford. It is hosted by SaϊdBusiness School from April 20 toJune 23, 2017.

Mr.Dushyant has over adecade of experience in industryand academia. He has worked incorporate planning as well asexecution roles in India and USA.His areas of interest are:infrastructure development,corporate finance and riskmanagement.

Mr. Dushyantbags CheveningFellowship

ASCI signs two MoUs 2

4DistinguishedLecture in New Delhi

5ASPIRE workshop

6New Faculty profile

8Foreign Visits

9Celebrations

11PGDHM activities

12Fun & Frolic

BangladeshCivil Servicesofficials duringthe inaugural onJanuary 30,2017

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Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) and theCentral University of Jammu signed a Memo-

randum of Understanding (MoU) in the presence of theUnion Minister Dr Jitendra Singh in New Delhi onFebruary 10, 2017. The MoU enables the two institutesto promote collaborative academic, research andcapacity-building initiatives for a period of three yearsto start with.

The MoU was signed by Mr. Kalyan K. Roy, Regis-trar on behalf of ASCI and Mr.Mohd. Iqbal, Registrar,Central University, Jammu. Also present on the occasionwere Mr RH Khwaja, Director General, ASCI and Prof.Ashok Aima, Vice-Chancellor, Central University ofJammu, Mr. B.P. Sharma, Secretary, Department ofPersonnel & Training, and Mr.C. Viswanath, Secretary,

Department of Administrative Reforms. Dr JitendraSingh welcomed the move and said that every possiblesupport would be offered to promote "AdministrativeStudies" in Jammu.

"At a time of global exposure when emphasis is oncitizen-centric governance, the need of the hour is tohave an exclusive Department where education in gover-nance and administration can be imparted in an institu-tionalised manner through a faculty with diverse expe-rience from different parts of the country and abroad."

He said the MoU would send a message to otherUniversities, especially in northern India, to build onsuch partnerships which provide global exposure.

ASCI's Prof. M.Chandrasekhar and Dr.Ashita Allam-raju were also present.

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MoUs with Central University of Jammu & SenecaAdministrative Staff College of India (ASCI) signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the Central University of Jammu and

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology management, Toronto, Canada, in February and March respectively

Prof M Chandrasekhar, a senior faculty member of ASCI, took charge as theDirector of the Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam, in the last week

of March, 2017. An engineer and management professional by training and analumnus of IITs in Delhi and Bombay, Prof.Chandrasekhar was with ASCI since2002. Before being selected as the first Director of IIM-V, Prof. Chandrasekhar wasthe Director of Centre for Public Policy, Governance and Performance at ASCI.

"Building a budding institution like IIM-V is indeed an opportunity for me.Every effort will be made to transform it into one of the top management institutionsin the country," Prof.Chandrasekhar said. ASCI Employees Union, led by its Pres-ident Mr.Sreeramulu and Secretary Mr.Hassan, felicitated Prof. Chandrasekhar at abrief function in Bella Vista, Hyderabad, on March 20.

Prof. M.CHANDRASEKHAR takes charge as IIM-V Director

ASCI MoUs

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Prof. Jos Nolle, Dean of Seneca International,Toronto, has underlined the need of problem-based

learning, instead of memorization, to excel well in the eraof globalization.

"Globalization is equal to out of box. Memorizationdoesn't train critical thinking, which is very crucial forour progress," Prof. Jos said while delivering a lecture on"Leadership in the 21st century for modern appliedhigher education" in ASCI’s Bella Vista campus onMarch 30, 2017.

Outlining the quality of a teacher, he said: "Teachersmust have the technical experience while carrying the

passion on transferring knowledge and skill to others.""Innovation is happening everywhere and we need eachother to learn, solve and grow," he observed.

Earlier, Prof. Jos shared the Memorandum of Under-standing signed by the head of Seneca College of AppliedArts and Technology Management and ASCI RegistrarKalyan K. Roy to facilitate academic and appliedresearch collaboration between the two institutes. ASCIDirector General Mr RH Khwaja, Deans--Prof. NirmalyaBagchi and Prof. Usha Ramachandra, Seneca College'sMr. Prashant Srivastava and Mr. KN Babu were alsopresent.

