Recently, the Prime Minister has given a call for the creation of a new India, where the aspirations of youth, women and the poor can be met. The system needs to be strengthened so that people regain confidence and full benefits can reach the poorest of the poor, even in the remotest corner of the country,” said KK Paul, Governor while inaugurating SANGAM 2017 (Inter-Services Meet) at lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (lBSNAA), Mussoorie on Friday. He awarded Gold medals to toppers and other prizes to officer trainees.
In his address Paul said that with increasing complexity in Government and governance, strong affinity and creative partnership between various civil services has become an operational necessity. The acquaintances made here at the academy fructify into professional and personal commitment towards better service delivery to the common man. Events like SANGAM are magnificent opportunities for mingling of young officers from various services. The systems should be transparent and free from any kind of leakages and mal-practices. Today, we are lucky that we are moving towards digitisation, which can, with the use of data and technology, eliminate all the distortions at various levels in the government machinery.
Having been a trainee himself, forty seven years ago, it was always a pleasure and an honour for him to visit the Academy. He congratulated all the young officer trainees present for their success in “what is probably the most competitive recruitment process in the world”.
The Academy stands for values envisioned by Sardar Vallabhai Patel and further amplified by lal Bahadur Shastri. After independence, with the ushering in of democracy, new challenges came up, and the services moulded themselves, to serve the best interests of the people and the country.”
Numerous innovations designed by the alumni of this Academy had earned the admiration of the common man. Their contributions have been recognised on the Civil Service Day. Almost all the improvements in various state governments, departments and central government are authored by officers who pass out of these environs irrespective of the service they belong to.
The fact that despite constraints and challenges, India could accelerate its technological, social and economic progress, with attention to growth and equity, was a compliment to the officers who managed the many contradictions of democracy. Our officers have made substantial contribution in delivering both quality and quantity of basic services besides governance”.
He described SANGAM as a kaleidoscope of professionals inter-mingling and sportingly contesting their mettle on a uniform platform through debates, quizzes and the management game.