Capacity building and Skill development crucial in setting up efficient logistics: DPIIT

Speaking at a workshop in Vadodara, Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Rajesh Kumar Singh highlighted on integrating logistics and infrastructure development courses into the curriculum of Central Training Institutes (CTIs), State Administrative Training Institutes (ATIs) to better prepare officers to enhance logistical efficiencies

As part of efforts to strengthen India’s logistics and infrastructure sectors, the DPIIT, in collaboration with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) in Vadodara, Gujarat, organised the workshop with the objective of integrating the principles of PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (PMGS-NMP) and the National Logistics Policy (NLP) into the educational curriculum and training of CTIs and State ATIs.

The workshop aimed to provide a common platform for brainstorming on the pedagogical strategies, curriculum development, and the integration of real-world logistics and infrastructure challenges into administrative training discourse of government officials.

Singh “emphasised the crucial role of capacity building and skill development in the logistics sector to establish efficient and cost-effective logistics and infrastructure systems”, the commerce and industry ministry said in a statement. Logistics Human Resource Development and Capacity Building is one of the important action items identified under the National Logistics Policy (NLP). And the government   officials at all levels have a critical role to play in the successful implementation of the PMGS-NMP and NLP.