IT training of Commercial Tax officers concludes

Secretary, IT Department, Saugat Biswas, giving away certificates to the participants of the training (left) and officers of the department attending the valedictory session (right).
Secretary, IT Department, Saugat Biswas, giving away certificates to the participants of the training (left) and officers of the department attending the valedictory session (right).

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 7: Training in Information Technology Skills for the second batch of officers of the Commercial Tax Department, J&K Government, concluded today.
During the valedictory session, Saugat Biswas, Secretary, Information Technology Department was the chief guest while Additional Commissioner, Commercial Tax Department, Jammu was the guest of honor.
While giving away the certificates to the participants of the two-day training, Saugat Biswas informed that the IT department has restarted capacity building after a gap of six long years, and is concentrating on re-engineering training modules with a view to making them output oriented, interesting and rich in quality.
“While the training modules are being developed in the department after assessing trainee requirement, trainings are being imparted by profession faculty from NIIT, NIELIT, NeGD (NiSG) etc”, Biswas said, adding that they are trying to put in more practice through group and individual exercises, and also peer review for better understanding of the sessions, he added.
Project Manager, JaKeGA, Imran Sufi informed that in order to transform the entire ecosystem of public services through Digital India, the Information Technology Department, took the initiative of conducting Information & Communication Technology program for Commercial Tax Department of Jammu Division wherein a total of 180 officers/officials shall undergo training in batches.
This training program covered a wide range of topics ranging from use of computers for basic office work to areas such as MS-Excel and training related to IT tools of GST Network.
The training was attended by commercial tax officers, commercial tax inspectors, stenographers and EDP supervisors from the department.