MDI Gurgaon To Impart Mid-Career Training To ITS Officers

With India at the cusp of assuming a global leadership position in the telecom sector, Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon has entered into an agreement with National Telecommunications Institute for Policy Research Innovation and Training (NTIPRIT) to provide mid-career training to Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers.

NTIPRIT is the apex level training institute of the Department of Telecom (DoT). Under the agreement, MDI Gurgaon will execute the management component of the Phase-II and Phase-III Mid-Career Training Programme (MCTP) for 600 ITS officers.

While participants of the Phase II programme will be joint secretary and above level officers with 16 to 20 years of experience, those taking part in the Phase III programme will be of additional secretary level and above with around 25 to 30 years of experience.

The Phase II programme will have 400 participants who will also undergo a week’s technical training at DoT. Thereafter, they will complete a two-week management programme at MDI Gurgaon. Additionally, there is a foreign immersion in the Phase II programme. Under this, the participants will complete a week-long training programme at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy in the US.

Adhir Kumar Singhal, DDG (TM) at the DoT, said that when these officers will go abroad, they will get exposed to international global practices of telecom.

As for choosing MDI Gurgaon as the partner for executing the management component of the programmes, Sinha said that there could be no better institution as far as public policy is concerned.