UP IAS officer resumes work with 3-week-old baby in arms; video goes viral
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already seen vast use cases and it is soon going to be used by the government for deputation of IAS and IPS officers. But that doesn t mean the human intelligence will be completely out of the equation as the final call is still going to require a human touch. But what AI will do is segregate suitable candidates and present them for review.
According to The Print, sources in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) revealed that the government is creating a database for officers with their background, interests and training history. This database will help suitable candidates get shortlisted for the right placement, putting an end to random postings of officers.
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Alok Mishra is the Deputy Director-General, Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office, NITI Aayog where he oversees evaluation studies, external engagement, and capacity building initiatives. Prior to this, he served as the senior deputy director at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, as director (IITs and IIITs) and director (international cooperation) at the Ministry of Education, and in the media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Alok holds a master’s in public policy and management from IIM-Bangalore and Syracuse University, USA.
Vijay Avinandan is the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), NITI Aayog. He has more than seven years of experience in monitoring and evaluation (M&E), across sectors such as public health and nutrition, education, water, sanitation, hygiene, and livelihoods in India and East Afric