Mohan Mishra, the Secretary of National Council of Cooperative Training is jubilant at the turnout of an impressive battery of VIPs in its function held recently in Bangluru and says it is historic that the RBI which created NCCT in fifties has attended its function as a guest.
Mishra remembers the words of Principal CGM Pramod Kumar Panda spoken during the function in which he said it is heartening to see an organization grow in quality and clout which we floated long ago. Panda is Director of College of Agriculture Banking (CAB) under the RBI.
NCCT programme in Bangluru where Chandra Pal floated the idea of enhancing the corpus fund for training to Rs 500 crore was attended by several top notch bureaucrats. According to an estimate, there were 64 officials attending the function.
There were at least 13 top-most cooperative officials from states working as Registrars of Cooperative Societies (RCS). They stand at the top of the cooperative hierarchy.
There were also Principal Secretaries from at least five states and 14 Additional Registrars from the states. Topping them all was the Agriculture Secretary from the Govt of India.
There were also some Heads of institutions including Dr Ering Garg who is an IAS officer heading the prestigious National Institute of Agriculture Management. Then, there was Usha Rani again a Telangana cadre IAS officer heading the National Institute of Agriculture Business and Management.
Though it is satisfying to see the presence of important guests but what ultimately matters is the benefit NCCT can take from them in terms of strengthening the training programmes, said Mishra. Several of the guests promised to help further develop infrastructure of ICMs that are there in their states, added Mishra.
”Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have already committed to help us develop the ICMs infrastructure while Odisha govt pledges to have budgetary provision for the same in their next budget,” Mishra underlined.
Those who worked in NCCT in the past conceded that Mishra has indeed made NCCT grow up in scale and visibility. Earlier it used to be one of the invited guests occupying a corner and today it has come centre-stage, they said.