MoUs with Central University of Jammu & SenecaAdministrative Staff College of India (ASCI) signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the Central University of Jammu and

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology management, Toronto, Canada, in February and March respectively

ASCI MoUs

Mr. A. Markandeyulu, Scientific Officer - G,Airborne Surveys and Remote Sensing Group,

Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration andResearch, Hyderabad, and his team was conferred withNational Geo-science Award - 2016 by the Ministry ofMines. They received the award from the President ofIndia Shri Pranab Mukharjee in the presence of Mr.Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal, New &Renewable Energy and Mines, on April 12, 2017 in NewDelhi. The members of the team include, Dr.A.K.Chaturvedi, Additional Director, AMD; Dr. V. RameshBabu and Shri.Shailesh Tripathi.

Mr. Markandeyulu had taken in a Programme inASCI on Science Administration and Research Manage-

ment during August 17-28, 2015. In an e-mail, sent to theprogramme director, Prof. BVNS Sachendra, he thankedASCI for the knowledge imparted during the programme.

"We appreciate your meticulous planning anddesigning the programme to suit the needs of participants.I thank ASCI for the knowledge imparted to me duringthe training programme and I sincerely feel that it helpedme in discharge of my official duties," he mentioned.

ASCI alumnus gets Geoscience award

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Prof Kirti Kumar Mehta, a visiting professor ofFribourg Graduate Law School, Switzerland,

observed that product and process innovations are indis-pensible for the growth and development of theeconomy.

Delivering the Distinguished Lecture on 'IP Protec-tion, Innovation and Anti-Trust Enforcement’, organisedby ASCI at the India International Centre, New Delhi,on 23rd February 2017, he said: "These innovations areoutputs of Research and Development efforts of firms.Competition among firms plays a major role in innova-tion because it is the force of competition rather than themonopoly that accounts for the pace of innovation."

The Lecture was sponsored by the Delegation of theEuropean Union to India under a project, titled: CapacityBuilding Initiative in the Competition Area Under TradeDevelopment Programme in India. This was the thirdlecture in a Distinguished Lecture series under the aegisof this project.

Prof. Mehta focused on the relative importance androles of two forces that generate innovation by firms:Competition among firms on one hand, and IP protectionon the other.

A researcher in the Centre for Economic Analysis andManagement (CREA) at Luxembourg University and aformer Cartels Director in the Directorate General forCompetition in the European Commission, Prof. Mehtaemphasised that if aside from Intellectual Propertyprotection, competition between firms is a significantdriver of innovation, then it is imperative to evaluate andact on two important implications: firstly, the need foreffects –based and pro-innovation Antitrust enforcementto combat anticompetitive exclusionary conduct in thesectors concerned. Secondly, given the importance of IPprotection for innovation by firms, Antitrust enforcementpolicy needs to take that into account, if only to ensurethat incentives for IP licensing and in particular compe-tition in licensing remains vigorous.

Mr RH Khwaja, Director General, ASCI, in hisopening remarks, said that because of the nature ofcompetition in markets characterised by intellectualproperty, there is a tendency to drift toward single-firmdominance and even monopoly. The exclusionary rightsgranted by intellectual property protection, coupled withtrends toward standardisation due to network effects,threaten to diminish market competition. He also spokeabout the fact that the TRIPS Agreement remains acornerstone of the international effort to enforceminimum standards of IP protection/maintain appro-priate incentives for innovation/technological diffusionand prevent free riding. Dr. Ashita Allamraju, Team Leadof the project, elaborated the activities of the project inher welcome address.

Senior officials in government, eminent academi-cians and resource persons from think tanks and policyresearch institutes attended the lecture. Mr.AshokChawla, Chairperson, TERI, and Mr Rajeev Kher,Member COMPACT were among the distinguishedpersons who attended the lecture.

Prof. KK Mehta deliversDistinguished Lecture

ASCI D-G Mr.RH Khwaja felicitating Prof Kirti Kumar Mehta

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE

ASCI’s Prof. V. Srinivas Chary addressing theinaugural of the Indo French Workshop onCharminar Pedestrianisation and New Genera-tion Tramway in CPC on January 23, 2017.The two-day workshop was attended by Dr. B.Janardhan Reddy, Municipal Commissioner,GHMC, Mr. Syed Amin Jafri, MLC, Mr. MichelVernejoul, Metropolitan Councilor in charge ofInternational Relations, Bordeaux Métropole,Mr. Bertrand de Hartingh, Councilor for coop-eration and cultural action & Director of TheInstitut Français of Delhi and Mr. Bonthu RamMohan, Mayor, GHMC, among others.

