GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

DR MCR HRD INSTITUTE OF ANDHRA PRADESH

Training Programme on Urban & Rural Development

for IES - Officer Trainees of 2007 batch
19.01.2009 to 30.1.2009
COURSE DIRECTOR: SRI M. RAMA PRASAD, IFS
Additional Director General
PROGRAM AGENDA
Time
Session Theme
Day 1: 19th January 2009 {Monday}
MUNICIPAL FINANCE
0900 0930
0930 1045

Inauguration

1045 1100
1100 1215

Tea/Coffee Break

1215 1330

Municipal Finance Framework

1330 1430
1430 1545

Lunch

1600 1715

Field visit to HMWS & SBRelated to Financial Aspects (Water taxes)

Credit Rating for Urban Local Bodies

Credit Rating for Urban Local Bodies

Field visit to Municipal Administration Dept.

Related to Financial Aspects (Property
taxes)

Resource Persons

Mr. Ramaswamy Annam

Director, Brick Work
Ph No. : 23319630, 08040409900
Mobile: 09900268535
Mr. Ramaswamy Annam
Director, Brick Work
Ph No. : 23319630, 08040409900
Mobile: 09900268535
Mr. Sunil Sharma, IAS
Commissioner & Director of
Municipal Administration
Mobile: 9849096399
Municipal Administration
Dept.
Mr. Sunil Sharma, IAS
Mobile: 9849096399
Managing Director, HMWS &
SB
Mr. G. Asok Kumar, IAS
Ph No. 23442844

Day 2: 20th January, 2009 {Tuesday}

URBAN GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK
0930
1045

Global Credit Crisis the impact on

Urbanization in Indian Scenario - I

1045
1100
1100
1215

Tea/Coffee

1215 1330

Urban Governance Framework

- Policies and Programs

Global Credit Crisis the impact on

Urbanization in Indian Scenario - II

Dr. G. Vasanth Kumar

Project Officer, RCUES,
O.U, Hyderabad
Mobile: 9848019962
Dr. G. Vasanth Kumar
Project Officer, RCUES,
O.U, Hyderabad
Mobile: 9848019962
Mr. S.P. Singh, IAS
Commissioner & Special Officer,
GHMC, Hyderabad

Time

Session Theme

1330
1430
1430 1545

Lunch

1545
1600
1600 1715

Tea/Coffee

Resource Persons
Ph No. 23262266

Urban Planning Process including CDP - I

Mr. T. Murali Mohan,

Assistant Professor, ASCI
Ph No. 66533032
Mobile: 9248051351

Helping poor Weather Lifes storms: An

introduction to Micro insurance

Sri Richard Leftley

Professor & CEO Micro
Ensure, UK

Day 3: 21st January, 2009 {Wednesday}

URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICE DELIVERY
0930
1045

Continuous Water Supply for All Global &

Indian experience I

1045
1100
1100
1215
1215 1330

Tea/Coffee

1330 1430
1430 1545

Lunch

1545 1600
1600 1715

Continuous Water Supply for All Global &

Indian experience II
Urban Transportation
- With Case study (Bombay)

Urban Environment - Making Cities Open

Defecation Free and Achieving Integrated
Urban Sanitation

Dr. V. Srinivas Chary

Director, UG&ID, ASCI
Mobile: 9848444923,
9248044923
Dr. V. Srinivas Chary
Director, UG&ID, ASCI
Mr. A. Laxman Rao,
Professor, JNTU
Mobile: 9440057250
(O) 23391442, (R) 27150250
Prof. Tripathi
Chairman, Sulabh International
Centre for Action Sociology,
New Delhi Mobile:
09899478062

Tea/Coffee
Integrated Solid Waste Management:
Process and Experience

Mr. Ravi Kanth IAS (VRS)

M.D, Ramky Enviro Engineers
Ltd.
Mobile: 9989022033
(O) 23320586, 23308996

Day 4: 22nd January 2009 {Thursday}

URBAN POVERTY REDUCTION
0930
Urban Poverty Alleviation An Overview
1045
- Policies & Programs
- Case studies
1045
1100
1100
1330

Tea/Coffee

1330
1430
1430
1715

Lunch

Dr N. Satyanarayana
Additional Mission Director
MEPMA, Hyderabad
Mobile: 9849908572

Urban Environmental Management

Air pollution, water and noise pollution

Field Visit Slum upgradation on

projects

Dr. K.V. Ramani

Joint Chief Environment Scientist
AP Pollution Control Board
Ph No. 9866776717
new

Commissioner GHMC
Mr. S.P. Singh, IAS
Ph No. 23262266

Day 5: 23rd January 2009 {Friday}

PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
0930
Public Private Partnerships in Urban
Sri J. Sujay Arun

Time
1045

1045
1100
1100
1215

Session Theme
Infrastructure Need, Urgency and Overview
- Conceptual Framework
- What is PPP
- Why PPP
- Types of PPP, PPP Options and Models
Tea/Coffee

Resource Persons
Senior Research Associate
Urban Governance &
Infrastructure Devt. , ASCI
Mobile: 9989707957

