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20.Training and Capacity Building

The Human Resource Management Unit at ICARHQs is promoting systematic approach to training inICAR. The highlights of Training and Capacity Buildingof ICAR employees of all categories are enumeratedbelow.

Development and implementation of annual training planIn total 109 Institutes/ICAR HQs developed the

Annual Training Plan (ATP) for all categories ofemployees for the reporting period in the beginningof the year and implemented effectively. Theimplementation of ATP for the earlier year was assessedat the end of the year, and approriate feedbacks weregiven to all the ICAR-Institutes for betterimplementation in future.

Organization of training programmesScientific staff: The ICAR-Institutes/HQs organized

242 training programmes for scientific staff forenhancing their competency. In total, 1,165 Scientificstaff of ICAR of different grades undergone varioustraining programmes. Seven new training programmesbased on the identified training needs were designed,developed and organised for scientific staff (Table 1).In these new training programmes, 127 scientists (109ICAR employees + 18 Non-ICAR employees) in variousgrades participated. Out of which, about 25% scientistsgot training first time after their FOCARS training. International exposure

A senior executive development programme on‘Developing effective organizational leadership ofSenior officers of ICAR’ within-country andInternational exposure visits were organized by ASCI,Hyderabad, in coordination with ICAR-NAARM,Hyderabad and HRM Unit, ICAR HQs. In thisprogramme, 20 multidisciplinary Senior Scientific andAdministrative staff together participated in two batches.The In-country programme was held at ASCI,

Training programme at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Training programme at ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi

New training programmes for scientific staff

Title of training programme(s) Organizing Institute

Advanced remote sensing ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpurand GIS applications in integratedland resource management

Tools and techniques of ICAR-IARI, New Delhianalysis of biomolecules

Experimental designs and ICAR-IASRI, New Delhistatistical data analysis

Advances in simulation ICAR-IARI, New Delhimodelling and climatechange research towardsknowledge based agriculture

Recent advances of ICAR-IASRI, New Delhibioinformatics inagricultural research:a practical perspective

Genomics-assisted breeding ICAR-IARI, New Delhifor crop improvement

Management of plant ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhigenetic resources

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Hyderabad. First time, International exposure visits(China, Malaysia and Thailand, Singapore, Australiaand New Zealand, were organized as part of thisprogramme. The programme was envisaged to enhanceleadership capacities, competence, skills of seniorresearch managers and officers to improve theorganizational efficiency.

HRD nodal officers: For effective and efficientimplementation of training functions in the Institutes/HQs, a competency enhancement programme on

“Effective Implementation of Training Functions byHRD Nodal Officers of ICAR” was organized by ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad. They were exposed to varioustraining functions including developing a System oftraining in the Institute; pursuing Systematic Approachto Training; performing Training Needs Analysis (TNA)of all categories of employees; developing AnnualTraining Plan (ATP) based on TNA; Evaluation ofTrainings; Monitoring and Impact Assessment oftrainings; and Maintaining Database of training andtrained manpower, etc.

Participants visiting Australian Centre for Field Robotics,University of Sydney, Sydney

Specialized training programmes organised for technical staff

Training programme Organizing institute

Competence enhancement programme on soft skills and personality development ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad

FCV tobacco field crop management ICAR-CTRI, Rajahmundry

ICAR-ERP ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi

Basic microbiological techniques for studying microbes ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Experimental data analysis ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi

Selection, adjustment, operation and maintenance of agricultural implements for field and ICAR-CIAE, Bhopalhorticultural crops

Microbiological examination of seafood ICAR-CIFT, Cochin

Basic training on routine chemical analysis ICAR-NDRI, Karnal

Networking-basics and management ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi

Principles and production techniques of hybrid seeds in vegetables ICAR-IIVR, Varanasi

Competence enhancement programme on motivation and positive thinking ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad

Precision agriculture technologies ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Application of remote sensing and GIS in natural resource management (ARSGN) ICAR-IISWC, Dehradun

