Shri Saurabh Garg, Secretary, D/o SJ&E, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India and Chairman of GC, NISD chaired the General Council meeting of the National Institute of Social Defense (NISD) in the presence of other senior officials.
The main purpose of the meeting was to review the structure, functions and program status of the NISD. As a prelude to the discussion, the director of NISD gave a short presentation on NISD and also showed the divisions of NISD and their activities through a short video.
The meeting also covered the items on the agenda of Annual Report – 2020-2021, 2021-2022, Budget 2022-23, Status of Training Programs during Financial Year 2022-23, NISD Training Schedule for 2023-24, MoU with Delhi Police Academy, Reviving Research Division with manpower, Research activities planned by NISD during 2023-24, Commissioning of Broadcast Studio at NISD, Proposed structure of NISD, Publication relaunch of National Journal of Social Defense etc.
After detailed discussion, NISD was advised to strengthen staff positions that would support increased research and training activities and increased collaboration with state and central institutions in order to scale up activities across the country. In addition, the performance of NISD during the 2022-23 financial year has been reviewed satisfactorily. Finally, the Secretary of DoSJE said that NISD must grow towards the Center of Excellence in the field of Social Defense.
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