Urban Sector PPPs

- Water Supply, Sanitation and Solid Waste
Management sector experiences
- Key Issues & Key Lessons

Sri J. Sujay Arun

Senior Research Associate
Urban Governance &
Infrastructure Devt., ASCI
Mobile: 9989707957
Sri M. Rama Prasad IFS
Addl. Director General, MCRHRDI
Ph: 23543596
Sri P.V. Raghu
Head, CUDS, MCRHRDI
Mobile: 9248032074

1215 1330

Introducing Group Work Making Cities Work

1330
1430
1430
1545

Lunch
Slum Improvement Program in Cities Hyderabad Experience
- Housing & Urban Basic Services
- Urban Livelihood Development
Tea/Coffee

1545
1600
1600
Group Work
1715
Day 6: 24th January 2009 {Saturday}
Making Cities Work
0930
Making Cities Work
1045
- Group Work Report back

1045
1100
1100
1330

Tea/Coffee

1330
1430
1430
1715

Lunch

Urban Futures - Panel Discussion

Summing Up and Closing

Briefing on Village Attachment

Prof. D. Ravindra Prasad

Advisor, Urban Governance, ASCI
Mobile: 9866178011

1. Dr. V. Srinivas Chary

Mobile: 9848444923,
9248044923
2. Mr. M. Prasada Rao, IAS
(R)
Mobile: 9246220953

1. Dr. V. Srinivas Chary

Mobile: 9848444923,
9248044923
2. Mr. M. Prasada Rao, IAS
(R)
Mobile: 9246220953

Smt P. Usha Rani,

State Project Manager, SERP /
Ph No. 23298980,
Mobile: 9849900706
Mr A. Murali, Director,
Employment Generation Scheme
Ph No. 23241337,
Mobile: 9849984838

Time
Session Theme
Resource Persons
Day 7: 25th January 2009 (Sunday)
Village Stay - First Village
(Nizamabad District)
Day 8: 26th January 2009 (Monday)
Village Stay - Second Village
Day 9: 27th January 2009 (Tuesday)
Village Stay - Third Village Return to Dr MCR HRD
Institute for night halt
Day 10: 28th January 2009 (Wednesday)
0930
Feedback from the field visits
Sri Raghunatha Reddy
1215
Stat Project Manager, SERP
Smt P. Usha Rani,
State Project Manager, SERP /
Ph No. 23298980,
Mobile: 9849900706
1215
Right to Information Act
Sri D. Shiva Prasad
1330
Faculty Member, MCR HRD
Ph; 23548487-138(ext.)
1330
Lunch
1430
1430
Social Accountability Social Auditing of NREGS
Smt V. Karuna
1545
Director, Social Audit
Mobile: 9849900788
1545
Tea/Coffee
1600
1600
Issues in Rural Water Supply
Sri B. Rajeshwar Rao
1715
Engineer in Chief (RWS)
Mobile: 9959115555
Ph No. 23396655

Time
Session Theme
Day 11: 29th January 2009 (Thursday)
0930
Agrarian structure, Agrarian growth and Agrarian
1045
crisis
1045 1100
1100
-1215

Tea / Coffee

1215 1330

Poverty Concepts and Measurement of Poverty

1330 1430
1430 1545

Lunch

1545 1600
1600 1715

Health Sector Reforms

Resource Persons
Smt E. Revathi
Reader, CESS, Hyderabad
Mobile: 9849943763
Prof. Sheela Prasad
Central University
Mobile: 9849155420
Prof. C. Ravi
CESS, Hyderbad
Ph No. 23416780 Ext. 342

Labour Market trends and challenges Labour

force participation rates; trends in
employment growth; structure of
employment; incidence of un- and under
employment; wage earnings; child labour;
gender disparities; growth employment
linkages.
Tea / Coffee

Dr. A. Venkateswarlu
Reader, CESS Hyderabad
Mobile: 9948207181

Reforms in Education Sector

Prof. V. N. Reddy

IRSC Staff College, ICFAI

Mobile: 9849575088
Resi: 23730854

Day 12: 30th January 2009 (Friday)

0930 State of Environment at National and State level
1045
with particular reference to A.P

Dr. V.P. Jauhari

IAS

Director General, MCR HRD

1045 1100
1100 1215

Tea/Coffee
Issues and Challenges in universalization of
Education

Smt Sheshu Kumari,

RPD, SERP
Mobile: 9000234451
Ph No. 040 23298692

1215 1330

Promoting sustainable rural livelihoods

Sri C.S. Reddy

Chief Executive Officer
AP Mahila Abhivrudhi Society
Mobile: 9440800600

1330 1430
1430 1545

Lunch
Watershed Development Programmes

Sri K. Raju, IAS

Principal Secretary,
Rural Development

Ph No. 23454832
Sri S. Kishan Das

Joint Commissioner
Rural Development Department
Mobile: 9848066022
Ph No. 040 23298903
1545 1600
1600 1715

Tea/ Coffee

1715 1800

Evaluation & Valedictory

National Rural Health Mission A.P. Initiatives

Dr. M.S. Srinivasa Rao

Joint Director, Family Welfare

Mobile: 9849902228