The performance of National Bank Staff College, Lucknow (NBSC) during the year 2000- 01 is briefly furnished in this document. It is hoped that this would capture at one place, the entire array of activities NBSC is involved in.

• During 2000- 01, NBSC conducted over 80 programmes, which included Training programmes, ODIs, etc.
• Of these 72 were training programmes conducted for the Officers of NABARD. Sixty of these had been conducted at its campus in Lucknow and the other 10 programmes at various other locations. This is compared to the 84 programmes conducted during the previous year 1999- 2000, seven of which were conducted in locations other than Lucknow.
• The 72 training programmes conducted during the year represent 134 weeks of training as compared to the 131 weeks during the previous year. The reduction in the number of programmes was caused by the introduction of some long duration programmes. These include:
  • Induction Programmes for Direct Recruit Officers- 5 weeks (3 programmes)
    
  • Development Programme for Assistant Managers (recently promoted)- 4 weeks (4 programmes)
  • Orientation Programmes for newly appointed DDMs- 4 weeks (3 programmes)
  • The number of participants who attended the 72 programmes during the year was 1386, as compared to 1633 participants who attended the 84 programmes during the year 1999- 2000. The average number of participants during both years being marginally over 19 per programme.

• However, the participant weeks for 2000-01 was 2543 compared to 2506 for the previous year (twenty participants attending a one- week programme of the college amounts to 20 participant weeks).
• More details of the programmes conducted and the response to these programmes can be seen in the Annexures.

  Other Training Programmes

• A special three- week training programme was conducted in NBSC for SC/ ST staff of Group B in NABARD to prepare them for facing the selection process for promotions to Group A.
• Training of Trainers in Micro Finance was conducted for Faculty Members of various Banks at Bhubaneswar on 12 & 13 February by FMs of NBSC, at the request of the NABARD RO..

  Training for PLIs

• Mirzapur District (Uttar Pradesh) is covered under District Rural Industrialisation Programme (DRIP) being implemented by NABARD. As part of an on- going process, NBSC extended Faculty support during the year, for conducting two Training programmes on DRIP for the Branch Managers/ Officers of Primary Lending Institutions operating in the district. The programmes were arranged by the Lucknow RO of NABARD.

  Organisational Development Intervention

• Organisational Development Intervention (ODI) is now increasingly being seen as a viable intervention in institutions to get them back on their tracks and to facilitate their working as focussed institutions, with greater involvement of their Stakeholders. NABARD is now adopting this approach as an institutional development measure. A sensitisation Workshop on ODI was conducted by NBSC for the Chairmen and CEOs of selected RRBs and Cooperative Banks. The Workshop was of one week duration and was received well by the participants who represented nine institutions. Subsequently NBSC also conducted ODIs for the following institutions, at the request of the concerned institutions through the respective Regional Offices of NABARD:
• Orissa State Cooperative Bank, Bhubaneswar
• Bolangir DCCB, Orissa
• Gomti Grameen Bank, Uttar Pradesh
• Hassan DCCB, Karnataka
• Malda DCCB, West Bengal; and
• Latur DCCB, Maharashtra
  

  Studies

• District Potential Survey to assess potential under NFS was conducted in Sitapur District, Uttar Pradesh by NBSC during the year. Sitapur is one of the districts included under DRIP by NABARD under the III Phase. The survey was undertaken by NBSC on behalf of BIRD, which was sanctioned the project.
• The Production Credit Department (PCD), NABARD, Mumbai initiated studies to examine the implementation aspects of the Kisan Credit Card Scheme. NBSC took up the studies in the states of Rajasthan and Maharashtra.

  Contributions to ECRC

• A number of Papers were prepared by the Faculty Members of the NBSC for the Expert Committee on Rural Credit, at their request. Five of these papers have been accepted by the Committee, the titles of which are given in Annexure V.
• The ECRC conducted its Regional Seminar at Lucknow and the same was hosted by NBSC. During the Seminar, the Committee could interact with a large array of institutions/ individuals, working in the field and could garner inputs from them for its work.

  Other Papers

• A paper "Relevance of Prudential Norms and their Impact on Cooperative Sector" was prepared and presented by our Faculty Member at the National Seminar on Cooperative Reforms conducted at VAMNICOM, Pune.

