ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Indraprastha Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi iipa.org.in GANDHIJI’S TALISMAN I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt or when the “self becomes too much with you, apply the following test: Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to Swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melting away” Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION INDRAPRASTHA ESTATE, RING ROAD, NEW DELHI-110002 66th ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020 PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GENERAL BODY ON OCTOBER 31, 2020 Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) was set up to build capacity among public servants through training and research with knowledge, skills and behaviour required for managing the tasks of governance at the Centre and state level. In its efforts to enhance the leadership, management and administrative capability of the executive in government and public sector enterprises, the Institute works in close collaboration with national and international organisations. The Institute’s training and research programmes link with its vast information management and experience- sharing activities. Building upon the vision of its founding fathers, the IIPA aims to be one of the world’s leading academic centres of thought and influence on public governance, policy making and implementation to enable governance systems to become more responsive to the needs and aspirations of citizens and be aligned to human values in a democratic society. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (01.04.2019 to 31.03.2020) President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu Hon’ble Vice-President of India 6, Maulana Azad Road New Delhi-110011 Chairman Shri T.N. Chaturvedi Dr. C. Chandramouli (Former Governor of Karnataka and Kerala) Secretary `Prakashalaya’, Department of Personnel & Training A-4, Sector 17 Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Noida-201301 (U.P.) Pensions, Govt. of India (01.04.2019 to 05.01.2020) Room No.112, North Block, New Delhi-110001 (11.01.2020 onwards) Vice President Shri Shekhar Dutt (Former Governor of Chhattisgarh) Flat No.C-805, 8th Floor, Keenwood Tower Charmwood Village, Surajkund Road Faridabad-121009 (Haryana) Members of Executive Council Prof. Raj Kumar Shri S. S. Kshatriya Vice-Chancellor Chairman Panjab University IIPA Maharashtra Regional Branch Chandigarh-160014 Ground Floor, Next to Bank of Maharashtra Mantralaya Main, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk Madame Cama Road, Mumbai-400032 Annual Report iii Prof. Joseph K. Alexander Shri S. C. Misra Chairman Chairman IIPA Kerala Regional Branch IIPA Odisha Regional Branch C/o Alexy Jose, T.C.41/1950(1), Qtr. No.VIC, 2/1, Unit-1 A-56, Pandit Colony, Kawdiar, Bhubaneswar-751009 Thiruvananthapuram-695003 Prof. N. Lokendra Singh Dr. T. V. Somanathan Chairman Secretary IIPA Manipur Regional Branch Department of Expenditure C/o Manipur University, Canchipur Ministry of Finance, Government of India Imphal-795003 Room No.128 C, North Block New Delhi-110001 Shri Amitabh Kant Prof. K.K. Pandey Chief Executive Officer I.I.P.A. NITI Aayog, Government of India New Delhi-110002 NITI Bhavan, Sansad Marg New Delhi-110001 Member-Secretary Shri Surendra Nath Tripathi Director Indian Institute of Public Administration I.P. Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi-110002 iv Indian Institute of Public Administration FROM THE DIRECTOR In a way, 2019-20 had been somewhat a tragic year for IIPA as it lost its widely respected and beloved Chairman, Shri T.N. Chaturvedi on 5th January 2020. IIPA lost another of its stalwarts on 3rd January 2020, Dr. U. C. Agarwal, former CVC of India who had been a long time life member of IIPA as well as its former Director. Dr C Chandramouli, IAS, Secretary to Government of India, DoPT, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India was elected as the interim Chairman of IIPA. The sad memories notwithstanding, the academic activities of the Institute intensified in 2019-20. While capacity building and study visit programmes became more diverse and wide ranging in coverage, applied research work especially in problematic areas of Governance, engaged faculty and officers alike at a reasonably pressured pace. Resource mobilisation was a proportionate success helping the Institute to further improve its Annual Accounts. At the end of the financial year (in March 2020), the activities of IIPA slowed down considerably due to the worldwide COVID – 19 pandemic. In capacity building, the Institute got into the Government’s flagship schemes in a big way. Public Policy and Governance for the lateral entrants in the position of Joint Secretaries to Government of India, senior executives of forest officers and civil engineers; Leadership and Team-building Soft Skills for Public Sector Executives; Urban Governance and Implementation of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) related schemes; Administrative Law for senior engineers; e-governance Training of Trainers, customised modules on Change Management and Government Process Re-engineering within the Digital India frame; Gender Sensitivity; Smart-Cities; Climate Change; Consumer Protection and New Public Management specially for scientists—all these training programmes provided the faculty with new learning and teaching opportunities. The Institute has started conducting Management Development Programme for the Judges and other Judicial Officers of Uttar Pradesh. IIPA successfully conducted Mid-Career Training Programme of Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes) and International training of Probationers of Indian Revenue Services in Europe. International participants are trained from Tunisia, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Russia, Nepal, Myanmar, and various other African, Latin American and Middle Eastern Countries under Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). In all, IIPA conducted 145 skill development programmes, seminars, workshops, etc. in 2019-20. About 7,191 officers including foreign trainees attended and, the Institute earned about Rs.20.79 crore from training activities alone. IIPA’s Applied Research wing gained a qualitative upswing with specific governance areas of concern. Projects to evaluate and recommend improvements of Minority welfare schemes that threw up inter-Ministerial coordination problems; evaluation of schemes of Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Department of Posts, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Ministry of Tribal Affairs; assessing the measures to augment the resources of the PRIs, restructuring of Ministry of Home Affairs, Impact Assessment of National Knowledge Network (NKN), Impact Assessment of Multi- Sectoral Development Plans, evaluation of the Khelo India Programme, evaluation of the the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) schemes and studying and recommending systemic improvements in the Consumer Welfare sectors; researching into Annual Report v regional imbalance in the recruitment process of posts in the Government of India, evaluation of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), Capacity Building Strategies for Managing Complex Disasters in the face of Climate Change. On the Urban front, IIPA carried out studies on energy efficiency of eco-cities, city-level studies to assess urban governance issues, processes, innovation and manpower requirement of NDMC. The benefits of decentralised- participative operations were proved in these studies leading to improved efficiency, outreach and higher revenue accretion. The National Consumer Helpline at IIPA expanded its consumer grievance monitoring services by integrating with the Digital India initiative. Our faculty carried out 66 research studies for various Central Ministries and state governments, from which IIPA grossed about Rs.4.64 crores. Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) has been entrusted with the task of strengthening training and active research in various aspects of tribal welfare, by Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), Government of India. For this purpose, a Centre of Excellence has been established at IIPA and is named as the Centre of Tribal Research and Exploration (COTREX). Since its inception, it has been the consistent endeavour of the COTREX to work on the given theme, i.e. ‘Tribal Research and Exploration’ focusing on the issues concerning exclusion, inclusion, marginalistion, etc. of the tribal communities. This Centre of Excellence of Ministry of Tribal Affairs has a special significance being at an Institute – a premier National Institute of Public Governance, which has a key role in providing inputs for policy formulation and governance besides sensitising the Administration. IIPA is also in the process of implementing a project “Climate Smart Governance” sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. The main objective of this project is to target selected stakeholders and to sensitise them on climate change issues, adaptation needs and options. A blended capacity building programme on “Climate Smart Governance” was also conducted for middle-level officers. A number of eminent speakers were invited