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VISION
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Mission Statement
To ensure sustainable all-round growth of human resources in Defence HQs and Inter Service Organisations through following measures:
Conduct Regular Training Needs Assessment: Regularly assess the training needs of AFHQ civilian employees to identify areas where they require further training and development.
Design and Develop Relevant Training Courses: Based on the identified training needs, design and develop training courses that are relevant and effective in addressing those needs.
Achieve the National Training Policy Goals: Ensure the achievement of the National Training Policy goals by providing "Training for All" AFHQ civilian employees and creating a training culture that emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and development.
Organising training programmes,Lectures,Workshops and Seminars :These events should aim to enhance the overall functional management and specialization of AFHQ civilian employees, providing opportunities for them to learn from subject matter experts and share knowledge with peers.
Facilitate Advanced Training Opportunities: Identify and facilitate advanced training opportunities for AFHQ civilian employees in specialized areas of management and other relevant fields, in reputed institutions.
Diversify Training Strategies: Develop and offer diverse training strategies that are flexible, adaptable, and tailored to the specific needs of AFHQ civilian employees.and
Establish a Learning Resource Centre: Establish a dedicated learning resource center to provide easy access to training materials, online resources, and other tools that can aid in continuous learning and development for AFHQ civilian employees.
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Activities
DHTI is the Central Training Institute (CTI) for the Armed Forces HQs (AFHQ) Services. It was established in 2003 with the aim of providing training and development activities for civilian personnel in the Armed Forces Headquarters and Inter-Service Organizations. The training is conducted for various AFHQ services, such as AFHQ Civil Services, AFHQ Clerical Services, and AFHQ Stenographers Service, in accordance with the National Training Policy and related guidelines issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) from time to time.
The training activities are planned through an Annual Training Plan (ATP), which includes around 150 courses for cadre training and specialized training courses. Approximately 2000 personnel participate in these courses annually. Under the guidance of the Training Manager, training interventions are planned for entry level, mid-career level, orientation, and refresher levels. There are nine in-house faculty members, most of whom are National Resource Persons developed by DoPT and are conducting training courses all over the country.
Services officers, PBORs, and Ministry of Defence officers regularly participate in a number of training courses conducted in areas such as Defence Procurement, RTI, Preparation of Cabinet Note, Security Consciousness, Vigilance Administration, and Short Term Computer Courses.
DHTI also provides training for Service Officers on Civilian Personnel Management, covering crucial aspects of Establishment, Administration, and Finance.
Upon demand from various institutes, DHTI extends training assistance to Gp A Probationers of Indian Defence Estates Service, Indian Information Service, Indian Postal Services, through its outreach program, etc.
DHTI is the nodal agency for nominating officials for courses being conducted by various training establishments like the National Defence College (NDC), Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), College of Defence Management (CDM), Energy Resources Institute (TERI), Management and Development Institute (MDI), National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM), Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), Institute of Secretariat Training and Management (ISTM), and DOPT to fulfill the training and development needs of the AFHQ cadres.
DHTI caters to the training needs of civilian personnel in Command HQrs/Regional Training Centres of Army HQrs and provides faculty assistance to Air HQrs for their various training programs for civilian personnel across India. Additionally, DHTI organizes training programs for SOs of CSS posted in MoD.
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Organisational Chart of DHTI
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Duties of officials working in DHTI
Deputy Director(AR&V)/Assistant Director(AR&V)
Administrative Rules and Vigilance Wing
Deputy Director(EW)/Assistant Director(EW) Establishment Wing
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Administration of the Institute
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Course Administration
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Initiate provisioning cases
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Material for publication in the Quarterly Report to CAO
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Rajbhasha Policy Implementation
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Grievance Redressal of trainees / guest faculty / staff
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Interaction with CAO/Works for accommodation
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Maintenance and upkeeps of class rooms/facilities.
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Maintenance of Discipline in DHTI, hiring & maintenance of vehicle.
Deputy Director(FM)Assistant Director(FM) Financial Management Wing
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Course Administration
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Interaction with MoD (Fin) other than course matters Budget Matters
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Procurements of all items through training Budget
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Submission & clearance of all bills to PCDA
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Maintenance of Cash Book
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Audit Paras / Observations
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Control on payment of honorarium to guest faculty within ceiling
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Forwarding of the payment of honorarium to CAO admin for IT calculation
Deputy Director (OM&IT) /Assistant Director (OM&IT) Office Management & Computer Training Wing
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Course Administration
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Maintenance of Computer and its peripherals, projectors, etc.
