IIM Bodh Gaya to Conduct Management and Skill Development Program for Agriculture Department Officials

The Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bihar Agriculture Management and Extension Training Institute (BAMETI), Govt. of Bihar, on August 06, 2024, at Krishi Bhawan, Patna. The MoU was signed by Dr. Vinita S Sahay, Director, IIM Bodh Gaya, and Shri Dhananjay Pati Tripathi, Director, Bihar Agriculture Management and Extension Training Institute (BAMETI) in the presence of dignitaries like Shri Mangal Pandey, Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Govt of Bihar; Shri Sanjay Kumar Agrawal, Secretary Agriculture and the top officials of Agriculture department. As a part of this MoU, IIM Bodh Gaya is going to conduct a series of Management and Skill Development Programmes for the officials of the Agriculture Department.

At the event, Honourable Minister Shri Mangal Pandey mentioned that this course will enhance leadership and personality skills and encourage officials to improve their work in the agriculture fields.

Dr. Vinita S Sahay addressed the gathering and mentioned that educating, training, and capability building is the only way forward to transform young manpower into assets of the country. She highlighted the Institute’s commitment to developing leaders and competent managers in the public systems.

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal emphasized leaving the obsolete and developing the learnings which will help build the capacity of the officials.

IIM Bodh Gaya is keen to support the state of Bihar in developing leadership and management capacity. The institute is already actively involved in providing leadership and management training to various departments of the Bihar government, such as the Water Resource Department, State Health Society, Bihar Police Academy, BIPARD, and Department of Industries, to name a few.

BAMETI is a State-level institution which is autonomous with greater flexibility in structure and functioning and is responsible for organizing need-based training programmes for the project implementation functionaries of different line departments as well as the farming community. This can be achieved through linkages with other technical and management institutions in the State to support desired training input.

IIM Bodh Gaya offers MBA, MBA-DBM, MBA-HHM, IPM, PhD, and short and long-duration Executive Education programmes. IIM Bodh Gaya has been conducting capacity-building programmes for WRD, Bihar Police, IOCL etc.

Shrimati Sharda Sharma, Deputy Director, Agriculture and Shri Amit Srivastava, Chairperson, Executive Education and Consultancy, IIM Bodh Gaya coordinated the MoU signing programme. The programme was concluded with a vote of thanks by Shri Dhananjay Pati Tripathi, Director BAMETI.