  Other happenings at NBSC

• Support was provided by NBSC for the following activities/ Workshops/ Seminars, which were conducted in its premises
• Rural Credit Seminar was conducted on 29 & 30 April 2000 by IDD, HO.
• National Consultation on Training Strategy for SHG- Linkage Programme was conducted from 18 to 20 April 2000 by MCID, HO. The Department also conducted a SHG- Bank Linkage Strategy Workshop on 4 & 5 May 2000
• 35th Business Planning Meet of the Regional Offices In- Charge was conducted at NBSC from 5 to 7 May and the 36th Business Meet was conducted from 21 to 23 September 2000
  
• Conference of Chief Audit Officers was conducted at NBSC on 9 & 10 June 2000 by the Department of Supervision.
• Seminar on Farm Models and Area Development Schemes was conducted on 26 & 27 June 2000
• Orientation Programme on Cold Storage scheme was conducted on 29 & 30 June 2000
• Hindi Workshop for Senior Officers of NABARD was conducted by the Rajbhasha Vibhag at NBSC from 10 to 13 July 2000
• A meeting to review performance under Cluster Development under NFS was held at NBSC on 24 Sept 2000
• A Workshop on Production Credit was taken up by HO at NBSC from 18 to 20 December 2000
• Workshop for Concurrent Auditors conducted at NBSC from 11 to 13 January 2001
• Workshop for Rajbhasha Officers was conducted at NBSC from 5 to 7 February 2001
• A Seminar on Financing Minor Irrigation was conducted at NBSC by ICD, HO on the 14 February 2001
• A Workshop for familiarisation with District Rural Industrialisation Programme was conducted by DPD- NFS, HO at NBSC on 16 & 17 February 2001
• Workshop on Annual Closing of Accounts for Northern Region was conducted on 3 & 4 March 2001.

  You would be interested in knowing that the Library at NBSC...

• Is well stocked, with over 13,000 titles of interest to its various users.
• That it is catering to the divergent information needs of the Participants, Faculty members, Officers and other staff members.
• The library has achieved a high degree of computerization not only in processing of books but also in subscription of journals as well.
• Computer generated subject bibliographies are being distributed to the participants. A list of web sites in micro credit along with a computer generated bibliography in micro credit was recently given to participants. The effort was well received.
• There is an established trend in the college to acquire books through open exhibition of books organised by well established publishing houses and reputed distributors. The Faculty Members and the Participants available on the Campus short- list the books to be purchased.
• Three such book exhibitions have been organised in the campus during the year.
• Video shows are being arranged regularly by the library in the Audio- Visual room. These shows evoke a good response from the participants.

  It has been observed over a period of time that the following subject categories of books are in demand.

• English/Hindi-fiction and Nonfiction (best sellers and other award winning books)
• Self development and Psychology
• Research Methodology especially books on data analysis, statistics etc.
• Books on computer sciences
• Agribusiness and Agronomy.
• Risk management in finance and banking sector
• Current reports such as Human Development Reports, World Development Reports, and other reports of the World Bank etc., and other documents for reference purposes.

  The Library has its own plans...

• Make OPAC ( Online Public Access Catalogue) available on Internet .
• Networking with major finance, Banking sector and Management Libraries in the country through MANLIBNET.
• Web-based information and reference services
• Internet-based acquisition of publications.
• Content management and development of the institutional/library web site.
• Develop digital library and provide online access for users.

  National Bank Training Centre (NBTC)

  We all know that the NBTC was set up in January 1993, to conduct various training programmes for our Group B & C staff, to equip them to deliver their best. The Centre was initially established under the administrative control of NABARD, RO- Lucknow and consequent upon the decision taken by HO, the administrative control of NBTC was vested with NBSC, Lucknow since 01 April 1998.

