Last year, the Government of India’s Capacity Building Commission initiated the documentation of best practices case studies in the Indian public administration system. Professor Lakshmi Kumar, Dean, IFMR GSB (Graduate School of Business), Krea University, spearheaded the initiative to collaborate with the Capacity Building Commission to document around ten case studies as a part of Amrit Gyaan Kosh knowledge bank.
Six professors from IFMR GSB including — Professor Lakshmi Kumar; Professor Vijayalakshmi C, Professor, OB & HR; Professor Chandrasekaran N, Professor, Operations Management & Chairperson – Examinations and Assessments; Sathyanarayanan R, Sundram Fasteners Associate Professor, Marketing; Dr Jayasankar Ramanathan, Associate Professor, Marketing and Dr V N Rajesh, Associate Professor, Data Science & Information Systems and Area Chair – Data Science & Information Systems — volunteered for this task and have written these case studies, documenting some of the outstanding initiatives and best practices of our civil servants around the country in various states and departments.
During the Civil Service Training Institutions (CSTI) Convention 2024, organised by the Government of India’s Capacity Building Commission on 12 August, 2024 in New Delhi, the “Amrit Gyaan Kosh” was launched by Dr Jitendra Sigh — the Honourable Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy & Minister of State in the Department of Space. IFMR GSB professors were also honoured with an invitation to attend the launch.
