YASHADA YASHWANTRAO CHAVAN ACADEMY OF DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION The Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Prime Minister of India, Shri Yashwantrao B. Development Administration (YASHADA) was Chavan. In 1884, it shifted its location to Pune, and established by the Government of Maharashtra to was named the Maharashtra Institute of impart training to government officials and elected Development Administration or MIDA. Its main representatives, conduct research and suggest policy objective was to serve as the apex body in the recommendations. promotion and development of modern management science, and function as the nodal state level training Maharashtra was one of the first states in the institute in the field of development administration. country to realise the importance of human resources development. The early sixties witnessed After six successful years, on the 26th of November, the establishment of the Administrative Staff 1990, MIDA graduated into an Academy with a new College (ASC) in Mumbai, under the inspiration of name, the Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Deputy Development Administration…. YASHADA. 1 Objectives Types of Activities: The objectives of the Academy as listed in its • Memorandum of Association (MoA) are Training programmes of short and long term duration including seminars, workshops, and conferences, as a means of continuing education • To promote modern management science as a for practicing managers, administrators and major instrument for development of economic scientific and technical cadres; and social activities of the State Government, Zilla Parishads and other institutions and • Policy oriented & operational research; organisations of the State Government. • Consultancy and extension services; & • To develop managerial skills, organisational • capability, leadership and decision-making Publication & production of training aids. ability for development planning and efficiency in implementation of policies, programmes and projects. Research • To carry on operational and policy-oriented research, to evolve ideas and concepts The Academy is required to carry out research appropriate to the local, state and national related to formulation, implementation, monitoring environment, and to formulate policy and evaluation of development schemes, projects alternatives. and programmes. Usually the research activities carried out by the Academy on its own are aimed at • To serve as the apex institute for the collection and dissemination of information regarding enriching the content and methodology of training development administration. programmes. • To foster, assist and support individuals, During this year the Academy was entrusted with organisations and institutions in the use of several research projects on various subjects which management science. were sponsored by reputed state, national and • To provide consultancy services in development international level agencies. and public administration. The Research and Documentation Centre was • To function as the nodal State-level training established in 2004 for procuring sponsorship for institute in the field of development research projects, carrying out research activities administration. and documenting and preparing research reports. Organisational Structure of the Academy The Board of Governors comprises ex-officio members including Hon. Chief Secretary of the Government of Maharashtra as the Chairperson and nominated members from specific sectors. Director General, YASHADA is the Chairperson of the Executive Committee and a member of the Board of Governors. Subject to the overall supervision and policy directions of the Board of Governors and its Committees, the Executive Committee (EC) is responsible for the management, administration and control of affairs of the institute, and its income and properties, in accordance with the rules of the Society and the regulations, orders and instructions made from time to time. The Director General of the Academy, who is appointed by the State Government, is the Academic Head and Chief Executive of the Academy. He has all the powers as delegated by the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee, and is the Chairman of the Executive Committee. He/she is responsible for the proper administration and conduct of the academic affairs of the Academy. During the year 2014-15, Dr. Sanjay Chahande, IAS (up to 30 August 2014) and Mr. Anand Limaye, IAS (from 30 August 2014) were Director General/s of the Academy. 2 The management, supervision & control of the Academy is vested in the Board of Governors (BoG), comprising: • Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra (GoM) - President (ex-officio) • Secretary, (Training), General Administration Department, GoM - Member (ex-officio) • Secretary, Planning Department, GoM - Member (ex-officio) • Secretary, Rural Development Department, GoM - Member (ex-officio) • Secretary, Finance Department, GoM - Member (ex-officio) • Two Secretaries to Government of Maharashtra (Nominated by the President) - Members • Vice-Chancellor, University of Pune - Member (ex-officio) • Two eminent persons from different sectors of governance - Members (Nominated by the State Government) • Two persons from the field of Management Sciences - Members (Nominated by the State Government) • One faculty member of YASHADA (Nominated by the President) - Member • Director of a reputed national level Research and Training Institute - Member (Nominated by the State Government) • Director General of the Academy - Member • Dean (Academic) and Professor, Environmental Planning - Secretary (ex-officio) The composition of the Executive Committee is as follows: • Director General, YASHADA - Chairman (ex-officio) • One person from among the Heads of State Government Commissionerates/ - Member Directorates in Pune (Nominated by the President of the BoG) • Secretary, Rural Development and Water Conservation Department, GoM - Member (ex-officio) • One representative of a sister training institution - Member (Nominated by the President of the BoG) • Two representatives from NGOs (Nominated by the President of the BoG) - Members • One financial expert (Nominated by the President of the BoG) - Member • Dean (Academic) and Professor, Environmental Planning - Secretary (ex-officio) The actual composition of the Board of Governors and Executive Committee as on 31st March 2015 is as presented earlier in this Annual Report. 3 Subjects and Areas of Activities No. of Number of The programmes cover all concepts, principles and Attendance Year Training Participants techniques related to management in government. Rate Courses Nominees Attendees The programmes cover all functionaries of the 2000-01 124 3735 2856 76.46% departments of the Government of Maharashtra, as well as teachers and practitioners of management in 2001-02 136 4098 3335 81.38% boards, corporations and other public sector 2002-03 206 5565 4507 80.99% undertakings, in all sectors such as business and 2003-04 239 10870 7956 80.60% industry; commerce and trade; financial and 2004-05 516 21,275 19,282 90.63% industrial development; banking insurance; 2005-06 846 34,905 29,157 83.53% cooperatives; agriculture and rural development; 2006-07 965 39,806 35,039 88.02% forestry; fisheries and animal husbandry; irrigation 2007-08 1428 56,436 53,329 94.49% and power; energy, transportation and 2008-09 1323 41,510 41,680 100.40% communication. 2009-10 2002 82,327 83,083 100.91% Some other sectors include education and health 2010-11 4003 1,84,487 1,82,210 98.76% services; entrepreneurial development; mass media; 2011-12 4249 1,75,117 1,68,417 96.17% tourism and public relations; legal systems; police 2012-13 4201 1,80,631 1,84,685 102.24% administration; taxation; urban systems; environment 2013-14 3931 1,72,248 1,59,136 92.38% habitat; public works; roads and buildings; appropriate technology; non-organised, decentralised Training Programmes sectors of economic, social and political activity, The various types of training programmes include especially, persons from institutions, bodies and refresher / orientation courses, foundation / induction organisations concerned with the use of knowledge in courses and workshops / seminars / conferences / management. symposia. Efforts are always made to conduct more training programmes sponsored by different agencies including international funding agencies and various Training departments of central and state governments. The Academy conducts various training programme This includes design and conduct of various types of (c. 4,200+ in 2012-2013) within the nomenclature of training programmes as per: Induction, Foundation, Refresher, Orientation and Extension training programmes with varying duration • Requisitions made by various departments of from 1-day to 5-day to 2-week to 10-week schedules. Government of Maharashtra, Government of India and Other Sponsoring Agencies. The trainee-participants in these programmes are • provided with Certificates of participation by the Feedback received from various sources Academy. including the evaluation reports of the training programmes conducted previously. The total number of training programmes conducted during the year 2014-2015 was 1418, comprising • The mandate provided in ToR of sponsored 4880 program days which was higher than the annual research and consultancy projects which target of 1200 training programmes. culminate in designing of training modules and its validation and successful running. The number of training programmes conducted