Bhubaneswar: The Gopabandhu Academy of Administration is organizing a State level function on 21 April 2023 to celebrate the Civil Services Day, 2023.
The Civil Services Day is being organized for the first time in Odisha.
Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Pattnaik will inaugurate the event to be organised at the Convention Hall, Loka Seva Bhawan.
Amarjeet Sinha, IAS (R) will deliver a talk on “Preparing the Civil Services for Transformative Governance” on the event as the Chief Speaker.
Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena, GAA DG R K Sharma, Development Commissioner Anu Garg, DGP Sunil Bansal PCCF & HOFF Debidutta Biswal will grace the occasion as Guests Of Honour.
Shri Sinha is currently posted as Member Public Enterprises Selection Board. He was earlier posted as the Advisor to the Prime Minister of India till end of July 2021.
He has 39 years of experience in civil service, largely in the rural and social sector. He is one of the architects in designing the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the National Rural Health Mission, etc., flagship programs of Government.
He has the distinction of having travelled over 90 percent of India’s districts to promote human development initiatives. He has published seven books on Public Policy and several articles in major Indian journals and newspapers.
His last book “An India for Everyone- A Path to Inclusive Development ”, has been widely acclaimed and recognized as an authoritative work on the subject.
The Civil Services Day is celebrated as an occasion for the Civil Servants to rededicate themselves to the causes of citizens and renew their commitments to public service and excellence in work.
21April of each year is earmarked to commemorate the day when the first Home Minister of the independent India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, addressed the young probationers of Indian Administrative Services in 1947 at Metcalfe House, Delhi and guided them to absorb the real ‘spirit of service’.
Governance paradigm has been completely transformed in Odisha in the last few years. The innovative and comprehensive ‘5T’ model has proved its worth in delivering desired services to the deserving people. Administrative reforms have bridged the gap between the Government and the Citizenry.
While the public officials have become more responsible and accountable, the people have become more aware and aspirational.
