ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 Administrative Staff College of India Bella Vista : Hyderabad July 22, 2019: Inauguration of the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) byShri Jayesh Ranjan , IAS, Principal Secretary, Government of Telangana, considered as a red letter day in the history of ASCI January 31, 2020: Shri K.Taraka Ramarao, a dynamic July 11, 2019: The two-year Post Graduate Diploma in Minister in Telangana government, and Shri K.Padmanabhaiah, Management (PGDHM) students with military background ASCI Chairman, during INK@WASH conference in Hyderabad exchanging pleasantries with the ASCI Chairman Shri K.Padmanabhaiah and the Healthcare Management Centre Director Dr Subodh Kandhamuthan April 29, 2019:World renowned Radiologist Shri Kakarla Subba Rao April 5, 2019: The British Deputy High Commissioner interacting with doctors after delivering a lecture on HE Andrew Fleming at a programme organized in Bella Vista to importance of Public Relations in hospitals in Bella Vista mark the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Leadership through Learning ANNUAL REPORT 2019–2020 Administrative Staff College of India Bella Vista : Hyderabad Contents Chairman's Statement 5 Governance of the College 9 Academic Activities 10 Activities of the Centres 19 Statement of Accounts 27 Statement of Accounts (CIPS) 41 Annexures 1. Members of the College Society 57 2. Court of Governors 59 3. Personnel 61 4. Management Development Programmes 66 5. Research and Management Studies (A, B & C) 75 6. Endowed and Public Lectures 89 63rd ANNUAL REPORT 2019–2020 Chairman’s Statement On behalf of the Court of customized training programmes were conducted for the Governors, I have pleasure in benefit of more than 2500 participants. The In-company presenting the sixty-third Annual training programmes were customised to the requirement Report and Audited Statement of of a wide range of PSUs and other entities including, Accounts of the Administrative HPCL, NALCO, NMDC, OIL, PFC, PGCIL, REC, SJVN, Staff College of India (ASCI), for NTPC, THDC, EPFO, NICF, NUHM, ADB, Canara the year ending 31st March Bank, CIDCO, KUIDFC, Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd., We have 2020. been able to attract new clients this year like ONCG, IIPM, HECL, NALCO and NHPC to name a few. All The high point of the year was the programmes were well received and participants the visit by Sri M Venkaiah Naidu, Hon’ble Vice President benefited from them. of India to our campus on 7th March 2020. He held detailed discussions with the management, faculty The College continued its Capacity Building activities members on various issues, and interacted with the PG for senior government officers for both Central and State students. governments. ASCI has been able to undertake programmes for its regular clients like ISRO, DST, GSI, Financial Results ICAR and MoEF&CC to name a few. In addition, new programmes have been designed and executed for The financial results of the College for the year ended NDDB, SEBI, ICFRE, DBT, NICF and Varanasi Nagar st 31 March 2020 shows a net deficit of Rs.86 lakhs (after Nigam, UP. We have also conducted exclusive providing for depreciation and accounting for prior programmes for revenue department of various State period adjustment) as against the surplus of Rs.220 lakhs Governments. One of the important training workshops in the previous year. This loss happened due to conducted for the members of Public Service cancellation of many training programs including foreign Commissions was extremely well received by the client. visits in the last quarter (Jan-March 2020) owing to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. The revenue in the last The Ministry of Public Administration (MoPA), Govt. of quarter was Rs.18.02 cr. compared to a revenue of Bangladesh, chose ASCI as its knowledge partner and Rs.24.69 cr. in the last quarter of 2018-19, a fall of Rs. continued to send cohorts of civil servants to enhance 6.67 cr. The total income of the College was Rs. 5963 their capacity on Good Governance and Effective Public lakhs as against Rs. 6227 lakhs in the previous year. Administration. A delegation from Uganda has visited us to understand the Land acquisition procedures in India, Management Development Programmes which was sponsored by Ministry of Lands, Government of Uganda. The College conducted 161 Management Development training programmes, which include 59 open announced I am very happy to inform you that we have launched a programmes, to build capacity among government two-year Post Graduate Diploma in Management officials, top and middle level officers and senior (PGDM) with a full capacity of 30 students with an aim personnel of public sector undertakings as well as private to produce future Business Leaders. This AICTE- industry. AICTE recognized Long Duration programmes, approved course was well received by the students in PGDM (newly launched in 2019) and PGDHM were the very first year. I believe that the College can leverage successfully conducted in this financial year. As many our internal expertise and industry connect to produce as 98 In-company (78 - on campus and 20- off-campus) world class managers. I place on record my sincere thanks Administrative Staff College of India to Mr. Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Forest Training Academy, Strengthening Value Chain Government of Telangana, for his valuable inputs in of Horticulture Plantations, and Assessment of Biomass making the course participants industry-ready. Power and Bagasse Cogeneration Potential for India. The Centre for Healthcare Management (CHM) Our major clients for whom assignments were carried successfully completed yet another batch of the AICTE- out in the year under review include, Bill & Milinda Gates approved two-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Hospital Foundation; UNICEF; LIC of India; Niti Aayog; University Management (PGDHM) programme. It has had yet of Nairobi; Eastern Coal Fields Limited; PFC Consulting another season of successful placements, with all the Limited; Ministry of Justice; NABARD; Dr. Reddy’s students joining reputed corporate hospitals, and Foundation; TATA Advanced Systems Limited; organisations in Healthcare IT and Public Health. As Aurobindo Pharma Limited; Ministry of New and the course advisor, Dr. Pillarisetti Raghuram, a highly Renewable Energy; and THDC India Limited. reputed Oncoplastic breast surgeon brought in a lot of visibility to the course. Lectures The Programme Directors of PGDM and PGDHM, Prof. Sri B V R Mohan Reddy, Founder and Executive Nirmalya Bagchi and Dr. Subodh Kandamuthan Chairman, Cyient Limited; Chairman, Board of respectively need a special mention for their tireless Governors, IIT Hyderabad; Honorary Consul of Federal efforts to make the courses interesting. Republic of Germany for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and Member, Court of Governors, ASCI, delivered the rd Research and Management Studies 63 Foundation Day lecture on “The 4.0 Paradigm & Imperatives” on December 6, 2019. ASCI continues to be the preferred destination for Research and Management Studies support for many The College, for the second year in a row, organized clients in 2019-20. We are glad to report that much of Prof. S Venugopal Rao Memorial Oration on the our present assignments are repeat assignments from Occasion of his Birth Centenary (endowed by M/s Prof clients which reflects well on the quality of our work. We S Venugopal Rao Memorial Charitable Trust). Hon’ble are also proud that we have been able to conduct a good Justice J Chelameswar, former Judge of the Supreme mix of assignments from international donors and Indian Court, spoke about “Administration of Criminal Justice clients. In 2019-20 we have conducted assignments in System: Current Scenario” on September 24, 2019. the areas of WASH and urban sanitation, assessment of biomass potential in India, post bid evaluation for As a part of the ASCI Lecture Series, Sri Arun Maira, identification of cartelization/collusion in auction of coal Former member of the Planning Commission, addressed blocks, assessing the challenges and solutions in a large gathering on “Transforming Your Well-being & establishing functional family courts in different states, the Nation’s too” on 16th August 2019. manpower planning, screening of employees for promotion suitability, government and corporate advisory Sri Krishnan Srinivasan, IFS (Retd), former Foreign and support services, evaluation analytics, setting of Secretary, Government of India, gave a talk on “Values power tariffs and issues thereof, strategy development in Public Policy with Special Reference to Foreign Policy” for large organisations, assisting government on 25th October 2019, which was well received. departments in financial management and monitoring, assessment of public health infrastructure in states, HRM Governance advisory, and preparing detailed project reports. During the year 2019-20, the General Body of the This year, we were able to secure a few large value and College Society met once, and the Court of Governors (CoG) met thrice. The guidance and direction the College high visibility assignments like Evaluation study of received from the distinguished CoG members on various Namami Ganga, Promoting City Wide Inclusive aspects of its activities is highly commendable. My sincere Sanitation in A.P, DPR for setting up of the TN Marine 6 Annual Report 2019–20 thanks to all the members of the CoG and the members of the General Body for their constant support. Looking Forward As we are going to the press, the world is still in the grip of COVID-19 pandemic. The Government of India announced series of lockdowns in an attempt to tackle the deadly virus. The training and research activity of the College is likely to be adversely affected in 2020-21 but I am sure that our faculty will cope with the change in market dynamics brought about by the pandemic and will take proactive steps to reduce its impact. I wish every stakeholder of the College all the very best. K Padmanabhaiah Chairman Court of Governors 7 Annual Report 2019–20 Governance of the College A.