Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the new campus of the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Uttar Pradesh Academy of Administration and Management (UPAAM), the state’s apex civil services training institute, on Sultanpur Road on Friday.The campus wasbuilt over 22 acres at a cost of more than Rs 464 crore.Director general of the institute, M Devaraj, said the new campus would give a new direction to the quality of administrative training in the state.“Equipped with modern resources and global standards, this institution will play an important role in preparing efficient and sensitive administrative leadership committed to good governance, innovation and public service,” he said.The centre wasdeveloped for capacity building, leadership development and technology-enabled training for officers and employees. Devaraj said the campus would strengthen the culture of capacity building in the state and give fresh momentum to programmes such as onboarding and course completion on the Karmayogi platform.The campus, equipped with training halls, digital learning resources, advanced knowledge facilities and state-of-the-art infrastructure, will be capable of hosting both national- and international-level training programmes.“The academy will provide training to officers and employees on contemporary subjects such as good governance, policy implementation, leadership development, innovation, digital administration and public service. Its objective is to enhance administrative efficiency while making the citizen-centric governance system more effective,” the official said.