ASCI's Academy for Science Policy Implementa-tion & Research (ASPIRE), supported by the

Centre for Human and Organisational Resource Devel-opment (CHORD) division, Department of Science andTechnology, Government of India, organised a work-shop on "National Scientific Research InfrastructurePolicy" at India International Centre, New Delhi, onFebruary 9 and 10, 2017.

The workshop, attended by 39 participants includingsenior scientists and academicians dealing with scien-tific infrastructure issues across the country, discussedissues of procurement, maintenance, sharing anddisposal. It also enabled discussions on best practicesand the need to standardise procedures across all scien-tific departments and academia. "A new scientific infra-structure policy has been recommended by all theparticipants of the workshop. The broad contours of thisnew policy has also been discussed threadbare," Prof.Nirmalya Bagchi, Dean of Research and ManagementStudies, at ASCI said.

Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department ofScience and Technology, in his inaugural address,discussed the vision behind the Prime Minister’s speechat the Indian Science Congress at Tirupati earlier thisyear and its relevance in today’s context.

"Tapping of dormant scientific manpower at univer-sities is an important priority. People often do researchin institutions that may not have the capacity to supportthe work (like in colleges in districts). So this capacitycan be activated by making use of neighbouring

research infrastructure, by creating some motivation forthe researcher in the college, by giving fellowship andthen connecting him/her to scientific infrastructurenearby. Linking the scientists and infrastructure andbringing them to the fore would unleash the dormanttalent," he said adding that introduction of ScientificSocial Responsibility is the need of the hour.

"The fact that 94% of the equipment is imported,goes very contrary to Make in India and initiatives areurgently needed to create a domestic eco system forscientific equipment manufacturing. It is not just aboutMaking in India, it is also about Maintaining in India.Since we cannot make it, we cannot maintain it, leadingus to forever depend on people who supply us the equip-ment," he said.

Prof. Sharma stressed on five strong pillars of doingR&D. They are: 1) Capacity building 2) Quality ofscientists, 3) Availability of scientific infrastructure fordoing research, 4) Networking and, 5) Presentation ofour R&D results and connecting to them to our users.

Dr. Parveen Arora, Advisor and Head of CHORDDivision of DST and Prof.Bagchi also spoke. Thisworkshop was planned as a part of the study beingconducted by ASPIRE on the issue of bringing greaterefficiency in public expenditure in Research and Devel-opment by introducing policy measures in creating,operating, maintaining and sharing of scientific infra-structure.

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ASPIRE Workshop brainstorms onScientific Research Infrastructure Policy

Dr. Parveen Arora, Advisor and Head of CHORD Division ofDST, addressing the workshop in New Delhi on February 9, 2017

WORKSHOP

David Goldstein, co-director of Natural ResourcesDefense Council’s Energy Programme of the US, deliv-ering a lecture on Cool roofs technology in ASCI’sBella Vista on March 22, 2017

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Name Designation

Dr. D Rama Rao Professor

Dr. Pankaj Sampat AssociateProfessor

Dr. Humera Anjum AssistantProfessor

Mr. Avik Sinha AssistantProfessor

Ms. SrilekhaRavvarapu

AssistantProfessor

Dr. AshutoshBishnu Murti

AssistantProfessor

Dr. NaveenchandraN Srivastava

AssistantProfessor

Mr M Raja ShakharReddy

AssociateProfessor

NEW FACULTY

Dr. D RAMA RAO Dr PANKAJ SAMPAT

Dr. ASHUTOSH BISHNU MURTI Dr. NAVEENCHANDRA N SRIVASTAVA

Dr D Rama Rao, born on 16th September,1954, holds PhD (Fiber Science & Tech-nology), IIT, New Delhi (1989); DIIT(Industrial Physics), IIT, Kharagpur (1977);and MSc (Physics), SP University (1976);Prior to joining ASCI, positions Dr.RamaRao held: • Director, NAARM, Hyderabad: July2014 – September 2016

