Under the Capacity Enhancement Plan (CEP) framed by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in collaboration with Capacity Building Commission (CBC), for driving relevant capacities across Ministries, State Governments, and extended ecosystem of infrastructure execution in the country. Till date, twelve training programmes (mix of offline and online) have been conducted for 358 senior officials involved in planning, execution, implementation and monitoring of infrastructure projects.

A 5-day training programme from 11^th to 15^th July was conducted in partnership with Indian School of Business (ISB) at their Mohali Campus on the topic “Project Management and Leadership”. The training programme covered areas of Project identification & selection, contemporary tools & techniques, Contract management, Leadership for performance & change, Strategies for Effective Negotiations and was attended by 34 senior officials from Union Ministries/Departments, CPSEs and State Governments.

Participants for the training conducted at Indian School of Business (ISB), Mohali

Another 5-day training programme from 25^th to 29^th July was conducted in partnership with Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) at their campus for 5 days on the topic “Capacity Building Programme in Project Management”. The training programme covered areas of Project Ownership models, Risk Management, Scheduling, Monitoring & Control, Value Analysis, Contract Management, Dispute Resolution and was attended by 35 senior officials from Union Ministries/Departments, CPSEs and State Governments.

Participants for the training conducted at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta

Capacity building initiative strengthens infrastructure project management through targeted executive training for senior officials across government. Department of Economic Affairs, under the Capacity Enhancement Plan, has delivered twelve capacity building programmes for 358 senior officials involved in infrastructure project planning and execution. In July two five-day courses were run with ISB Mohali (Project Management and Leadership) covering project identification, contract management, leadership and negotiation, attended by 34 officials, and with IIM Calcutta covering ownership models, risk management, scheduling, monitoring, value analysis, contract management and dispute resolution, attended by 35 officials.