THE INSTITUTE
Administrative Training Institute is the apex training institution of
the Government of West Bengal. The campus having an area of about 14
acres & located in lush green and pollution-free environs in
Bidhan Nagar (
ATI was inaugurated by the Chief Minister on 27th
“The main point is motivation in work. The people have got to
be motivated. They will themselves do the work and infuse life
in others to work also.”
The Institute has been providing quality training to officers of All
India and State Civil Services, State Government departments and
service cadres. Training programmes are conducted for elected
representatives of
CONFERENCE / CLASS-ROOMS :
ATI now has two air-conditioned venues with proper conferencing
facilities, one in the main administrative building for 50 persons and
one in the Annex building for 20 people, with LCD projection
facilities and audio systems. 7 new classrooms have been created
in both the buildings by imaginative use of vacant space. The
total number of classrooms, besides Conference Hall is 11 (7 in the
main building and 4 in the Annex).
LIBRARY:
The ATI Library with almost 25 thousand books is fully computerized.
It is linked to the LBS National Academy of Administration and all
other state ATIs electronically. A reader within the campus can
check availability of books and can request for issue of books and
journals on the intranet by the click of a mouse from any of the PC
terminals.
COMPUTER LABORATORY :
This Institute has three computer laboratories with the capacity to
train 60 trainees at a time. All the terminals of these
laboratories are linked to high speed broadband internet and intranet
connections through a common server which also caters to the needs of
the faculty members and staff round the clock.
WEBSITES:
ATI has got its own websites http://www.atiwb.gov.in
or http://www.atiwb.nic.in
which are being constantly updated with all sorts of information
regarding activities, training programmes etc. ATI has also
introduced a Continuous Learning Programme through its BLOG.
NATURAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT CENTRE :
The Natural Disaster Management Unit of ATI set up in the year 1995
& funded by the Government of India conducts regular training
programmes, seminars and workshops on natural disaster management,
environment and ecology for officials, NGOs and elected
representatives of local government bodies.
URBAN MANAGEMENT CENTRE :
The Centre, set up in collaboration with HUDCO in the year 2000,
undertakes training and capacity building in urban management, urban
development and related areas. Programmes are conducted for elected
representatives and administrative, financial and technical personnel
of municipal bodies. Preparation of cases and documentation of best
practices are part of the Centre’s activities. In addition, the
Centre is also running various training programmes under the Kolkata
Urban Services for the Poor and the National Institute of Urban
Affairs Financial Institution and Reforms Expansion Debt Component
Projects.
REGIONAL TRAINING CENTRES :
In a significant step towards taking training closer to the
work-place, the Institute has been conducting training programmes
through ten Regional Training Centres located at the district
headquarters of Bardhaman,
The courses cover administrative and financial rules and procedures,
sensitization on accountable and responsive administration and other
aspects like community preparedness etc.
Different districts are attached to the RTCs as
follows:
|
RTC Bardhaman |
Bardhaman, |
|
RTC Jalpaiguri |
Jalpaiguri, CoochBehar |
|
RTC |
|
|
RTC Malda |
Malda, Dakshin
Dinajpur, Uttar Dinajpur |
|
RTC Murshidabad |
Murshidabad |
|
RTC Uttar 24 |
Uttar 24 |
|
RTC |
|
|
RTC Bankura |
Bankura
|
|
RTC Birbhum |
Birbhum |
|
RTC Nadia |
Nadia |
The P&AR Department has also been
requested to sanction RTCs for the remaining 8 districts {24
GUEST HOUSE :
ATI has an imposing air-conditioned guest house with 10 seats.
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT (2005)
:
State Implementing Agency
Under the Project every State had
selected two Districts.
State Nodal Agency:
ATI is also functioning as State Nodal Agency for implementation of a
RTI Project of two years’ duration under DoPT, Government of India.
IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED NATIONS
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT :
ATI successfully implemented important projects like the UNDP funded
Focused Training in Burdwan for Group C & Group D staff of the
Collectorate and other Government office, UNDP’s capacity
building project on RTI & UNDP’s capacity building project on
poverty alleviation. Another project named “Training for
All” is in the progress in Nadia district.
ATI being requested by the Planning Commission has prepared and
published a ‘Manual of Training of Trainers for Human Development’
for use in all states. It has again been requested by UNDP to do
the same on ‘Convergence for Implementing Millennium Development
Goals.’ Accordingly the module has been developed for pilot run in
the seven States of Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh,
INNOVATIONS :
ATI is now a less paper office. All notes and proposals, except
those relating to financial matters, come on the intranet for approval
or instruction by the same route.
New courses have been designed in response to felt needs and
persistent requests from departments, such as Effective BDO, Effective
SDO and Effective
ATI has innovated Case Study Workshops that Govt. of India is funding
and the cases developed by the ATI have won high acclaim for use in
all state ATIs.
Since 2004 ATI has brought out 25 publications of its own, known as
ATI monographs, in the domain of administrative sciences, magistracy,
Right to Information, training methodology and others. Five more
are in the pipeline. One ATI monograph, published both in
English and Bengali, named “Peoples’ Entitlements” has been
specially commended at the highest level and is widely in use in the
field.