Computer application ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi

Layout and maintenance of field experiments and recording observations ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Instrumentation techniques for analysis of soil, plant and water ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Farm management ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram

Hi-tech propagation and nursery management for production of quality planting material ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru

Identification of insect pests/ vectors/ their damaging symptoms and management ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Good agricultural practices (GAPs) for enhancing resource-use efficiency and farm ICAR-IARI, New Delhiproductivity

Agrometeorological data collection, analysis and management ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad


Communication and scientific writing for technical officers ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad

Use and maintenance of advanced instruments in soil and plant analysis ICAR-IISS, Bhopal

Statistical techniques for agricultural data analysis ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi

Fundamental concepts and methodology for agricultural water management ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Farm management ICAR-IIFSR, Modipuram

Training programme at ICAR-IIWBR, Karnal



Technical staff: ICAR-Institutes organized 83training programmes for technical staff for enhancingtheir competency. In total, 815 Technical staff of ICARof various grades undergone various trainingprogrammes. In specialized training programmes, 433Technical staff of ICAR and 66 Technical staff ofnon-ICAR-Institutes participated, out of which 33.7%employees got first time opportunity after joiningservice.

Technical staff associated with library: Technicalstaff associated with library work in various ICARInstitutes/HQs were nominated by the ICAR HQs forTraining Programme organised by ICAR-NAARM,Hyderabad on KOHA. Thirty five techinal staff fromdifferent ICAR-Institutes, HQs and 01 from SAU weretrained, out of which 89% attended first time.

Administrative staff: ICAR-Institutes/HQsorganized 44 training programmes for Administrativeincluding Finance staff for improving their competency.Administrative staff 902 of ICAR of various gradesundergone various training programmes organized byICAR-Institutes/HQs, ISTM, NIFM, Central and StateGovernment Departments, etc. Following customizedtraining programmes were developed on the basis ofidentified training needs in which 124 Administrativestaff including finance were trained.

Stenographers: ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad alsoorganized a Training programme on ‘EnhancingEfficiency and Behavioural Skills’ in coordinationwith HRM Unit, ICAR HQs in three batches at ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad; ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai and ICAR-NBSS&LUP RC, Kolkata. In this programme,92Stenographers in various grades participated.

Refresher course on Administration and Finance Managementfor section Officers, AAOs, AFAOs and Assistants of ICARInstitutes

Regular drivers: ICAR-CIAE, Bhopal organizeda specialiazed Training Programme on ‘AutomobileMaintenance, Road Safety and Behavioural Skills’in coordination with HRM Unit, ICAR HQs for RegularDrivers in Technical grade of ICAR. In this programme,87 Regular Drivers participated in 3 batches. Such aprogramme has been acknowledged by DoPT, GoI.

Training of Regular Drivers at Workshop

Training of Stenographer Grade at ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai(Off-campus training by ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad)

Skilled support staff: Based on the identifiedtraining needs, ICAR-Institutes are now organisingtrainings to skilled support staff. Training programmeswere organized by 38 ICAR-Institutes and a total of443 SSS were trained.Employees trained

During the reporting period, 3,325 employeesparticipated in training and capacity buildingprogrammes, out of which Scientists, Technical,Administrative including Finance, and Skilled SupportStaff (SSS) were 1165, 815, 902 and 443, respectively.Compared to 2013–14, there was considerableimprovement in number of employees undergonetrainings particularly in case of Technical, Administrativeand Skilled Support Staff, where per cent improvementwas 120.3, 48.8 and 1007.5, respectively along withoverall improvement of 38% in all the categories ofemployees during 2017–18.

