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April 2012

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Vision of LBSNAA
We seek to promote good governance by providing quality
training towards building a professional and responsive
civil service in a caring, ethical and transparent
framework.

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Jottings from the Editor

April in the Academy so reminds of the Bard's 'April hath
put a spirit of youth in everything'. Sheer blue skies, verdant
gardens, daisies and tulips in bloom, myriad birdsongs,
frolicking simians - life indeed was being panned out in
splendour. The month gradually saw near-full house at the
Academy with the Mid Career Training Programme (MCTP)
Phase IV commencing on the last day, apart from the
ongoing Phase I of the IAS Professional Training and other
short-term Courses. Weekly thematic module-based
classroom inputs apart, the most notable component of the
Phase I programme, well into its fourth month, was the
parliamentary attachment - the Bureau of Parliamentary
Studies and Training (BPST) in New Delhi. Apart from
sitting in at Parliament, this visit gave an opportunity to
Officer Trainees (OTs) to interact with noted
parliamentarians. The most cherished moments were visits
to the august Rashtrapati Bhawan and address by HE the
President of India; calling on the Prime Minister; and the
Vice President of India. In this issue of the newsletter, we
bring you a write-up on the highlights of that week.

Credits
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Anirudh P. Sravan

S. Divyadarshini

Hephsiba R. Korlapati

Pulkit Khare

Roshni Aparanji Korati

The Academy Team

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Nidhi Sharma
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Dr. S.H. Khan

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Dr. M. Kennedy Singh

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The Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram came a-visiting

and spent half a day interacting with the OTs, both in and out
of class. One of our team members has detailed the
interactions.
The Phase IV programme, which began on the 30th of the
month, brought many officers back to their Alma Mater for
the first time since their first phases of training after
recruitment into the civil services. The joy of reuniting with
batchmates was palpable, even as the 116 participants,
including four from Sri Lanka, readily slid back into the skin

of a trainee. The eight-week programme, focusses on

equipping officers for the next higher level of administrative
and governance responsibilities.
We are delighted to present contributions from all our
alumni, but if limitations of space do not permit inclusion in
the current issue, please do bear with us. Happy reading!

News Sparks
Phase I: The month saw intensive classroom inputs on
project appraisal, infrastructure & public private
partnership and soft skills before the OTs proceeded for their
week-long attachment with the Bureau of Parliamentary
Studies and Training (BPST) at New Delhi (a detailed writeup of this visit is included). A day's visit of the Union Home
Minister, P Chidmabaram on 11 April gave the OTs an
opportunity for an engaging and candid interaction. On 3
and 18 April, members of the Faculty, staff and OTs took part
in Shramdaan, an exercise in raising consciousness about
cleanliness and healthy environment. Director, LBSNAA
flagged off the various teams that went in and around the
Academy campus to rid the slopes of non-biodegradable
waste.
Visit of the Indian Forest Service Officer Trainees: During
the three day visit-cum-attachment of the Indian Forest
Service Officer Trainees of 2011 batch from 13-15 April,
various sports and outdoor activities were organized in

IN THIS ISSUE
News Sparks...............................................................
Address by P. Chidambaram ... - An Abstract .....
Cricketainment ..........................................................
Attachment with the Bureau of
Parliamentary Studies .............................................
Bungee Jumping ........................................................
Training and Capacity Building..............................
NIAR in Action .........................................................
Chairwocky : A Bored-Room Parody ....................
vkt Hkh balku gSa ..........................................................

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addition to some academic sessions on district

administration, green growth and sustainable development,
Indian economy, etc. The Phase I OTs emerged as winners in
most of the sports activities.

need of the times and ensure that every citizen of the country
was a part of the economic growth trajectory of the country.

