05/10/2008 - Sunday Island

Milinda to Deliver Valedictory Address at Administrative Staff College of India

Tourism Minister Milinda Moragoda has been invited to deliver the valedictory address at the Administrative Staff College of India’s (ASCI) Executive Programme in Public Management.


This programme, which focuses on the theme “Innovation and Good Practices in New Public Management” will be held in collaboration with the Government of India, the Commonwealth Secretariat in London and the Commonwealth Association of Public Administrators at the Bellavissta campus of the ASCI in Hyderabad.


The purpose of the programme is to promote interaction among civil servants from the Asian Commonwealth countries and exchange experiences in promoting and adopting good practices in new public management. Senior public servants from Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Malyasia, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are expected to participate.

The programme will be inaugurated by Shri K.M.Chandrasekhar, Cabinet Secretary of India, and Mr. Moragoda will close the programme with his valedictory address on October 10.