With the blessings of His Holiness the Administrative Staff Training Programme (ASTP) Level-1 programme was organized for administrative staff of JSS Medical College by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research.

The programme has been scheduled once a month for six months.

The first session was inaugurated on 29-01-2022 in Gallery-6 of JSSMC, Mysuru by Dr.Surinder Singh Vice-chancellor of JSSAHER, Dr.B.Manjunatha, Registrar, JSSAHER, Dr.Kushalappa P.A., Director Academics, JSSAHER, Dr.H.Basavana Gowdappa, Principal, JSSMC, Dr.Suma, Vice Principal, JSSMC, Dr.Sunil, IQAC Coordinator & Sri Satishchandra S.R., Administrative officer.

Ms.Poojitha MBBS student rendered the invocation. Dr Suma MN Vice Principal welcomed the gathering and stressed the importance of this training program.

Dr.B.Manjunatha, Registrar, JSSAHER praised the staff about the role played, work done and the importance in various ranking agencies across the globe. Dr.P.A.Kushalappa, Director Academics spoke about the importance of this program and praised the organising team for initiating this training. Dr.H.Basavana Gowdappa, Principal briefed about the training program and how it is going to benefit them at the end of six months. Sri Satishchandra S.R., Administrative Officer gave a few important tips for the staff and how this program will help in shaping their career in future. Dr Surinder Singh, Vice-Chancellor, JSSAHER delivered a presidential speech and conveyed administrative staff are the backbone of any system. He gave an example of how the system works in government and how effective the office staff can support the institution. Sri Pradeep, Assistant Administrative Officer delivered the vote of thanks. Dr.Vijaya Vageesh and Dr Smitha MC were masters of ceremony.

Dr.Sunil Kumar D, IQAC-Coordinator presented the importance of Needs Assessment and SWOC Analysis from the information provided by the staff. Later Icebreaking session was conducted by Dr.Suma M.N. and Dr.Praveen Kulkarni and 8 teams were constituted for the training on various skill development training sessions. Each team were asked to select the names with the rationale and the team which selected the best name “Nava Abhiruddhi” received the prize. The teams in a combination of two had to perform the tasks on the pre-set topics like First Aid, Computer Skills, Hygiene and Health, Home Garden. The team with the topic computer skills won the first prize on successful defending in front of the judges Dr.Prasanna Kumar Associate Professor in the Dept. of Biochemistry, JSS Medical College & Dr.P.A.Kushalappa. The whole event was successful.