New Delhi: The Centre has come up with a new initiative of online programme for bureaucrats across the country on the relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in the contemporary world.
The online course will include topics including ethics and morality, non-violence and pacifist movement.
” Successful completion of the course will acquaint officers with the theories of Mahatma Gandhi and their relevance and importance in the day-to-day matters of governance of the 21st century,” it said.
The course has been prepared in consultation with Centre for Gandhi and Peace Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi and Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Smriti, Rajghat.
All Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Forest Service, Group A central civil service officers and all Group A officers belonging to central secretariat service, central secretariat stenographer service and state administrative/civil service, among others are eligible to take the course.