The audience sat mesmerized as the orator in P. Chidambaram came out. It was as
good a lecture on public policy and implementation as it was a demonstration on
public speaking. Lucid, pleasant and thought provoking; the thought that he
wanted to leave with the Officer Trainees was that if a commitment was taken by
each of us, we can, in our lifetime address the challenges affecting our country now
and more importantly, abolish poverty in the near future.
Mr. Chidambaram began by congratulating us on opting for a career in public
service despite a large chunk of us being from professional backgrounds, and
emphasized on the need for drilling into the consciousness of every child that
service to the State is the highest ideal. Outlining the challenges that we are going to
face in the complex system in which we have to work in for the next 30 years or so, he
pointed out that institutional rivalry is a challenge but the most formidable
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram challenge the country is facing now is that of armed rebellion. He also highlighted
addressing the IAS Officer Trainees,
the unique situations each of us might face while working in different parts of the
2011 Batch
country. For instance, the problems of Central India are quite different from those of
the Northeast and even in the Northeast, the problems of Arunachal Pradesh or Manipur or Nagaland are very different
from each other.

YK Alagh addressing participants of Phase IV

Kathak maestro, Pandit Birju Maharaj, performing at the Academy

Culturally Alive: The evening of 19 April was made

memorable by a mesmerizing innovative performance of
Kathak by Padma Vibhushan Pandit Birju Maharaj. On 11
April Pandit Ronu Majumdar, renowned flautist and
Grammy nominee, enthralled the audience with an
enchanting recital on the shank bansuri. This is a 3 foot long
flute, designed by him, which adds an extra dimension at the
lower scales.

at the inaugural ceremony

Induction Training Programme: The eight-week long

Induction training programme came to a close with the
valedictory programme on 8 April. The last week saw inputs
on Indian economy, disaster management, innovations in
land administration and quality issues in education.

Phase IV: The eight-week long Mid Career Training

Programme Phase IV commenced on 30 April. The focus of
the programme is on understanding the process of public
policy making in India, enhancing the hard and soft skills of
the participants, providing domain knowledge in key areas,
and reflecting on emerging trends that will shape the world
of the IAS in the future. As in previous years, the programme
includes a two-week international exposure visit to Canada
being organized in association with Institute for Public
Administration in Canada (IPAC). 116 participants from
different cadres, including four officers from the Sri Lanka
Administrative Services, are here to undergo the seventh
round of MCTP Phase IV at the Academy. At the inaugural
ceremony Y.K. Alagh, Chairman, Institute of Rural
Management, Anand drew the attention of the participants
to the growth story of India and the challenges that were
brought forth in its wake. Drawing upon specific instances
from the agricultural sector, he emphasized upon the
necessity of adapting the policies of the State to meet the

Address by P. Chidambaram on 11 April - An Abstract

The undercurrent in the lecture was that India has the means now to address the challenges facing it. The call for
eradicating abject poverty was given repeatedly in the 1950s and '60s culminating in the clarion call of garibi hatao in the
1970s. However, the India then had neither the capacity, nor the ideological clarity to effect this abolishment. Today, Mr.
Chidambaram believed, there is a large degree of clarity and capacity, along with the tools required to abolish poverty
in our country over the next twenty years. He drew parallels with China which is all set to be poverty free in the next five
years. The solution he suggests is high growth coupled with addressing the basic needs, beyond income poverty, such
as child health care, clean drinking water, education, leisure, etc. A high tide raises all boats is how he explains what
economic growth can do to livelihoods of the people. He emphasized that income poverty alone will not abolish all
incidents of poverty. For example, the people in a village might be having good incomes but if they do not have a school
and a good hospital, they are still poor. He highlighted that the funds are now available, unlike in the 1980s, and brought
forth the irony that these funds are not being spent fully. He stressed upon the role of administrative skills in achieving
the desired objectives, said that mistakes will be made and quoted Dr. Manmohan Singh that an officer who has never
made a mistake has not taken any decision at all!
Overall the lecture was definitely an eye opener in setting the pace for the wheel of growth for the next 20 to 25 years. It is
our job to ensure that this wheel keeps moving. He looked forward to a day when we can say that India is truly an
independent, proud republic.

Padamvir Singh, Director LBSNAA, giving away the course completion

certificate to a participant of the 110th Induction Training Programme

Retreat of 1986 batch IAS officers: Nostalgia was in the

air as 55 officers of 1986 batch of the IAS assembled for a
Silver Jubilee Retreat, from 5-7 April at LBSNAA. Reliving
the days long gone by, the batch made the most of their time
at their Alma Mater playing cricket, slugging it out at a tug of
war and rounding off the evenings with some lively music at
the dance floor. The Retreat also provided an opportunity
for the young officers of the ongoing Phase I to interact with
their senior colleagues.

