New Delhi: The Indian government collaborates with USA universities in order to provide Mid-Career Training to the Indian Forest Service (IFS) Officers. The collaboration aims at raising the competence of IFS Officers in the areas of environmental policy and forestry management.
The Mid Career Training offered would to improve their professional skills. Moreover, the Mid Career Training is mandatory at various levels for Indian Forest Service Officers in their career progression as per Indian Forest Services (IFS) Pay Rules.
Furthermore, the training will be conducted at the Indian Institutes of Management (IMM) or the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun and for two weeks in selected foreign universities. As per sources, the six universities selected for the training programme include Colorado State University, University of Yale and University of Syracuse.
The training institutes have been selected through global bidding after necessary technical and financial evaluation of the bids. The estimated cost for three years is Rs 56.70 crore.
