{"id":13855,"date":"2025-12-11T16:10:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=13855"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:40:21","slug":"office-of-chief-adviser-cost-department-of-expenditure-concludes-chintan-shivir-at-manesar-from-28th-30th-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=13855","title":{"rendered":"Office of Chief Adviser Cost, Department of Expenditure, concludes Chintan Shivir at Manesar from 28th \u2013 30th November, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Office of Chief Adviser Cost, Department of Expenditure, concludes Chintan Shivir at Manesar from 28th \u2013 30th November, 2025<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Posted On: 30 NOV 2025 7:29PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Office of Chief Adviser Cost, Department of Expenditure (DoE), Ministry of Finance, held a\u00a0Chintan Shivir<\/em>\u00a0from 28th<\/sup>\u00a0to 30th<\/sup>\u00a0November 2025 at Manesar, Haryana.\u00a0 The\u00a0Shivir<\/em>\u00a0brought together the officers of the office of Chief Adviser Cost as well as participants from the State Government of Haryana and Swarna Jayanti Haryana Institute for Fiscal Management, enriching the deliberations with valuable insights from the state public finance ecosystem.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Shivir kickstarted with an address by Shri Pawan Kumar, Chief Adviser Cost, emphasising the imperative of continuous learning and innovation in contemporary public administration. This was followed by a session on \u201cHeartfulness Communication\u201d by Dr. Gauri Rangra from the Heartfulness Foundation, aimed at fostering empathetic leadership and effective stakeholder engagement.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Day 1 focused on deliberating about two critical themes: development of an International Knowledge Body and standardised costing for municipal services. Later, Shri V. Vualnam, Secretary, DoE, was presented with key contemplations highlighting the persistent challenges and actionable recommendations. Key recommendations included the establishment of a nodal cell under the DoE with a mandate to develop internationally benchmarked costing frameworks and practices including for municipal bodies through engagement with local and global bodies. Shri Vualnam provided strategic guidance and outlined concrete, time-bound steps to address existing challenges and enhance fiscal governance. He also reiterated the Prime Minister’s vision of ensuring that young officers, who bring fresh perspectives and dynamism, remain central to future\u00a0Chintan Shivirs<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Day 2 began with a yoga session, followed by in-depth knowledge sharing sessions in collaboration with Academia were also held as follows:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Leveraging emerging technologies like AI\/ML to enhance administrative efficiency, analytical rigour and transparency in governance by Shri Rajiv Shorey, Director, IIIT, Surat,<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Corporate governance principles and stakeholder engagement strategies to foster meaningful collaboration, strengthen accountability, responsiveness and overall effectiveness by Prof. Naveen Sirohi from IICA.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Importance of forensic accounting and the need for robust financial vigilance mechanism and early detection systems for irregularities by Prof. Sandeep Goel of MDI Gurgaon<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The emerging significance of public data and AI as public goods for inclusive development, alongside the design of equitable user-charge frameworks by Prof. Rishabh Aggarwal of ISB Hyderabad.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Subsequent round-table discussions explored user-charges framework and corporate governance and the role of ICoAS in examining equitable pricing models and mechanisms for transparency and inclusive decision-making. Participants presented detailed analyses and theme-wise recommendations.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    The concluding day, 30th<\/sup>\u00a0November featured a workshop on \u201cProfessional Evolution and New Growth Avenues\u201d exploring emerging sectors and functional domains where ICoAS officers can drive catalytic change in response to contemporary technological and economic developments. In his concluding remarks, the Chief Adviser Cost commended the officers for their analytical depth, commitment and efforts to strengthen fiscal governance. The event concluded with a vote of thanks by Shri Manmohan Sachdeva, Additional Chief Adviser Cost, encouraging officers to stay future-ready in an increasingly dynamic and interconnected world.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Office of Chief Adviser Cost, Department of Expenditure, concludes Chintan Shivir at Manesar from 28th \u2013 30th November, 2025 Posted On: 30 NOV 2025 7:29PM by PIB Delhi The Office of Chief Adviser Cost, Department of Expenditure (DoE), Ministry of Finance, held a\u00a0Chintan Shivir\u00a0from 28th\u00a0to 30th\u00a0November 2025 at Manesar, Haryana.\u00a0 The\u00a0Shivir\u00a0brought together the officers of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13857,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13855\/revisions\/13857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}