- Roshni A. Korati
IAS OT (Phase I), 2011 Batch, Assam Meghalaya cadre

Cricketainment
It is a land where cricket is followed as a religion and
cricketers worshipped as gods. For many Cricket is one of
the greatest things that god created on earth, but it needed a

bit more of brightening up. And thus culminated in the

blossoming administrator's creative mind - the idea of the
'LBSNAA Premier League (LPL)'. The season was right and
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Cricketainment
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it almost coincided with the opening of the Indian Premier
League but this was more innovative. And so it became a
great time to be a cricket fan.
The game itself was modified in its form but not in flavour.
Played in the court where Johnson would have loved to
weave his magic, with 7 players a side including at least one
lady member, it was played for 8 overs. The cultural
diversity of India was well represented through the
participating teams - Mumbai Mavericks, Rajasthan Rangeelay,
Real Madras, Delhi Dalers, Kerala Comrades, Ganga Ghamaasan
and Frontier Warriors. The players were auctioned by our
own 'Richard Madley' Mir Mohammed Ali. The Happy
Valley team consisting of the Sports Staff, Academy Mess
and ITBP seemed to be juggernauts till the semis. Playing the
league matches from 26 March - 3 April, we saw intense
battles on the cricketing field. The clashes were getting
heated up as every match passed by, reserving the best for

the last, which really was a clash of the titans at the finals
between the Mumbai Mavericks and the Rajasthan Rangeelay.

Attachment with the Bureau of ...

It could not have got better. Like the inaugural match of T20
World Cup of 2007, the LPL final also saw a decider through
the super over being bowled after a tied match. The
Mavericks got better of the Rangeelays in their last effort to lift
the maiden LPL title on 4 April. The first season of LPL saw
many talents emerging - 'The Run Machine of the LPL'- Ravi
Dhawan, 'Golden Arm of LPL'- Gaurav Singh Rajawat,
Amisha Singh and Pooja Jain - the 'Emerging' and the
'Female Player' of LPL respectively, and Saurabh Pardhi 'Master Blaster of LPL' and the Man of the Match' in the
Finals. The resounding success of LPL echoed the call for
more sports and entertainment.

The audience listened in spellbound silence to the words of

profound wisdom from the scholar Prime Minister, Dr.
Manmohan Singh, as he underscored the challenges in
various sectors staring at the budding civil servants and the
hopes of the nation from this batch. It was a moment of
proud privilege to be addressed by someone in the
contemporary global affairs, to whom it is rightly attributed
that the world listens, when he speaks.

History does repeat itself and yes, it is now underway

through the riveting LPL Season-II.
- S. Divyadharshini
IAS OT (Phase I), 2011 Batch, Tamil Nadu cadre

Attachment with the Bureau of Parliamentary Studies

The officer trainees undergoing the Phase I course at the
LBSNAA underwent a week-long module focused on
parliamentary processes and procedures at the Bureau of
Parliamentary Studies and Training (BPST), New Delhi.

Spared of the need to rise up early for the daily pilgrimage to

the polo ground and pampered by the luxuries of lodging,
the Officer Trainees spent a memorable week in New Delhi
for the attachment.

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The BPST sessions were thereafter formally inaugurated by

Pawan Kumar Bansal, Hon'ble Minister for Parliamentary
Affairs and Water Resources, GoI. This was followed by a
session on the budgetary processes by N.K. Singh, MP, who
briefed us on all the stages of the preparation and
presentation of the Union budget. P.D. Rai, MP, explained
the nuances of the committee system in the parliament.
An interesting talk on parliamentary privileges was held
next day with P.C. Chacko, Chairman of Committee on
Privileges. Witnessing the Lok Sabha session proceedings
unfold before our eyes was a memorable experience for all of
us, having innumerable images of debates from the House
etched in our memories. The excitement was palpable as we
entered the nerve centre of Indian democracy. With childlike
eagerness, some engaged themselves in identifying the
members present in the House, others were simply
overwhelmed by the enormity of the occasion. Hon'ble
Speaker, Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar, later briefed us about the
significance of the role of administrators in charting the
course of the destiny of this nation.

