Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena on Monday inaugurated the Office of Centre for Good Governance, Odisha (CGGO) at Gopabandhu Academy of Administration (GAA) here.
The centre will be a result-based management and social innovation and it is mandated to facilitate knowledge management contributing to good governance by conducting location specific evidence based research and facilitate training.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Secretary said the infrastructure of Gopabandhu Administrative Academy has been improved as well as new innovations have been incorporated in training modules for the IAS, OAS probationers and other officers who are undergoing training at GAA. He stressed on the need for probationers and trainees to study more and more data on the geographical location, understanding wild life, ecology, environment and climate change issued of Odisha.
Two books published by the Gopabandhu Administrative Academy – the “Similipal Tiger Reserve” –Impressions of Study Visit of OAS Officers Trainees of the 2019 batch and a “Book Reviews by OAS Probationers along with “Academy News” of GAA and a “Training Manual” were released.
Director General of GAA Raj Kumar Sharma said the Academy has always given importance to quality training. He said that the officers undergoing the training are being trained to be value-based, principled, honest and efficient along with acquiring knowledge and maintaining honesty, fear-free and impartiality. He informed that 3 MoUs have been recently signed with 3 various National level Institutions to further enhance and partnership in training.
Additional Commissioner, GAA Dr. H.B. Panda, Deputy DDG and Special Secretary, GAA Dr. Pratap Kumar Mishra, Additional Director Aradhana Das, Joint Director Dr. Mamtarani Nayak, officials of CGGO and GGA were present on the occasion.