• National Director, NAIP, New Delhi:February 2013 – June 2014

• Head, ICM NAARM, Hyderabad:January 2002 – February 2013

• Principal Scientist, NAARM, Hyder-abad: July 1998 – January 2002

• Sr Scientist, CIRCOT, Mumbai: August1986 – April 1991

• Scientist, CSWRI, Aviknagar, Jaipur:November 1978 – August 1986

Dr Pankaj Sampat, born on 7th June1965, is PhD (Planning-Water), CEPT(2016); M Plan (Planning-Infrastructure),CEPT (2009); B E (Civil), Birla S P Univer-sity (1986); LSG Diploma (Municipal),AILSG (2002)Prior to joining ASCI, the positionsDr.Pankaj held: • Vice President, GIFTCL: April 2012 -January 2017

• First Town Planning Officer (GIFT City),GITF UDA: May 2012 - June 2015

• Sr General Manager, Doshion Ltd:September 2010 - April 2012

• Assistant Engineer (Planner), RajkotMunicipal Corporation: May 1990 -August 2010

• Development Engineer, Morvi Munici-pality - August 1988 - May 1990

Dr Ashutosh Murti, born on 15th April1985, holds PhD (HRM) from TISS,Mumbai (2015); M Phil (HRM), TISSMumbai, Master of Science in HRM, IBS,Hyderabad (2009); Bachelor of BusinessAdministration, Sikkim Manipal University(2006), Advance Diploma in ComputerApplication.Prior to joining ASCI, the positions DrAshutosh held: • Assistant Professor, Tata Institute ofSocial Sciences, Hyderabad: 2015-November 2016; Research Associateand Project Manager - 2011 - 2015

• HR Consultant, NICEFIT CareerConsulting Pvt Ltd: 2009 - 2010

• Project Coordinator, Gayatri SevaAshram: 2006 - 2007

Dr Naveenchandra N Srivastava, bornon 5th April 1971, is PhD (EngineeringGeology), IIT, Roorkee (2001); M Tech(Applied Geology), IIT Roorkee, MBA(Operations Management), IGNOU (2006);and Qualified NET (1994)

Prior to joining ASCI, the positionsDr.Naveenchandra held:

• Project Manager, BhaskaracharyaInstitute for Space Applications andGeo-Informatics: September 2003 -June 2015

• Research Associate, National Innova-tion Foundation, Ahmedabad: April2002 - September 2003

INDUCTION PROGRAMMEASCI conducted an induction programme for new faculty from

March 13 to 17, 2017 to familiarise them with the objectives, valuesand culture of the College as well as to make them understand thefunctions and activities of the historic institution. While theDirector General Mr RH Khwaja briefed them the genesis of ASCI,its vision, objectives and strategies for future, the Chairman Mr. K. Padmanabhaiah spoke about as to what is expected fromfaculty. The Dean of Training Programmes, Prof. UshaRamachandra, Dean of Research Studies Prof.Nirmalya Bagchi,Registrar, Mr. Kalyan K. Roy, Finance Officer, Ms. Namrata P Somani, Administration and Industrial Relations Officer Mr. Satish Kumar, Senior Administrative Officer (College ParkCampus) Ms. Mary Elliot, Programmes Officer, Ms. Swapna, andMedical Doctor Dr. Ramakrishna interacted with the new faculty.

Directors of various Centres too briefed the new members ofthe family. The new faculty members also visited the Centre forInnovations in Public Systems (CIPS) and interacted with itsDirector Dr. Nivedita P Haran.

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Designation Centre / Area Date ofJoining

ProfessorPoverty Studies& RuralDevelopment

6 February2017

AssociateProfessor

UrbanGovernance 1 March 2017

AssistantProfessor

Public Policy,Governance &Performance

2 March 2017

AssistantProfessor

Economics andFinance

10 January2017

AssistantProfessor

Poverty Studies& RuralDevelopment

1 February2017

AssistantProfessor

HumanResources

1 December2016

AssistantProfessor Environment 9 February

2017

AssociateProfessor

Technology PolicyManagement andInnovation

21 April 2016

NEW FACULTY

Dr. HUMERA ANJUM Ms. SRILEKHA RAVVARAPU

Mr. AVIK SINHA Mr M Raja Shakar Reddy

Dr Humera Anjum, born on 26thDecember 1964, is PhD (InternationalRelations) University of Hyderabad (2002);M Phil (International Relations), Universityof Hyderabad (1989); MA (InternationalRelations), University of Hyderabad (1987);and BA (International Relations) (1985)Prior to joining ASCI, the positions DrHumera Anjum held: • Communication Expert, AndhraPradesh State Development PlanningSociety: 2011 - 2016

