National Academy of Statistical Administration (NASA)

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National Academy of Statistical Administration
(NASA)

• Central Statistics Office
• Ministry of Statistics Programme Implementation

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Training Needs in Official Statistics

• Increasingly significant role of statistics
• To assist in planning, policy development,
  implementation and monitoring of programms and
  projects.
• To meet new demands from global summits e.g.
  MDGs, international price comparisons, knowledge,
  gender (etc.).
• Globalization of economies increasing
  multilateral inter governmental action to
  address regional concerns.
• Higher quality expected from traditional
  statistics at areas SNA, CPI, BOP, mortality,
  etc.

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Training Needs in Official Statistics

• Increasingly significant role of statistics
• (continued)
• LEADING to increasing demand for human resources
  in statistical ------.
• Hence increasing training needs
• Consequently, constant search for improvements in
  training processes.

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Training Processes

• The major steps necessary in training processes
• Organizational objectives
• Identifying training needs
• Designing training delivery
• Actual implementation of training activities
• Evaluation of training activities
• Follow-up activities/ actions

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Training Importance

• Human Resource Development
• Backbone /Thrust area.
• -Skilled Personnel Efficiency, Growth,
  improved quality Greatest asset.
• - Training Critical Component of HRD.
• New entrants and serving employees.

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Constraints in statistical training

• Lack of training infrastructure and training
  facility
• Non-availability of latest academic developments
  in statistics, new methodologies, and modern
  processing techniques
• Mismatch between the demand and supply of
  statistical training
• Hence National Academy of Statistical
  Administration Feb - 2009

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NSC RECOMMENDATION

• Hence National Academy of Statistical
  Administration Feb - 2009

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National Academy of Statistical Administration
MANDATE VISION OF NASA

• Training on official Statistics and related
  discipline to the statistical personnel of the
  Central/State Govt./PSU and neighboring/ friendly
  developing countries.
• To be a Centre of Excellence in imparting
  training on Official Statistics Related
  Methodology and undertaking research activities
  there to

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VISION of NASA
To be a Centre of Excellence in imparting
training on Official Statistics Related
Methodology and undertaking research activities
thereto
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AIMS OBJECTIVE

• To enhance capacity by creating trained manpower
  in theoretical and official statistics to manage
  statistical functions relating skill development
  in the field of data collection, collation,
  analysis and dissemination
• To create a pool of trainers
• To facilitate and organize international training
  programmes
• To assess training need and also develop
  strategies for capacity development of central
  and state Governments statistical personnel
• To promote and undertake research in official
  statistics

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TRAINING PROGRAMME

• Induction Training for Indian Statistical Service
  Officers (ISS) (2 years programme) promotee
  officers from SSS cadre to Junior Time Scale of
  ISS (12 weeks) and Subordinate Statistical
  Personnel (SSS) (8 weeks) of the central
  Government
• Refresher Training Courses of 1-2 weeks duration
  for the in-service ISS Officers, senior state
  officers and Subordinate Statistical Personnel
  (SSS)
• Specialized Training Courses for state
  Statistical Officers/ Officials (1-2 weeks
  duration)
• International Training Programmes viz., ISEC,
  SAARC Countries,
• Need based training Programmes on the basis of
  requests from friendly and neighboring countries

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TRAINING PROGRAMME

• Three-weeks exposure module on official
  statistics for M. Stat. Students of Indian
  Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata/Delhi
• One week Official Statistics Awareness generation
  Program -
• One week training for senior professors from the
  different Universities
• One week training for Students from the different
  Universities
• Workshops and Seminars

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RESOURCE PERSONS

• Apart from regular faculty,NASA draws faculty
  from various Ministries
• Invites senior professors from Universities and
  teaching institutions.
• NASA is in collaboration with specialized
  institutions of national and international repute
  namely IIM Lucknow, Indian Statistical Institute
  (ISI), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),
  Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI),
  IASRI, NIFM, IIPA, IIPS, Labour Bureau, VV Giri
  National Labour Institute etc