  What we probably don't know is that

• during the year 2000- 01, NBTC has conducted 26 programmes, which is the highest ever, since its establishment, that too on having only 42 operational weeks, as there was a shut- period of about 10 weeks mainly due to renovation work. A total of 354 staff members were trained during the year. Out of 26 Programmes conducted at NBTC, 7 Programmes were for the Group 'B' staff, including one for Caretakers/ Assistant Caretakers and one Pre- Promotional Training Programme for Group 'B' SC/ ST staff. The remaining 19 programmes were conducted for Group 'C'. More statistical details are available in the Annexures.
• The two Faculty Members at NBTC, apart from conducting the programmes indicated above, were also involved in the activities of NBSC, viz.
• Being associated with the Programme on SHG- Bank Linkage conducted at Ajmer, Rajasthan
• Being associated with the ODIs conducted at Bolangir DCCB, Orissa and the Manipur SCB
• Conducting the Kisan Credit Card study, assigned to NBSC in Maharashtra and
• Being associated with the Trainers' Training Programme on SHGs, conducted by NBSC at Bhubaneswar.

  SNIPPETS

  In case you are travelling to NBTC, Cheer up...

  Extensive renovation of the premises have been taken up and the task completed satisfactorily. A Generator Set has been installed and is likely to be commissioned soon.

  New PCs have been acquired for NBTC, replacing the old ones and new fire fighting equipment have been installed in the campus.

  Computer Based What (???)

  Computer Based Training. In keeping with global trends, NBSC has developed on an experimental basis, a distance education package, incorporating 'Basic Accounting' which may be required in the context of NABARD's working. The package is being put on to CD- ROMs and is being passed on to the Regional Offices and some Head Office Departments. Comments and ideas on this package are welcome.

  It's Friday evening in Lucknow and what does one do ?

  Well, there are so many things one could do. But if you are a person in the know, the most probable thing you would do is to head for NBSC. Starting July 2000, virtually every Friday of the year, NBSC has played host to a Study Circle, where anyone from NABARD is welcome to hold forth on any topic, which he/ she thinks anyone would be interested in. The topics of discussions have ranged from World Trade Organisation to NABARD Policy for Rural Development. Records show that the 33 sittings have been held during the year 2000- 01, beginning July 2000.

  Commencing 24 November 2000, a gist of the presentation, together with a brief write up of the discussions have been circulated to all Offices of NABARD in the form of an e-magazine. You will be able to access the old issues of the magazine at www.geocities/nbcollege.org. You could also send a request to NBSC at nbsc@sancharnet.com, in case you would like your e-mail ID to be included in the mailing list of the e-magazine.

  Faculty Meetings have become a very regular affair in the college. Programme design and session plans are rigorously discussed at the meetings before a programme is offered. The presentation is made by the concerned programme coordinator. Similarly, after the programme, another presentation is made by the coordinator with the focus on the feedback received. This helps in suitable modifications in programmes.

  Computer Lab

  The college has a computer lab for participants, equipped with 19 P.C.s. The lab is used for various programmes which have computer based inputs. The participants have complete access to the lab and one can see many a participant sitting late into the night, either working on their assignments or trying to learn the ropes of the various application software available.

  Our Plans for 2001- 02

  Apart from continuing with our training programmes during 2001- 02, we would also expect to get increasingly involved in the ODI process, specifically the II & III phases of ODI.

  Goal Oriented Project Planning (GOPP) exercises are being taken up in DRIP Districts and NBSC should be completing 6 such exercises during the year.

  Studies on various topics by the Faculty Members is another area which will be focussed on during the year. NBSC also proposes to conduct Faculty Development Programmes in 5 modules for the new Faculty Members of the various training establishments, viz., BIRD, RTCs and NBSC.

  ANNEXURE - 1

  It costs money to run an establishment,

  Our expenditure for the year ended 31 March, 2001

  Item	31.3.2001#	31.3.2000
  Establishment Charges	14454512.30	12021775.40
  Contribution to Provident Fund and other expenses	654410.50	572279.50
  Travelling Expenses	414019.00	1515101.00
  Other Expenses	6046654.82	8302920.37
  Rent, Rates, Insurance, Lighting	5653415.00	9644158.00
  Printing & Stationery	655473.40	632356.15
  Postage, Telegrams and Telephones	829071.00	742595.00
  Repairs to property	2452750.00	221068.00
  Depreciation (includes amount written off against lease hold land)	6528709.30	3256406.22
  Expenditure on Study and Training	0.00	803636.90
  Expenditure from CFSF	29312.00	18900.00
  Expenditure under SDC-HID Partnership Comp-I	4893007.05	0.00
  Expenditure under SDC-HID Partnership Comp-II	900.00	0.00
  Total	42612234.37	37731196.54

