One Day Training Programme on “Ethics and Morality in Public Administration” held on May 7, 2016
Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) J&K Regional Branch organized a one day training program on “Ethics and Morality in Public Administration” at the IIPA Seminar hall here today. A total of 140 participants from 20 departments of J&K government including Rural Development Department Jammu, University of Jammu, Traffic Police, Directorate of Sheep Husbandry, J&K SIDCO, Shera- Kashmir Police Academy, PHE Department, Zonal Armed Police Headquarter, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, CID, Irrigation and Flood Control Department, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department, Directorate of Stores Procurement Department, Electrical Maintenance and RE Wing, Legal Metrology, Directorate of Horticulture, SMVDSB, Forests Department, ICDS participated in the training programme.
The key theme areas of deliberations throughout the day long program included ‘Ethical Public Service’, ‘E-governance for efficiency and transparency’, ‘Ethics and Morality and Governance’, ‘Right to Information and J&K Accountability Act’ and ‘Prevention of Corruption Act’
Dr Pawan Kotwal, IAS Divisional Commissioner, Jammu while delivering the inaugural address said that it is important for public administrators to resist what is wrong and accept the right way of executing the service. He strongly emphasized that the people in service should thoroughly understand the rules so that they can do the job with utmost fairness.
Sh. B R Sharma, Chief Secretary, J&K and the Chairman of the IIPA Branch congratulated and appreciated the organizing team for selecting such a topical area of training. He said that the public servants should be the role model and set high ethical standards while discharging their duties.
Dr. Ashok Bhan, IPS (Retd), Former DGP, J&K Police while speaking on “Ethical Public Service” focused on 7 key areas of practice. He stressed that the actions of a public servant should be “citizen centric” and that transparency should be reflected in the actions while performing the duty. While sharing examples of his own professional career, he said that it is important to be impartial in the delivery of services and that the public servant should be assertive and should learn to effectively execute his duties in the larger interest of the society.
Mr. Amit Sharma, KAS M.D., SIDCO while speaking on the role of E-governance for efficiency and transparency said that the future of governance lies in creating open systems where the human interactions are minimized with an objective to eliminate bias. Citing examples from various states he said that technology is a game changer and the next decade will bring in new models of governance even in the state of Jammu & Kashmir
Sh. K B Jandial, IAS (Retd), Former Member, JK PSC while speaking on “Ethics and Morality in Governance” said that the spirit of service should be inculcated among the public servants. He said that a collaborative approach should be build to win the public trust.
In the post lunch session, Mr. Sheikh Shakeel Ahmad, Sr. Advocate and Mr. Pranav Kohli, Advocate, J&K high court spoke on RTI, J&K State Accountability Act and Prevention of Corruption Act respectively where they focused on RTI and urged the participants to participatory to make the laws workable and effective.
Prof. Alka Sharma, Director (Seminars), IIPA while speaking on the topic said that individuals should be driven by values and stressed upon basic principles of democratic accountability, participative procedures and high personal integrity. While commenting about integration of ethics and leadership, she said that incompetence should also be treated as an abuse of the office. During the valedictory function, Dr. Anil Gupta, Joint Secretary presented the report on the proceedings of the function. Er. J B S Johar, Honorary Secretary, IIPA presented the formal vote of thanks and Dr Komal Nagar, Joint Director Seminars conducted the proceedings of the function.
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