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AREAS OF TRAINING

• Core Statistics
• Demography Population studies
• Index Numbers, Concept of Composite Index,
  Development Indices
• Sample Survey Methodology and designs
• Designing and Organizing large scale sample
  survey with focus on NSSO surveys
• Data Processing Data validation, imputation of
  missing data technique, Analysis and
  Interpretation of Data and Preparation of Survey
  Reports
• Statistical Methods Measures of Central
  Tendency, dispersion, correlation regression,
  time series, sampling methodology, basics of
  probability distributions, testing of hypothesis
• Applied Econometrics including Time series
  Analysis and Forecasting (exponential,
  regression, ARIMA GARIMA, ARCH GARCH Models
  with the help of SPSS and / or STATA and E-
  views)

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AREAS OF TRAINING

• Official Statistics
• Fundamentals of Official Statistical System
• System of official statistics - Agriculture,
  Agricultural Census, Irrigation Statistics, Crop
  Forecasting and Crop Estimation, Land Use and
  Area Statistics, Animal Husbandry Statistics,
  Industry, Education, Labour, Health, Environment
  Statistics, MDG and its monitoring
• Financial Statistics including Insurance,
  Taxation, Banking, Trade-International
  internal, BOP, Industrial, Trade Service
  Statistics
• Understanding Budgeting Process in India
• Environment Statistics Natural Resource
  Accounting
• Gender Statistics
• System of National Accounts
• Planning process, Monitoring Evaluation of
  programmes, Poverty and Inequality Estimation

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AREAS OF TRAINING

• IT Related
• Basic IT Module (MS Office, Internet RDBMS)
• Advanced Training in IT (C , Oracle, asp.net,
  visual basic etc.)
• Module on the use of IT Tools like SPSS, STATA,
  SAS, R software.

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AREAS OF TRAINING

• Other Related Subjects
• Basics of Micro and Macro Economic Theory and its
  interpretation
• Monetary and Fiscal Policy-Concepts,
  Interpretation / understanding of Current
  economic policies
• Basic Modern Management Practices with case
  studies
• Application of Geographic Information System
  Remote Sensing

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NASA - ACHIEVEMENTS

• Major achievements-
• No. of Trainees (2009-10) 1066
• No. of Trainees (2010-11) 1068 (65 programmes)
• Conducted 12 programmes for State officials in
  2010-11 (180 participants)
• International training/workshops/seminars
• 8th International Management Seminar (UNSIAP) in
  2009-10
• Workshop on National Accounts (UNSD) In 2009-10
• SAARC Training on National Accounts (3) 2009-11
• Sri Lanka training on National Accounts (2) in
  2009-10
• China, Qatar and UNSIAP delegations visited to
  NASA.
• Commonwealth Statistics Conference , Feb, 2011.
• SAARC Training on Trade transport statistics,
  April, 2011

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NEW INITIATIVE

• Internship Scheme.
• Revision of Course Curriculum preparation of
  Trg Manual
• Training Courses for Head of Department/Students
  of Statistics from Universities.
• Assessment of Training Needs (TNA).
• Participation with other International/ Regional
  Organisations.

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• INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES AT NASA

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ACADEMIC BLOCK

• Centrally Air-conditioned Auditorium with all
  digital and sound system (160 persons)
• Conference Hall (60 persons)
• 5 Lecture/Seminar Halls, with electronic/ modern
  teaching equipments and computer facilities
• Sukhatme Library In the process of development,
  equipped with IT facilities
• Full-fledged Cafeteria,
• 24 hrs power back up.

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HOSTEL / RESIDENTIAL BLOCK

• Hostel Block
• 40 single, 30 double bedded AC rooms Total
  Capacity 100 persons
• 6 VIPs suites/Guest Rooms
• Common Canteen, Air-conditioned Dinning Hall,
  Lounge with TV and other entertainment facilities
• Facilities for indoor and outdoor games,
• Yoga Centre, Gym to be developed
• Computers with internet lounge (Planned)
• Residential Block
• 20 residential quarters for officers staff.

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