(THE TELEGRAPH : 27 July 2011)
Corporate touch for Seba
- Dispur appoints Shantikam Hazarika as board chairperson
DAULAT RAHMAN
Guwahati,
June 26: Dispur has decided to give a corporate touch to the
functioning of the Board of Secondary Education, Assam, the state-level
authority for conducting school examinations.
The government’s intention was evident in the appointment of Shantikam Hazarika
as the chairperson of Seba.
Hazarika, who graduated from the Birla
Institute of Technology & Science in Pilani and then did his MBA
from IIM, Ahmedabad, has wide experience in handling the management of
top bracket organisations, including Oil India Ltd and India Carbon Ltd,
Calcutta.
He is currently holding the post of
director of Assam Institute of Management and is considered to be the
main force behind making it one of the prominent management institutes
in the country.
Education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
told The Telegraph that the government had appointed Hazarika to bring
about the much-desired changes in the functioning of Seba. He said
considering his experience, the government hoped that Hazarika would be
able to bring professionalism among Seba officials and employees.
An official in the education department
said the minister was not very happy with the board’s way of functioning
and had discussed in details how to improve it.
“During his first day of visit to the Seba
office on June 10, Sarma told the officials that people must feel a
different environment once they enter the board office. The office must
be well maintained and people must not face any hassle to get their work
done. Officials and employees must develop a professional attitude. The
minister, in other words, gave broad hints that Seba must work in
corporate style,” the official said.
He said there would not have been a better choice than Hazarika in helping Seba
to function in the corporate style.
According to the plan, the manual way of
functioning of the board will be done away in a phased manner. The
entire functioning of Seba will be computerised to maintain
transparency, accountability and expedite its work. The finance
department of Seba has already been computerised.
Seba officials and employees will be
trained on modern way of office functioning. Motivating sessions will be
held among board officials to develop work culture.
The official said the Seba building would
be renovated and a new look would be brought in its designing. There
will be a grievance box where people will be able to lodge complaints.
There will be another box where the board will invite suggestions and
ideas to improve its functioning.
Hazarika expressed happiness over his appointment. He said he wanted to join
Seba with an open mind.(The Telegraph : 27 July 2011)
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