National Symposium on Excellence in Training (NSET)
April 11-12, 2015
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
www.dopt-nset.in
DETAILED AGENDA
Day 1
0900:0945
APRIL 11th 2015
Registration
0945:1045
Inauguration:
 Lighting of Lamp
 Presentation of bouquets to Dignitaries
 Welcome and Introduction by Shri Pramod Kumar Das, Joint Secretary
(Training)
 Address by Dr. Jaco Cilliers, Country Director UNDP India
 Address by Shri Bhaskar Khulbe, Additional Secretary, Prime Ministers Office
 Address by Shri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training
 DoPT A/V Presentation
 Inaugural address by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State for
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
 Vote of Thanksby Shri Sanjeev Jindal, Director (Training)
Hall No 6
(2ndFloor)
1045:1125
1125:1230
 Inauguration of Exhibition
 Tea
Technical Session 1: Motivational Speakers
Hall No 6
(2ndFloor)
Mr Anand Kumar
Founder, Super 30
Ms Shaheen Mistri
Founder and CEO, Teach for India
Question and Answers
1230:1330
Technical Session 2:Comprehensive Training Strategy
Hall No 5
(2ndFloor)
Expert and Moderator: Shri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary, Department of
Personnel and Training, Government of India
Panelists:
 Ms. Sumeeta Bannerji,Assistant Country Director & Head Democratic
Governance UNDP, India
 Shri Shubhro Sen, Former Director, Tata Management Training Centre
Presentations/comments by Expert (20 mins), panelists (10 mins), Q&A (15 mins),
Wrapup by moderator (5 mins)
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1330:1430
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Lunch at Atrium Vigyan Bhawan
1430:1530
Technical Session 3: Building Institutions of Excellence
Hall No 5
(2ndFloor)
Expert: Mr. Patrick Mc Namara, Organizational Consultant, Transform Konsult
Moderator:Prof N. R. Madhava Menon, Eminent Jurist
Panelist: Dr. Sushil Vachani, Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Hall No 5
(2nd Floor)
and
Hall No 4
(1st Floor)
Presentations/comments by Expert (20 mins), moderator (10 mins), panelist (10
mins), Q&A (15 mins), Wrapup by moderator (5 mins)
Concurrent Sessions
 Thematic Tracks 1 and 2
 Thematic Tracks 3 and 4
Each Best Practice will be given 25 mintues (10 mins Presentation, 10 mins Panelists
comments, 5 mins Q&A)
Jury Members
1530:1645
1. Shri B. S. Baswan IAS (Retd.)- Chairperson
2. Shri C P Shreemali Director, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon/
Prof. Anil Anand Pathak, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
3. Prof. B. Venkatesh Kumar, Chairperson Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Thematic Track 1: Development of
Thematic Track 2: Methodology and
Training Content
Pedagogy
Panelists:
 Shri R.S. Dalal, Director General,
Haryana Institute of Public
Administration
 Dr. Sushil Vachani, Director,
Indian Institute of Management,
Bangalore
 Ms. Sumeeta Bannerji, Assistant
Country Director & Head
Democratic Governance, UNDP
Panelists:
 Shri Salim Haque
Additional Secretary, Central
Vigilance Commisison
 Dr. E. L. N.S Bala Prasad
Director General, Bihar Institute of
Public Administration and Rural
Development
 Dr. George Argyrous, Senior
Lecturer Australia New Zealand
School of Government
Presentation by Short-listed individuals and Institutions
Individual: Shri D. Punnusamy,
Sr. Associate Professor, Anna Institute of
Management, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Title: Indigenous Concepts for Training
Institution: Indian Institute of Remote
Sensing, Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO), Department of
Space, Government of India, Dehradun,
Uttaranchal
Title: Reach the Un-reached IIRS
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Institution: Indian Institute of Remote
Sensing, Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO), Department of
Space, Government of India, Dehradun,
Uttaranchal
Institution: RCVP Noronha Academy of
Administration and Management,
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Title: VIDYA-Video Interactive Didactics
for Awareness
Title: E-learning Programme
Institution: Tribal Co-operative Marketing
Development Federation of India Ltd.,
New Delhi
Title: Skill Development and Capacity
Building of MFP Gatherers and tribal
Artisans
1645:1700
1700:1815
Tea
Thematic Track 3: Management of
Training and Training Establishments
Individual: Dr. Nikhil Jaiprakash Gupta,
Deputy Director (Administration and
Senior Courses)/DIG, Sardar Vallabh Bhai
Patel National Police Academy),
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Title: 3lef Model of making the class
room an interesting place: Experience
from a Police Training Academy
Thematic Track 4:Trainer/Faculty
Development
Panelists:
Panelists:
 Shri Padamvir Singh IAS (Retd.)
