“The Training Course on Public Private Partnership (PPP) for Indian Forest Service Officersfrom across the Country”,sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Government of India, and conducted by Management Development Center (MDC) of Dr. MCR HRD Institute, Government of Telangana hasconcluded today, i e, on January 12th, 2018. B P Acharya,IAS, Spl. Chief Secretary to Government & DG, Dr. MCR HRD Institute of Telangana gave away participation certificates to the IFS officers.
The A P Sawhney, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & IT, Govt. of India, who graced the Valedictory Function of the training program, said that the PPP model has got great potentialto empower the country to compete with the developed countries at the global level. “The PPP model, which is based on the principle of utilizing the respective strengths of both Government and private sector, is the most effective vehicle for the multifaceted development of the country”, he stated. Continuing his address, he said that such PPP projects as Cyber City, Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd,Pharma City, HICC,Financial Districts,etc., established in Hyderabad, havenot only brought in their wake huge employment opportunities but also enriched the economic profile of the State.
The B P Acharya, IAS said that there is a pressing need to build up a national consensus among all pillars of society, including Government, judiciary, media, etc. to use the PPP model for development in all walks of life. He called for greater coordination among all the departments of Government in order to make PPP projects a great success. “While protection of forests and wild life is important in its own right, there are multiple opportunities of undertaking PPP projects by the Forest Department”, he stated and called upon the IFS officers to utilize the knowledge gained in the training program to plan PPP projects in their respective domains.
The B Venkatesh, IFS, Executive Director, Jungle Lodges & Resorts, Karnataka said that the success story of eco-tourism projects in Karnataka should be a source of inspirations and similar projects should be introduced on PPP model, across the country.
The SK Singh, IFS, Conservator of Forest, Khandwa, MP underlined the need for a comprehensive policy in order to give a big boost to PPP in forestry. “While such projects as Babboo Mission, KrishiVaniki, etc. are being implemented in Madhya Pradesh, which provide for collaboration between Government and private sector, there is a need a for a big push to PPP model of development for forestry in Madhya Pradesh”, he added.
Smt. S. Senbagapriya, IFS, District Forest Officer, Tamil Nadu saidthat the training program on PPP for IFS officers is first-of-its-kind in the entire country and underlined the need for similar capacity building programs for employees at lower levels too in order to enrich the human resources for making PPP projects a success.
The Govind Raj, Associate Professor, MDC conducted the proceedings of the valedictory Function.