• Senior Consultant, Irrigation -Command Area Development, AP :2009 - 2010

• Worked at ICFAI - School of PublicPolicy - ISPP - As Faculty Member: 2004 - 2008As Associate Dean: 2009 - 2010

Ms. Srilekha, born on 27th February 1986,holds PGDM in Agribusiness Managementfrom National Institute of AgriculturalExtension Management, Hyd and B.Sc(Agriculture) from Tamil Nadu AgriculturalUniversity, Coimbatore.Prior to Joining ASCI, the positions Ms.Srilekha held:• Senior Research Fellow, Centre forPoverty Studies and Rural Develop-ment, ASCI: Oct 2014 to Jan 2017

• Asst GM, Malaxmi Agri Ventures PvtLtd: April 2014 to September 2014

• Manager, IL&FS Cluster DevelopmentInitiative Ltd: Aug 2011 to March 2014

• Associate Consultant, SathguruManagement Consultants Pvt Ltd:September 2010 to August 2011

Mr Avik Sinha, born on 11th September1982 is Fellow Programme in Management(Economics), Indian Institute of Manage-ment, Indore (2016); P G Diploma inManagement (Finance and Service Opera-tions), Institute for Technology andManagement, Mumbai (2008); Bachelor ofEngineering (ECE), National Institute ofTechnology, Durgapur (2005)Prior to joining ASCI, the positions Dr. Avik held: • Research Mentor (Vertical Head,Management Research), AccendereKnowledge Management Services PvtLtd., Hyderabad: 1st March 2016 – 9thJanuary 2017

• Assistant System Analyst (FunctionalConsultant at project level), TataConsultancy Services Ltd., Mumbai:June 2008 – May 2011

Mr Raja Shakar Reddy, born on 07th January1974, did B E (Hons), BITS, Pilani (1996);MBA, Asian Institute of Management, Manila,(2008); Project Management ProfessionalCertification from Project Management Insti-tute, USA. Prior to joining ASCI, the positionsMr.Raja Shakar Reddy held:• Associate Professor and Head (BBAProgramme), IBS, Hyderabad - February2010 - April 2016

• GM (Business Development and ProgrammeManagement), Piramal Healthcare Ltd.,Chennai - June 2008 - February 2010

• Senior Manager (Project Management),Lupin Laboratories, India August 2006 - May2007

• Assistant Manager (Project Management),Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., Hyd — July 2001 — August 2006

INDUCTION PROGRAMMEASCI conducted an induction programme for new faculty from

March 13 to 17, 2017 to familiarise them with the objectives, valuesand culture of the College as well as to make them understand thefunctions and activities of the historic institution. While theDirector General Mr RH Khwaja briefed them the genesis of ASCI,its vision, objectives and strategies for future, the Chairman Mr. K. Padmanabhaiah spoke about as to what is expected fromfaculty. The Dean of Training Programmes, Prof. UshaRamachandra, Dean of Research Studies Prof.Nirmalya Bagchi,Registrar, Mr. Kalyan K. Roy, Finance Officer, Ms. Namrata P Somani, Administration and Industrial Relations Officer Mr. Satish Kumar, Senior Administrative Officer (College ParkCampus) Ms. Mary Elliot, Programmes Officer, Ms. Swapna, andMedical Doctor Dr. Ramakrishna interacted with the new faculty.

Directors of various Centres too briefed the new members ofthe family. The new faculty members also visited the Centre forInnovations in Public Systems (CIPS) and interacted with itsDirector Dr. Nivedita P Haran.

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FOREIGN VISITS

Dr. Subodh Kandamuthan, Associate Professorand Director of the Centre for Health Care

Management, attended a capacity building work-shop on the development of Health Public PrivatePartnerships (PPPs) in Africa at Johannesburg,South Africa, from January 23-27, 2017. Theworkshop was organised by the University of theWitwatersrand (Wits School of Governance),Johannesburg, in partnership with the AfricanDevelopment Bank (AfDB) and Health SystemsResearch India Initiative (HSRII).