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Maintenance and updating of computer software/anti-virus
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Annual Maintenance Contracts of Computer, printers, photocopiers, Resograph and Projectors (Arrangement & their Management)
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Inventory of Computers, other IT items and their distribution
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Updation of CAO's website in respect of DHTI & coordination with CAO/EDP
Deputy Director (BT) /Assistant Director (BT)
Behavioural Training Wing
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Course Administration.
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General Adm of DHTI
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Indenting & Procurement of inventory items for DHTI through CAO's Office
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Distribution of non-IT items among the staff of DHTI
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Inventory of DHTI for Non-IT items.
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Maintenance of Stock Register and distribution of Non-IT and other trg material procured by DHTI directly or through CAO.
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Arrangement of transport for guest faculty
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Opening / Closing of Office & classrooms.
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Coordination of tea/snack for trg.
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Liaisoning with CAO's office for infrastructure part of DHTI and day to day maintenance including Air Conditioners, Intercom, Fax, Telephone, Water cooler and RO, etc
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Maintenance of Library of DHTI and initiation of procurement of books /magazine/ journals, etc for DHTI.
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All other Misc Work
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Directory of Officials working in DHTI along with the role and duties assigned to them:
| SL |
Name (S/Shri) |
Designation |
Role & Duties |
Contact No |
| 1 |
Sh Sh Hemant Kumar Hem |
Director |
Formulation & Implementation of training policy in respect of AFHQ Civilians |
24199406 |
| 2 |
Sh. Ashish Kumar Singhal |
Dy Dir (Coord, iGOT, Academic cell) |
Faculty Member & Course Director Coordination |
24199400 |
| 3 |
Sh. Ratnesh Bharti |
Dy Dir (Admin) |
Faculty Member & Course Director I.T. Services |
24199425 |
| 4 |
Sh. Ashok Kumar |
Dy Dir (Financial Management) |
Faculty Member & Course Director Financial Management |
24199400 |
| 5 |
Sh. Sh. Rajan Gupta |
Dy Dir (SS) |
Faculty Member & Course Director |
24199427 |
| 6 |
Ms Suruti Pathak |
AD (OL) |
Official Language Policy Implementation |
24199469 |
| 7 |
Sh. Satish Kumar Tegta |
Asstt Dir (Financial Management) |
Faculty Member & Course Director Financial Management |
24199469 |
| 8 |
Sh. Rahul Agarwal |
Asst Dir (Coord-I) |
Faculty Member & Course Director Administrative Matters |
24199469 |
| 9 |
Sh. Ravikant V Yadav |
Asst Dir (Admin-I) |
Faculty Member & Course Director Coordination |
24199428 |
| 10 |
Sh. Deepak Verma |
Asst Dir (Admin-II) |
Faculty Member & Course Director Coordination |
24199502 |
| 11 |
Ms. Deepti Rawat |
Asst Dir (Coord-II) |
Faculty Member & Course Director IT Services |
24191662 |
| 12 |
Sh. PS Prabhakar Kumar |
Assistant Section Officer |
Dealing Hand |
24199469 |
| 13 |
Sh. Rajnish Kumar |
Assistant Section Officer |
Dealing Hand |
24199428 |
| 14 |
Sh. Aakash Verma |
Assistant Section Officer |
Dealing Hand |
24199428 |
| 15 |
Sh. Jatin Mittal |
Assistant Section Officer |
Dealing Hand |
24199428 |
| 16 |
Sh. Tarun |
Assistant Section Officer |
Dealing Hand |
24199469 |
| 17 |
Sh. Avanindra K Mishra |
Sr. Sectt. Assistant |
Dealing Hand |
24199469 |
| 18 |
Sh. Sunil Kumar |
Sr. Sectt. Assistant |
Dealing Hand |
24199469 |
| 19 |
Sh. Suresh K Samota |
Sr. Sectt. Assistant |
Dealing Hand |
24199469 |
| 20 |
Sh. Brij Lal |
Sr. Sectt. Assistant |
Dealing Hand |
24199469 |
| 21 |
Sh. Hemant K Himanshu |
Jr. Sectt. Assistant |
Dealing Hand |
24199469 |
| 22 |
Smt Meena Kumari |
Jr. Sectt. Assistant |
Dealing Hand |
24199469 |
| 23 |
Sh. Anjani Kumar Singh |
Bindery Assistant |
Binding of Training Materials, Photocopying of hand outs |
24199469 |
| 24 |
Sh. Pan Singh |
Multi-Tasking Staff |
Job of MTS |
24199469 |
| 25 |
Sh. Devinder Kumar |
Multi-Tasking Staff |
Job of MTS |
24199469 |
| 26 |
Sh. Ashu Nagar |
Multi-Tasking Staff |
Job of MTS |
24199469 |
| 27 |
Ms. Archana |
Multi-Tasking Staff |
Job of MTS |
24199469 |
| 28 |
Ms. Kunto K Meena |
Multi-Tasking Staff |
Job of MTS |
24199469 |
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Procedure followed in decison-making
Norms for organizing in-house training courses at DHTI
Approval of JS & CAO is obtained in respect of Annual Training Plan (ATP) of the Institute which contains list of Cadre Training Plan (CTP) and other Specialized Courses.
