Union Minister for Personnel and PMO Dr Jitendra Singh today said that Civil Services in 2020 have assumed a Pan-Indian character in a true sense as it has representation from almost all States and UTs in the last couple of years, which is a huge asset and in tune with the dream of the founding father of Civil Services in India, Sardar Patel. He was speaking after inaugurating the IAS Professional Course Phase-II (2018 Batch) of Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie through a video conference.
Referring to first-ever online inauguration of IAS Professional Course, he expressed satisfaction that out of 185 participants, nearly 125 are from engineering and other professional backgrounds and he added that this will go a long way in meeting the modern-day developmental challenges facing India.
Dr Jitendra Singh recalled that in the last 5 to 6 years, a series of new beginnings and innovations were undertaken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide a new orientation and direction to bureaucracy in India.
In his address, Dr Sanjeev Chopra, Director of LBSNAA said that for conducting the online sessions, the Learning Management System (LMS) known as GYAN is used at LBSNAA. It is a one-point access online platform for the Participants. Any participants can log in and access anything relating to the course i.e. powerpoints, reading materials, live classes on video, assignments, quizzes, past classes etc.