Dr.Subodh (Fourth from left in the photo) alsovisited African Development Bank Head quarters atAbidjan, Cote’ D Ivoire in March 2017 and made a presentation on PPPs in Health in India as part of the brain-storming session to discuss the upcoming book of Public Private Partnership in Health in Africa.

Dr. Ashita Allamraju (Fifth from left in the front rowin the photo), Associate Professor, Centre for

Economics & Finance, visited Singapore as part of astudy tour of a programme, titled: a Programme on Finan-cial Systems, Management and Accountability for theofficials of the Government of Assam, from April 17 to28, 2017. One week of the traning was held at the NewDelhi Centre of ASCI and one week at LKY, Singapore.

Dr. Reshmy Nair, Professor, Centre for Excellence inManagement of Land Acquisition and R & R

(CMLARR), visited China as part of a Joint CertificateCourse on Improved Management of Land Acquisition,Resettlement & Rehabilitation (LARR), jointly conductedby ASCI and National Research Center for Resettlement,Hohai University, Nanjing, China, from April 10 - 24,2017. Dr Reshmy (Second from left in the photo) is seenalong with the team at the Three Gorges Project.

Prof. V. Srinivas Chary, Director, Centre for Energy, Environment, Urban Gover-nance and Infrastructure Development, took part in the Global Water Summit

held in Madrid, Spain, from April 23 to 26, 2017. He chaired a roundtable and delivered a talk on "Clean India Mission - Opportu-

nities for Sludge Management and Waste Water Recycling."

Dr. S Ramu, Editor & PRO, attended the 14th SouthAsian Management Forum, organised by the Associ-

ation of Management Development Institutes in SouthAsia (AMDISA) from April 24-27 in Male, Maldives andpresented a paper, titled: Management for Development:Pathway for the Future of Management Education inIndia, he co-authored with Prof. M. Chandrasekhar andMs. Ramya Chitrapu.

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REPUBLIC DAY: JANUARY 26

WOMEN’S DAY: MARCH 8

ASCI D-G Mr RH Khwaja distributing sweets among foreign participants after hoisting the Tri-Colour at Bella Vista to markRepublic Day

ASCI faculty, employees and staff celebrated the InternationalWomen's Day at Bella Vista on March 8, 2017. Prof.

Sutanuka Dev Roy, Chairperson, Gender Committee, ASCI, andher team conducted various competitions that include quiz,Rangoli, Lemon & Spoon race, musical chairs and running race aspart of the celebrations. A health camp for women and adoles-cent girls was organised for the ASCI community on March 9. Ateam of doctors, led by Dr M.Tripura Sundari, Chief Consultant,Obstetrician & Gynecologist, from KIMS conducted the camp,which was inaugurated by the Director-General Mr RH Khwaja.

CELEBRATIONS

Indo-Global Education and Skills Summit & Expo-2017, organised by the Indus Foundation with the

Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) as theknowledge partner on April 21, 2017, underlined theneed of skill development in all sectors to make India aglobal super power.

The Chief Guest Mr.K.Padmanabhaiah, Chairman,ASCI, exhorted the need of focussing on the skill devel-opment in all sectors. "We need skilled manpower in allsectors that are key for overall development," he saidwhile lauding the role of ITI’s and Polytechnic colleges

in skill development. The IAS officer of the 1961 batch,Mr.Padmanabhaiah, underlined the need of internshipprogrammes in all courses.

Mr.Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary, IT,Electronics & Communications Dept., Government ofTelangana, said that in-house training is being impartedfor youngsters in TASK (Telangana Academy for Skilland Knowledge) with the support of the industry in anattempt to create skilled manpower. Dr. Ghanta SubbaRao, Secretary to Govt., Skill Development, Entrepre-neurship & Innovation Dept., Government of AndhraPradesh, Dr Sandhya Chintala, Vice President,NASSCOM & Executive Director, IT & ITES SectorSkills Council, New Delhi, Mr.J.Harikrishnan, ChiefOperating Officer, Kerala Academy of Skills and othersspoke.

Mr. C.D. Arha, IAS (Retd), Former Secretary,Government of India; Former Chief InformationCommissioner, AP; Chairman, The Indus Foundation,said that this event was a precursor to six major summitsto take place in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Banga-lore, Kolkata and New Delhi in the month of July.

