B-schools to polish up Babus.............

Babus are back to the classrooms. Six of world’s leading B-schools have come together to teach officials in the government of India lessons in latest rules and world-wide trends in public management.

Premier management institutes IIM-A, IIM-B and TERI School of Advanced Studies have joined hands with Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Maxwell University and Duke University, respectively to conduct short term courses for senior officials of the central government. The officials will be trained in the latest global rules of public management.

The reputed management institutes, shortlisted through global bidding, shall design and conduct the short-term courses in management for senior bureaucrats, who will be undergoing the compulsory mid-career course linked with their career advancement.

While Duke-Teri combine will conduct the programme for bureaucrats with an experience of 7-9 years, Kennedy School of Government and IIM-A will run the course for senior bureaucrats with a minimum experience of 25 years. IIM-B claims it has been running the programme for some time now.

Though Prof Prakash Apte, Director of IIM-B did not confirm about any new programme, he confirmed that the B-school has been conducting the training programme for bureaucrats for the past four years now. Such global tie-ups between reputed management schools to conduct courses for bureaucrats have not happened in a long time.The institutes will be responsible for all aspects of the course, including the delivery.

“Given the seniority of the officials, learning from each other’s experience would be of prime importance,” said a source at IIM-A. The module jointly designed by Kennedy School and IIM-A includes leadership, energy security, subsidies, financial contracts, public private partnerships and fiscal management.

“How can effective leadership change institutions, rules, laws and policy for the effectiveness of public enterprises,” said the source. The programme aims to train around 100 babus a year, over the next three year.

The programme will be conducted at IIM-A campus while the design of the programme is being worked out by a team of faculty from Kennedy. “We will be conducting short term course for which we have tied up with the Duke University. The module is for bureaucrats with experience up to 9 years, said Rajiv Seth, registrar at TERI School of Advanced Studies.


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