The visit to Rashtrapati Bhavan was the high point of the trip.
The grandeur of the Ashoka Hall had mesmerized us, even
before her Excellency, the President, Dr Pratibha Devisingh
Patil began her address. She motivated the batch by
exhorting us to bring about innovations at the grassroots
levels by application of our skills. The enthusiastic staff of
Rashtrapati Bhavan then guided us through the galleries,
which has witnessed the unfolding history of this nation
Standing in the hall, where the nation began its 'Tryst with
destiny', one feels a strong sense of belonging to the rich
history and a sense of responsibility to a revered continuum.
The highlight of the following day was the lively interactive
session with the young MPs Naveen Jindal and Dr. Ajoy
Kumar. The officer trainees were bustling with questions, on
various challenges facing the Indian polity and the dynamics
of civil servantpolitician equation. The final day dawned a
little too soon and it was time to wrap up the attachment. The
session by Nilotpal Basu, ex-MP, laid out some interesting
food for thought regarding the second chamber in the Indian
Parliament. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, MP, impressed the gathering
with his analysis of the 'successes' and 'failures' of the Indian
growth story. The meeting with the Vice President of India,
Shri Hamid Ansari, was an enriching experience for the
batch as he shared crucial inputs for building an empowered
administration. He asked the officer trainees to reach out to
people and be the agents of change in building the nation.
Adieu Delhi! Enriched with wisdom and experience, the
motivated officer trainees return back home to Mussoorie, to
the familiarly nestling in the hills.
- Pulkit Khare
IAS Officer Trainee (Phase I), 2011 Batch, UP cadre

Bungee Jumping
Vivek Bhatia*
Ever since we are born, a layer of passivity starts forming in our
existential periphery. Day by day, as we are brought up in an
environment of security and conservatism, the free spirit in us
starts losing its lustre. Fears start emerging incognito and we
unconsciously succumb to our fears in thoughts and in action.
The dialectical process of fear and anti-fear however does not
rest. Some anti-fear antidotes do visit us, and one fine day we
find ourselves in GMVN buses carrying us to Rishikesh through
the curvy Mussoorie-Dehradun road. We rub our eyes only to
be amazed by the fact that we started at 6 am on the morning of 5
April, the Mahavir Jayanti; sacrificed our holiday for just 8-10
seconds of something that we do not even know. Three hours to

OTs calling on the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh. Also seen (L to R, seated) Secretary, Personnel,
P K Mishra, Principal Secretary to PM, Pulok Chatterjee, DoPT Minister V Narayanswamy,
and Director, LBSNAA Padamvir Singh

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Rishikesh and three hours return journey. Oh God! We could

have preferred the history walk to Landour and enjoyed the
luxuries of Mussoorie weather. Why this bungee
jumpingwhy this flying fox!!
Well, the answer to this question prolonged our wait by about
an hour and a half because the bridge over Ganga was closed for
survey after the unfortunate collapse of similar new bridge in
Srinagar (UK). The site was called 'Jumpin Heights', located
about 16 km from Rishikesh near Mohanchatti. It is a
commercial initiative on the extreme adventure front by some
retired military personnel from Uttarakhand and Mumbai.

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After reception and some introduction to the extreme sports,
followed by assurance of international safety norms, we were
weighed and grouped for respective sports.
Bungee Jumping from a height of 83 metres really requires guts.
As summed up by the Bungee Master from New Zealand, It is
different from other adventure sports. It's about taking a leap of
faith. To stand at the tip of iron structure with feet and chest
tied to thick elastic rope; with nothing below till the tiny stream
deep downwowit shakes the head and heart, down to the
legs through the spine. But then, the fear has to be gulped and
one has to submit to the unknown. One has to blank out
everything and jump!!
Flying fox was a milder dose of adventure when compared to
Bungee Jumping. We were tied to the rolling structure just

parallel to the rope. And bangwe find ourselves rolling down

the valley at 150 plus kmph. The initial few seconds are really
mind blowing.

