In an ambitious move NCUI’s training arm NCCT organized a National Colloquium on Cooperative Training in a five-star hotel in Delhi on Friday.
The one day training conference was attended by around 200 cooperative representatives from national cooperative training organizations, IIMs, IRMAS, NABARD etc.
Inaugurating the Colloquium , Shri Raghav Chandra, IAS, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India said that cooperative training should be based on modern technology and effective use of social media so that cooperatives compete in the market economy.
Mr Chandra emphasized that cooperative training should be a continuous exercise in which feedback of trainees should be used for their further training. He also said that cooperative training is of no use if field level realities are not considered into training programmes.
Dr. Chandra Pal Singh Yadav, Chairman, NCCT said that government should have a specific budget for cooperative training
and education so that cooperatives engage as professional bodies which can compete with corporate.
Dr. Dinesh, Director General, NCCT speaking on the occasion said that professional training on cooperatives will make cooperatives economically viable. Shri U.S. Saha, General Manager, NABARD informed about the various initiatives of NABARD in cooperative training, and he said that the cooperative training institutions must improve their infrastructure based on latest developments so that they are well recognized.
Ms. Shikha from CEPAC, BIRD said that NABARD is committed to support professionalization of cooperative training programmes in the country.
Mohan Kumar Mishra, Secretary, NCCT in his opening remarks said that this event for the first time brings all the cooperative training institutions on the common platform for knowledge sharing.
Dr. Chan Ho Choi, Regional Director, ICA (ROAP) said that cooperative education and training are very important for the growth of cooperatives in an international perspective, and he highlighted various initiatives of ICA in this regard i.e. ICA Blue print for cooperative decade emphasizing cooperatives to be the preferred business economic model by 2020.
The various resource persons in this programme emphasized on shedding classroom, teaching technique so that virtual training becomes reality, need for training assessment, organizing programmes for cooperative registrars, youth and other stakeholders. It was also emphasized that cooperative training should be more based on the practical functioning of cooperatives in the market scenario.
Lot of information on various activities performed by NCCT and different Institutes has been very informative and encouraging too. RICM Chandigarh is ahead of all. Director Shri R K Sharma deserves all praise for highlighting important activities having taken place at the Institute. Shri Narendrabhai Modi is just a few days away from donning the mantle of the top post in the country. His affection for co-operatives in Gujarat as well as in the country bacons good hope and bright future for the co-operatives in general and co-operative training in particular which has been so far at the receiving end of some over enthusiastic bureaucrats despite the fact that co-operativ societies are growing in number and strength day by day