REFRESHER/IN SERVICE FOR ISS OFFICERS

Refresher / In Service Training Courses For ISS Officers

The objective of the in-service refresher training programmes is to expose the officers to the latest developments in the field of official statistics and also at the same time refresh their knowledge with basics of various subjects of official statistics. The entire set of such training has been classified into two groups: a) Mandatory Training and b) Domain specific optional refresher training. The mandatory refresher trainings are exclusively kept for in-service ISS officers, whereas domain specific optional training programmes are meant for statistical officers from ISS Cadre, Central and State Governments, Union Territory Administrations, PSUs and International/Foreign Governments/Agencies.

During 2016-17, the NSSTA would organize the following thirteen (8) training programmes (each of batch size: 15-20 participants). Senior Officers of States/UTs are also eligible for the programmes. There would be 2 Mandatory trainings and 6 Domain Specific Trainings during 2016-17. The details are given in the annexure.

Annexure-1

Mandatory Training
(Exclusively for ISS Officers)

Course Title	Level of Officers/ Tentative schedule/ Institute
Management Module -I I*	DD	July 2016 IIM (A/B/C/L)/ MDI, Gurgaon	Comprehensive module covering various aspects of Management like - (HR, time, stress, financial, change, risk, conflict), Communication, motivation, leadership, PPP, global economic scenario, etc
Management Module -III*	JD-Dir	Aug /Nov. 2016 IIM (A/B/C/L)/ MDI, Gurgaon	Comprehensive module covering various aspects of Management like - (HR, time, stress, financial, change, risk, conflict), Communication, motivation, leadership, PPP, global economic scenario, etc
Management Module -IV*	DDG-ADG	Sept./ Dec. 2016 IIM (A/B/C/L)/ MDI, Gurgaon	Comprehensive module covering various aspects of Management like - (HR, time, stress, financial, change, risk, conflict), Communication, motivation, leadership, PPP, global economic scenario, etc
Current Economic Issues-	Dir- DDG	IGIDR. Mumbai	Global Economic Scenario, Current Macro Economic Scenario in India, WTO negotiations and impact on India, Development Economics, Global Financial Crisis- Anatomy & Recovery , Environment Economics-clean development mechanism carbon trading etc, Outsourcing issues.
Analysis using Statistical Packages-SPSS along with use of multi structure of unit level data	AD/DD	ASCIL, Hyderabad	Contents to be decided in consultation with the ASCII.

Annexure - ii

Domain Specific Option Based Trainings
( open for all levels of Employees - JTS onwards)
( Also Open for State Govt.'s/ PSU's & International participants )

Course Title	Institute	Content	Duration
Outbond Experiential Learning	Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, Manali, H.P. Indian Institute of Skiing & Mountaineering, Department of Tourism, Gulmarg. J&K. National Institute of Water Sports, Vasco Da Gama, Goa. Swami Vivekanand Institute of Mountaineering, Mount. Abu, Rajasthan. Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd, Dehradu, Uttarakhand.	The programme will have components of environmental awareness, disaster manangement, team spirit, capacity building and Swachchh Bharat Campaign. The activities under the programme may include trekking, mountaineering, rock climbing, cycling in a difficult terrain, skiing, surfing, boat sailing, snorkelling, rafting, para sailing,ballooning, paragliding,Jungle Safari/trekking, desert safari/trekking, beach trekking and environmental awareness camps etc. This is based on the OM of DoPT dated 4th December 2015 regarding scheme for promotion of adventure sports & similar activities among central government employees.	One week
Digital India	Mysore Administrative Training Institute	Main features of e-governance idea behind digital India, three key visions and nine strong pillars for implementation of Digital India, Cloud Computing, Mobile Applications, Awareness about the Digital presence in the common service centres, post offices, schools, government offices etc.	One week
Handling Unit Level Data & Data Analysis using R	Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthpuram, kerala	Insurance. Tax. Banking. Trade. BOP. Service Statistics.	One Week
Financial Statistics	RBI, Mumbai	Monitoring & Evaluation mechanism for different schemes and programmes; concepts & methods of Impact evaluation ; intensive practice - based learning on developing outcome indicators that can be used in concurrent evaluation and in measuring and tracking progress on human development and social policy.	One Week
Labour Economics and Research Methods in Labour Studies	Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad.	Labour Market Trends, Labour Market Segmentation Theory, Wage Determination, Human Capital Formation, social security in labour market, labour research in India: an overview, concretizing research problems, formulating hypothesis/ research questions, developing questionaries, conducting field surveys, data souces on labour etc.	One week
GFR with Special emphasis on Procurement of Goods & Services	NIFM, Faridabad	Basic of General Financial Rules pertinent to office work of ISS officers with emphasis on rules of procruement of goods and services	One week
National Accounts	NSTTA, Greater NOIDA	Theoretical concepts and definitions of National Accounts Statistics: Estimation of GDP and other related aggregates. Saving. Capital Formation. private consumption Expenditures etc(including practical): Estimation of national income for primary, secondary and tertiary sectors: input-output analysis, issues realted with formal sector etc.	One Week
The Power of Emotional intelligence in action and Design. Thining for Social Innovation	IRMA, Gujarat	Understanding basics of how emotions impact our behaviour. emotional intelligence, self-management, social awareness. relationship management, key to efficiency, Spiritual Intelligence, EQ, application of Design Thinking in business and Social Innovation. Systematically generate new unconventional ideas, achieve sustainability with design driven innovation. develop linkages to levarage organizational synergies.	One week
Big Data & Data Analysis (1 week programme)	Indian School of Business, Hyderabad/ IIM Bangalore/ FMS, Delhi University/ IIM Lucknow/ IIM Kolkata/ IIFT, Delhi	Data Science concept of Big Data, Fundamental Knowledge on Analytics and how it assists in data driven decision making Data Visualization, predictive analytics, data mining techniques, forecasting, survival analyasis. cluster analysis, linear and logistic regression, missing value patterns, optimization of data effectively using tools in R. SAS, SPSS and Excel.	One week
Foreign Trade Statistics	DGCiS, Kolkata	To be decided in consultation with DGCIS.	One week