  #provisional figures

  ANNEXURE - 2

  Participation in NBSC Training Programmes (Numbers) - Centre-wise

  CENTRE	1999-2000	2000-2001
  Agartala	2	6
  Ahmedabad	88	76
  Aizawl	3	5
  Bangalore	64	74
  Bhopal	137	103
  Bhubaneswar	57	50
  Bolpur	8	9
  Chandigarh	94	79
  Chennai	89	71
  Dimapur	3	4
  Gangtok	3	3
  Guwahati	40	56
  Hyderabad	94	117
  Imphal	4	4
  Itanagar	2	1
  Jaipur	70	72
  Jammu	23	23
  Kolkata	52	49
  Lucknow	190	128
  Mangalore	9	9
  Mumbai	297	209
  New Delhi	17	15
  Panaji	4	2
  Patna	89	80
  Port Blair	1	1
  Pune	91	62
  Shillong	3	2
  Shimla	33	24
  Srinagar		1
  Thiruvananthapuram	66	51
  TOTAL	1633	1386

  ANNEXURE - 3

  Participation in NBSC Training Programmes (Numbers) - Programme wise

  Sl No	Name of the Programme	1999-00	2000-01
  1	Adv. Prog. on Bank Supervision	17	20
  2	DDMs Orientation Programme	81	0
  3	DDMs Orientation Programme (2001-2002)	0	54
  4	General Admn. & Personnel Management	71	60
  5	General Banking and Basic Accounting	60	67
  6	NFS, SHG & Gender Issues	114	116
  7	Presentation Skills	62	106
  8	Programme for Internal Auditors	29	0
  9	Programme for New DDOs	18	20
  10	Programme on Bank Supervision	57	36
  11	Programme on PCD	46	30
  12	Project Appraisal (Basic)	66	31
  13	Executive Development Programme (EDP)	39	8
  14	Leadership Style & Conflict Management	25	0
  15	Management Development Programme (MDP)	106	25
  16	Management Orientation Programme (MOP)	40	68
  17	Prog. on Management of Stress & Counselling	27	0
  18	Team Building & Group Dynamics	70	82
  19	ODI Sensitisation Programme	62	18
  20	Computer Exposure Prog. for Sr. Officers	43	11
  21	Computer Skills Programme (General)	153	53
  22	Computer Skills Programme for DDMs	40	0
  23	AES Loaning Operations, Funds Mgmt. etc.	33	23
  24	Computer Based Project Appraisal & Risk Analysis	0	20
  25	Development Prog. for Assistant Managers	0	75
  26	General Prog. for Officers in Economic Services	9	0
  27	Induction Prog. for Direct Recruits	0	61
  28	On site Prog on SHG - Bank Linkage	122	76
  29	Pre-promotional Trg. Prog. for Gr. 'A' (SC/ST)	33	48
  30	Programme for Officers in IDD	46	70
  31	Programme on Retirement Planning	0	32
  32	Programme on Security & Safety (P&S)	21	0
  33	Prog. on Supervision for DGMs/GMs	15	0
  34	Programme on Watershed Management	39	89
  35	Project Appraisal (Advance)	13	18
  36	SARB - Prog. on Bank Supervision	48	48
  37	Sensitisation Prog. for HID Cell Officers	28	21
  38	Total	1,633	1,386

  ANNEXURE - 3

  Expert Committee on Rural Credit - proposal of NBSC to contribute papers

  Name of FMs S/Shri	Terms of Reference on which paper will be prepared
  1. DP Mishra	Structure of the rural credit system and the roles of its major components
  2. RK Das	Role of the tiers in cooperative credit system in the context of the need to reduce the cost of credit delivery
  3. PL Hatwalne & Munish	Development policies and support system for effective rural credit.
  4. Harish Java	Strategy to meet gaps in supply of rural credit in relation to development needs of regions, sectors, client groups
  5 MM Baheti & V.Maruthi Ram	Administration of Financial Sector Reforms like deregulation of interest rates, application of prudential and flexible credit instruments.

  ANNEXURE - 4

  Participation in NBSC Training Programmes - Grade wise

  Officers Grade	1999-2000	2000-01
  A	402	508
  B	409	382
  C	632	415
  D	133	55
  E	44	10
  F	9	6
  PS	1	9
  SPS	3	1
  Total	1,633	1,386