 Shri N.C. Saxena, IAS (Retd.),
Former Director, Lal Bahadur
Advisor, United Nations
Shastri National Academy for
Development Programme
Administration, Mussoorie
 Ms. Bhavna Bhatia, Regional
 Dr. Pritam Singh, Former Director
Coordinator, Leadership, Learning
General, International
and Innovation, World Bank
Management Institute, New Delhi
 Prof. Diana J. Wong, Associate
 Prof Patrick Mc Namara,
Professor, Strategy, OD, and
Organizational consultant,
Entrepreneurship,
Transform Konsult
Eastern Michigan University
Presentation by short-listed individuals and Institutions
Institution: Administrative Training
Institution: Administrative Training
Institute, Department of AtomicEnergy,
Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Title: Trainer Development for
Title: Training for All—setting up pf
Decentralized Training Through Regional
Department Specific Administrative
Training Centres
Training Institute in the Department of
Atomic Energy, Mumbai
Institution: ICAR-National Academy of
Institution: Directorate General of
Agriculture Research Management,
Employment and Training (DGET),
Ministry of Agriculture, Hyderabad
Ministry of Labour and Employment,
New Delhi
Title: Learning and Capacity Building
Initiative under National Agricultural
Title: Training of Trainers through
Innovation project (NAIP)
Distance Learning (e-Kranti for
Vocational Training)
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Day 1
1815:1900
Hall No 5
(2nd Floor)
1900:1915
1915
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Institution: RCVP Noronha Academy of
Administration and Management,
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Title: Preparation of Training Calendar
and Follow-up with ERP
Institution: Ministry of Environment,
Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi
Title: Trainer/Faculty Development
Open House Session
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Shri Ajit Seth-Cabinet Secretary, Government of IndiaChairperson
Shri Sanjay Kothari - Secretary, Department of Personnel &TrainingModerator
Shri Bhaskar Khulbe, Additional Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office
Prof. N R Madhava Menon, Eminent Jurist
Shri B.S. Baswan, IAS (Retd.)
Mr. Jaco Cilliers, Country Director, United Nations Development Programme,
India
 Shri Pramod Kumar Das, Joint Secretary (Training), Department of Personnel and
Training
Break
Dinner at Atrium Vigyan Bhawan
Day 2: 12 April 2015
Day 2
0830:0900
0900:1000
April 12th 2015
Breakfast at Atrium Vigyan Bhawan
Technical Session 4: Developing Effective Trainers
Hall No 5
(2nd Floor)
Expert:
Prof. Diana J. Wong, Associate Professor, Strategy, OD, &
Entrepreneurship, Eastern Michigan University, USA
Moderator : Shri Padamvir Singh, Former Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National
Academy for Administration, Mussoorie
Panelist:
Dr. Pritam Singh, Former Director General, International
Management Institute, New Delhi
Presentations/comments by Expert (20 mins), moderator (10 mins), panelist (10
mins), Q&A (15 mins), Wrapup by moderator (5 mins)
1000:1100
Hall No 5
(2ndFloor)
Technical Session 5: Innovative Training Methodologies-I
Expert:
Prof. Diana J. Wong, Associate Professor, Strategy, OD, &
Entrepreneurship, Eastern Michigan University, USA
Moderator:
1100:1115
Shri N.C. Saxena, IAS (Retd.), Advisor, United Nations Development
Programme
Shri Shubhro Sen, Former Director, Tata Management Training
Panelist:
Centre
Presentations/comments by Expert (20 mins), moderator (10 mins), panelist (10
mins), Q&A (15 mins), Wrapup by moderator (5 mins)
Tea
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Day 2
1115:1215
Hall No 5
(2nd Floor)
1215:1315
Hall No 5
(2nd Floor)
1315:1415
1415:1515
Hall No 5
(2nd Floor)
April 12th 2015
Technical Session 6: Innovative Training Methodologies-II E-learning
Expert:
Dr. Shiela Jagannathan, Lead Learning Specialist & Program
Manager, World Banke-Institute, Washington DC
Moderator: Shri Alok Kumar, Secretary, Central Vigilance Commission
Panelist:
Dr. Piyush Gupta, Associate Vice President, National Institute for
Smart
Government
Presentations/comments by Expert (20 mins), moderator (10 mins), panelist (10
mins), Q&A (15 mins), Wrapup by moderator (5 mins)
Technical Session 7: Innovative Training Methodologies-III Case Study Teaching
and Writing
Expert:
Prof. Kent R. Weaver, Professor of Public Policy, Institute of Public
Policy, Georgetown University, USA (Through Skype)
Moderator: Shri Arun Jha, Special Secretary, Department of Administrative
Reforms and Public Grievances
Panelist:
Ms. Anjali Raina, Executive Director, India Research Centre, Harvard
Business School
Presentations/comments by Expert (20 mins), moderator (10 mins), panelist (10
mins), Q&A (15 mins), Wrapup by moderator (5 mins)
Lunch at Atrium Vigyan Bhawan
Technical Session 8: Evaluation and Assessment
Expert:
Moderator:
Dr. George Argyrous, Senior Lecturer, Australia New Zealand School
of Government
Shri Rajeev Kapoor, Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy
for Administration, Mussoorie
Panelists:
 Prof. B. Venkatesh Kumar, Chairperson, Tata Institute of Social Studies
 Mr. Anand Chandrasekhar, Centre for Creative Leadership, Singapore
1515:1615
1615:1645
Hall No 5
(2nd Floor)
1645
Presentations/comments by Expert (15 mins), moderator (10 mins), panelists (10
mins), Q&A (10 mins), Wrapup by moderator (5 mins)
Group Work:
An Agenda for Change: Integration, Ideation, recommendations for
Implementation
Group Discussion and consolidation(30 mins), Templates Consolidation (15 mins),
Presentation (15 mins)
Closing Session:
 Shri P.K. Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary, Prime Minister's Office
Chairperson
 Shri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training
 Shri Rajeev Kapoor, Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of
Administration
 Ms Marina Walter, Deputy Country Director, United Nations Development
Programme, India
 Shri Pramod Kumar Das, Joint Secretary (Training)
Tea
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