NIAR in Action

10 of us did only the flying fox, plus there were 45 others, who
'earned' the badge, which read I've got guts! To add to the
achievement, 6 of 45 who jumped were the daring lady OTs. It
was a memorable day made possible by the Academy. It was a
privilege to be a part of this (subsidized) initiative by the
Adventure Sports Club.

bridge distances to deliver advantages of reliable, secure

transparent system for last mile connectivity. The project
envisages building a nationwide auxiliary amateur radio
based advanced digital communication network based on
amateur radio digital communication to provide radio email messaging system. It is proposed to establish 30
locations with HF/VHF/UHF stations with necessary

The National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad, has

been provided a pilot project on Amateur Radio Advanced
Digital Communication Network by Department of
Information Technology, GoI to promote amateur radio in
India; and an MOU has been signed between HAM Radio
Club, LBSNAA and the National Institute of Amateur Radio,
Hyderabad for the cooperation, maintenance and awareness
generation of HAM Radio.

Chairwocky:

vkt Hkh balku gSa

To conclude, there are two pre-requisites for adventure:

!

Fear of un-experienced and un-expected

Urge to overcome that fear

1-2-3 Bungeeee!!

Training Programme on Ethical Issues in Today's

Administration was conducted from 16-20 April. In keeping
with the broad based theme of the programme, the 24
participants included officers of the Indian Administrative
Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, Indian
Air Force and the Army. The programme focuses on
exposing the participants to basic principles of ethics and
moral philosophy, persuade them into thinking about the
values that underpin the framing and implementation of

Amit Agarwal*
Twas meeting time and the member droves
Hunkered for the daily daze,
As the Chairwock with endless prose,
Did not cut to the chase.

public policy and share some of the ethical frameworks that

policy makers use to resolve sticky public issues.
The week-long programme included inputs on theoretical
frameworks of Ethics, Governance, the ethical challenges
faced during discharge of one's duty, Jan Lokpal Bill, lessons
from the private sector delivered through lectures and
sharing of experiences by the participants. The participants
were also exposed to the experiences from countries such as
Singapore and the international best practices in ensuring
greater integrity in public procurement.

The Director General, NIAR, Kush Verma and Dr. B. S Bisht,

Associate Professor went on an exposure visit to Australia,
29 March-5 April to establish linkages with various
Australian institutions with experience on Climate Change
strategies, and to familiarize with leading work done in
Australia on Research and Training of senior administrators
on Climate Change and Environmental issues, which is part
of newly established NIAR-UNDP 'Support Development
for Climate Change Center'. Various Institutes/Universities
i.e., E-Water CRC, Canberra; University of Canberra;

Beware the Chairwock, my dear,

Wizard of the word-attack,
Beware the tireless tongue and shun
The itch to argue back.
The member-drove, pen in hand,
Bemused beheld the blessed one,
Received his ceaseless flow of thought,
But did not yield nor run.
And as in hapless thought they sat
The Chairwock went on and on,
Kept charging forth with words and views
And wouldn't be done and gone.
Then left to right their deft pen went
And cut the Chairwock snicker-snack,
And with his caricatured head
They all went laughing back.

NIAR in Action
National Institute of Administrative Research

A Bored-Room Parody

*IAS Officer Trainee (Phase I), 2011 Batch, H.P. cadre

Training and Capacity Building

Ethical Issues in Today's Administration: The 17th

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Department of Climate Change, Australian National

University; Australian Public Service Commission,
Canberra; AusAID Canberra; Monash University; Australia
India Institute, University of Melbourne etc., were visited
and fruitful interactions held with academicians/
practitioners.

Centre for Disaster Management

The Centre and HAM Radio Club at the Academy has been
actively involved in a project which mixes internet
technologies and appropriate amateur radio technology to

And thus they slew the Chairwock,

A figure of fun, a clown,
Whooped, cheered, jumped for joy
All the way to town.
Twas quitting time and the member droves
Did rise up from the daily joke,
With smiles writ large on their face
From the fun that they did poke.
Based on JABBERWOCKY by Lewis Carroll
(Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)
*IAS, 1993 Batch, Chhatisgarh cadre, Phase IV

equipments systems along with accessories to support

advance digital communication network facility.

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