Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 24: Mission Director, National Health Mission, J&K, Ch Mohd Yasin, having the additional charge of CEO, Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna, son of the soil, brought glory to UT of Jammu & Kashmir, by successfully effecting the executive education programme at The Harvard Kennedy School Cambridge, which is the public policy school of Harvard University in Massachusetts, United States.
Being designated by Government of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare New Delhi, the abilities, hard work and dedication of young IAS officer brought laurels to UT of Jammu of Kashmir, of being nominated among candidates from 12 countries here for this important training programme prestigious Harvard University on ‘Scaling Early Childhood Health Initiatives’ together with five other senior officials and officers to attend the above education program.
Others nominated by Government were, Vikas Sheel, Additional Secretary & Mission Director (NHM) India, MoH&FW; Dr P. Ashok Babu, Joint Secretary (RCH)MoH&FW; Dr Lakshmanan Mission Director (NHM), Department of H& FW, Assam; Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Head of Department (Neonatology), AIIMS, Jodhpur and Dr Sumita Chosh, Additional Commissioner-ln/charge (Child Health, RBSK. AH,CAC& AD).
Mohd Yasin, however, got selected based on the exceptional work in J&K-NHM, done during the last few years. The patrons of this programme, The Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF) hosted the fifth and last year of this executive program on Scaling Early Childhood Initiatives, at the Jhon F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (HKS) and has worked in more than 50 countries and invested over half a billion dollars toward their mission to improve opportunities for young children growing up with social and economic disadvantage.
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