TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR MANAGERS OF PUBLIC SECTOR UNITS IN KERALA

Prof A.M Salim & Prof A. Viswanathan conducted four residential training programmes ( MDPs) in PROJECT MANAGEMENT on 23rd & 24th June ; 30th June & 1st July ; 13th & 14th July; 28th & 29th July 2010 respectively. The Programme was jointly organized by BUREAU OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (BPE) AND CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT (CMD), GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, at Thiruvananthapuram for managers in Public Sector Companies in Kerala. The four training programmes covered 80 managers from various organizations from diverse sectors. Two more programmes are envisaged in the current series. Each programme is of four days’ duration. The training module for the first two days covered “Generation of project ideas, Screening, Project Formulation, Feasibility Analysis, Project Reports and Appraisal. This module was handled by Prof. A.M Salim and Prof. A.Viswanathan. The second module for the subsequent two days covered project implementation & project soft ware. This module was handled by professionals of CMD. Managers from diverse Public sector Organizations, such as Automotive, Cement, Chemical, Engineering, Textiles, Food- processing, Infrastructure development, Logistics, Housing, Financial services, Plantations, Tourism, Health care, Welfare, etc participated. As per the feed back from the managers who participated, the programme was very comprehensive and gave them rich insights about concepts and application in their organizational settings.