The Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Uttarakhand on Thursday to attend various activities with trainee officers at the lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (lBSNAA) in Mussoorie.
The Prime Minister was received at the Dehradun airport by the Governor Krishan Kant Paul and Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat.
The Vidhan Sabha speaker Prem Chand Agrawal, MlA Harbansh Kapoor, Bharatiya Janata Party State president Ajay Bhatt, the Chief secretary Utpal Kumar Singh and the Director General of police Anil Kumar Raturi were also present to receive the Prime Minister at the airport during the afternoon. From the airport, the Prime Minister went to Mussoorie by helicopter which landed at the polo ground of the lBSNAA. At the national academy, the Prime Minister met and interacted with over 360 officer trainees of the 92nd foundation course.
According to official sources, the Prime Minister had a lively informal interaction with the officer trainees in four groups. During the wide-ranging interaction, which lasted nearly four hours, the Prime Minister urged the officer trainees to express their ideas and thoughts to him frankly and without fear.
A variety of subjects such as administration, governance, technology and policy-making came up for discussion during the interaction. The Prime Minister encouraged the officer trainees to study and research governance issues in depth, so that they could understand them well.
He also stressed on the need for them to develop a national vision. The discussions were marked by a large degree of experience-sharing.
Modi also interacted with faculty members of the national academy, who gave him an overview of the work being done there, to train India's civil servants.
The Prime Minister also visited the State-of-the-art Gandhi Smriti library at lBSNAA. He attended a short cultural programme by the officer trainees.
Earlier, on arrival at the Academy, the Prime Minister offered floral tributes at the statues of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and former prime minister lal Bahadur Shastri.
Cabinet secretary, PK Sinha and director of the lBSNAA, Upma Chawdhry were also among those present during the interactions.
On Friday, the Prime Minister is slated to participate in Yoga exercises with the officer trainees and faculty members at the academy, preside over a function and address the gathering before leaving for the national Capital during the afternoon.