The President of the Indus Foundation, Mr.S.B.Anumolu, said that the CEOs Networking event,followed by the summit, ensured fruitful discussionsthat could pave the way for possible partnership in thefield of education and training.

"Jatayu" a cultural show performed by Dr.Sruthakirthy and her team of Sruthi Art Academyenthralled the guests.

Indus Foundation Chairman Mr. CD Arha presenting a mementoto ASCI Chairman Mr. K. Padmanabhaiah at the Indo-GlobalEducation and Skills Summit & Expo-2017 on April 21, 2017.The President of the Indus Foundation, Mr. S. B. Anumolu, isalso seen

Indo-Global Edu & Skills Summit held

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kind of training programmes are very valuable for theofficials of Bangladesh Civil Service as it is not only forlearning but also for opening new avenue to deepen ourfriendly relation with India on the basis of friendship,equality, sincerity, reciprocity and inclusiveness as wellas to promote more cooperation and collaborative cross-continental development bondage for attaining ourcommon goals," she said. In his keynote address, theChairman of ASCI's Court of Governors, Mr.K.Padman-abhaiah, highlighted the complexities involved in gover-nance and called upon the Bangladesh cohort of officials

to learn from India's experiences and field visits. ASCIDirector-General Mr.RH Khwaja, Programme DirectorProf.M.Chandrasekhar, officials of the Ministry of PublicAdministration of Bangladesh, Mr. Md. Shahriar KaderSiddiky (Joint Secretary) and Ms. Baby Rani Karmakar(Deputy Secretary) were also present.

Later, the visiting Minister interacted with ASCIfaculty at Bella Vista to explore the possibility of strength-ening cooperation in the areas of training and research."ASCI is one of the very good institutions I have so farvisited. With the very good learned faculties here,Bangladesh officials have a great chance to acquire thebest training," she said.

Bangladesh Minister visits ASCI

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INDO-GLOBAL SUMMIT

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ASCI's College Park Campus inBanjara Hills, on February 18,

2017, reverberated with joy of 350youngsters who gathered to takepart in YBRATIONS, the AnnualManagement Fest conducted by thestudents of the Post GraduateDiploma in Hospital Management(PGDHM). Youngsters from various colleges in and around the city tookpart in quiz, elocution, singing and dancing. C.V. Anand, I.P.S., Commis-sioner and ex-officio Principal Secretary to govt, Telangana State CivilSupplies Corporation, in the inaugural session, called upon hospitaladministrators and support staff to accord priority to integrity and ethicswhile discharging their duties. Mr.Anand asked students to use tech-nology judiciously.

The Director General of ASCI, Mr RH Khwaja, Dean of TrainingProgrammes Prof. Usha Ramachandra, and the Director of Centre forHealth Care Management, Dr.Subodh Kandamuthan, also spoke.

WALKATHONASCI’s Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital Manage-

ment students (Batch XI) organised a Walkathonto create awareness on Cancer on the occasion of WorldCancer Day on February 4, 2017.

The Walk, started at People Plaza on the NecklaceRoad, ended at Lumbini Park. Prof. Usha Ramachandra,Dean of Training Programmes, flagged off the event.The Walk was attended by the PGDHM students, ASCIfaculty and staff, and students from other colleges.

"The Walk started with a roleplay highlighting theeffects of cancer and ways to prevent it. The Walkgenerated huge interest among common public," DrSubodh Kandamuthan, Director, Centre for Health CareManagement, said.

PGDHM ACTIVITIES

FUN & FROLIC

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Agood number of foreignparticipants take part in

various Training Programmesconducted by ASCI. Directors ofthese Programmes do includecultural shows to provide them thetaste of Indian traditional dance forms.Foreign guests too display their talentduring cultural shows. Participants of two international

Programmes, namely General ManagementProgramme for Senior Executives (Jan 9-Feb 3)and High Impact Leadership Managerial SkillDevelopment Programme (Jan 16-Feb 10), inASCI's Bella Vista campus had a fun-filledevening on February 2, 2017. A cultural event byDr.K.Nirmala Devi & Group showcased variousIndian dance forms much to the joy of theforeign participants. Similarly, Bangladesh civilservants, who participated in a 10-dayprogramme on "Good governance and EffectivePublic Administration," organised a culturalshow on February 4, 2017.