Crop Science Division deputed the highest number

Training programmes organized for administrativeincluding finance staff

Title of training programme(s) Organizing Institute

Refresher course for section ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabadofficers, AAOs, AFAOs andAssistants

Establishment and financial ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabadmatters for under secretaries,SAOs, SFAOs, AOs andFAOs


Refresher course on ICAR–NAARM,administration and finance Hyderabadmanagement for sectionofficers, AAOs, AFAOs andAssistants

Establishment and financial ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabadmatters for under secretaries,SAOs, SFAOs, AOs andFAOs



of scientists (332), technical staff (253) andadministrative staff (257) while highest number ofSSS staff was deputed by Horticultural Science Division(121) for various capacity building programmes.

In terms of per cent employees trained under eachcategory, Scientists (24.7%), Technical (17.7%),Administrative including Finance (27.3%) and SkilledSupport Staff (10.4%) were trained in various aspectsas per their training needs with overall 19.7% employeesacross the categories got opportunity for capacitybuilding. This is evident that 10.4, 10.8 and 9.7%more Technical, Administrative including Finance andSkilled Support Staff, respectively got trainingopportunities during 2017–18 as compared to 2013–14 with overall improvement of 7% in capacity buildingof all the categories of employees.

During the reporting period, the training programmesorganised for Scientists, Technical, Administrativeincluding Finance, and Skilled Support Staff were 242,83, 44 and 38, respectively.

Crop Science Division organised maximum numberof trainings for scientists (65) and administrative staff(12) while Horticultural Science Division organisedmaximum number of trainings for Technical (20) andskilled support staff (19). Overall maximum trainingswere organized by Crop Science Division (98).

Impact assessment of training programmesFor the first time, Impact Assessment of training

programmes attended during 2016–17 by variouscategories of employees was done during 2017–18. Atotal of 106 ICAR-Institutes submitted ImpactAssessment Report for 2,211 trainees who had attendedtraining programme during 2016–17 with an average

age of 43.5 years and average experience of 16.6 years.Out of 2,211 participants, 403 were the femaleparticipants. The proforma developed by DoPT forthis purpose was used.

Based on the feedback of trainees received fromdifferent ICAR-Institutes, the overall impact of trainingwas considerable-great extent with average rating of3.75/5.00. Similarly, based on the feedback of reportingofficers of the trainees received from different ICAR-Institutes, the overall impact of trainings on traineeswas also considerable-great extent with average ratingof 3.55/500.

Constitution of Training Board of ICARAs per approved new ICAR HRM Policy: Training

and Capacity Building, a Training Board under theChairmanship of DG, ICAR was constituted whichhas started giving overall direction for theimplementation of the Policy w.e.f. 1 April 2018. Thepresent Training Board of ICAR is as under:

1. Director General, ICAR Chairman2. Secretary, ICAR Member3. Deputy Director Generals Members

(3 for 3 years)4. Director, ICAR-NAARM, Member

Hyderabad5. Joint Secretary (Training), Member

DoPT, GoI,6. Assistant Director General (HRM) Member Secretary

Resource generationThe NARES including ICAR is committed to solve

the existing problems of Indian agriculture andenhancing agricultural production and productivity inthe country through science-led and technology-drivenfarming systems approach. Therefore, it was feltappropriate to extend the training facility of ICAR tothe employees of SAUs, CAUs and ICAR funded KVKsin various training programmes for enhancing theircompetency by charging a nominal fee without puttingadditional burden on the HRD fund of ICAR. By thisway, approximately ` 30 lakh was generated throughparticipation of employees particularly from SAUs,CAUs, Central/State Government and ICAR fundedKVKs the reporting period.

❑Improvement in Capacity Building of ICAR Employees since

Creation of HRM Unit

Trainings organized by various SMDs

SMDs/HQs Scientists Technical Staff Administrative Staff SSS All Employees

Crop Science 65 15 12 6 98Hort Science 18 20 5 19 62NRM 25 17 3 2 47Ag. Education 42 11 9 1 63Ag. Engineering 25 4 0 1 30Animal Science 36 8 4 7 55Fisheries Science 16 4 5 2 27Ag. Extension 14 4 5 0 23ICAR HQs 1 0 1 0 2

Total 242 83 44 38 407

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