Following procedure is adopted to implement the courses under training calendar :-
(i) For courses under Cadre Training Plan (CTP) :
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List of eligible participants is obtained from CAO/P Division.
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The participants are detailed for the courses in order of seniority with the approval of Director(DCW&Trg).
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Mostly sessions are taken by in-house faculty members. But Guest Lecturers from approved faculty list are invited to deliver lectures for specialised topics.
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All necessary administrative & financial arrangement are made for organizing the training course smoothly.
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Certificates are prepared and distributed to the participants after completion of the course.
(ii) For courses other than cadre training programmes :
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Circulars are issued calling for nominations of Officers / Staff of AFHQ Services for officers posted in and around NCR area
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The nominations received are scrutinized and eligible participants are intimated regarding acceptance of nominations.
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Most of the sessions are taken by in-house faculty members, but Guest Lecturers from an approved faculty list are invited to deliver lectures for specialized topics.
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All necessary administrative & financial arrangement are made for organizing the training course smoothly
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Certificates are prepared and distributed to the participants after successful completion of the course.
Norms for inviting nominations and selection procedure for courses outside DHTI
(i) Courses conducted outside DHTI
Long Term Courses (duration of six months or more)
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APPPA, IIPA New Delhi
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The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi
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MBA(Fin) in NIFM, Faridabad
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Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurugram
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National Defence College Course, New Delhi
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Defence Management Course, Secunderabad
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Defence Service Staff College Course, Wellington (Tamilnadu)
Short Term Courses
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DOP&T Sponsored course like TOT courses
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Course conducted by Ministry of Defence
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Courses conducted in IST&M like Cash and Account, Basic Management Services, etc.
(iii) Procedure for Nomination and Selection
- The circulars are issued from concerned Department/Institutes such as DOP&T, NIFM, Faridabad and Min of Defence, etc, on the basis of the same DHTI invite nominations from eligible officer/officials.
- Training circular is circulated among three Service HQs/ISOs as per the standard distribution list for further distribution and published on the Website of CAO’s office
- After the last date of receiving the nominations in DHTI, the nominations are put up to the competent authority for approval.
- For long-term courses,APAR profile for the last five years is considered as one of the criteria.
- For long-term courses vigilance clearance is obtained.
- All factors remaining equivalent, seniority is given preference. Profile of courses already attended is also considered before accepting nominations.
- JS & CAO is the competent authority for approving the nominations for long term courses.
- Director (DCW&Trg) is the competent authority for approving nominations for short- term courses
(iv) Norms for financial matters
- Delegation of Financial Powers to Defence Services (DFPDS);
- Delegation of Financial Powers in MoD (DFPM)
(v) Rules, regulations, instructions followed by DHTI for discharging its functions
- National Training Policy & relevant Guidelines issued by DOP&T
- Revision of the Peace Establishment (PE) of DHTI vide Govt. letter No. A/25991/1/CAO/Trg dated 28 Apr 2022
- Instructions and rules issued by Training Division of DOP&T, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Finance, any other nodal Departments of the Govt of India or various training institutes.
- GFR, 2017 and provisions relating to e-Procurement.
- Financial Regulations (FR) Part I & II
- Other relevant CCS Rules
(vi) Facilities available to AFHQ employees for obtaining information about DHTI
- Resource centre for various rules/procedures
- Information available on CAO’s website
- Notice Board of DHTI & CAO’s office
- Circulars to designated Dtes of Service HQs and ISOs
- CAO’s Office Bulletin (Quarterly)
- Training Calendar (Print-form & published on CAO’s website)
- Personal Interaction with any official of DHTI
- Links of other Govt organization available on CAO’s website
(vii)Documents held by DHTI :
- Training materials for Deputy Directors, Section Officers, ASOs, PA/Steno, SSAs, JSA, MTS.
(viii)Information available in Electronic forms :
- Training materials, List of participants, Training Brochures, Training Calendars
Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) :
Resources : Study Material
