Assam Road Research and Training (ARRTI) Society already registered on 3 October 2016. This is a very forward looking step. Many of other state do not have their staff training institutes functioning as a registered society. This provides autonomy to ARRTI
Board of Management is chaired by the Chief Secretary – High level support
Director holds the post of Additional Chief Engineer
Own campus with infrastructure, hostel construction is proposed
Good facilities for stay of guest faculty
Funding for all requirements of ARRTI is to be provided by the Government
Pre-Registration Training Centre for contractors set up by GoA
Director ARRTI Chairs the PWRD committee to conduct departmental examinations in engineering
During 2013-14 training programmes were organized on, Modern technologies in construction industry & preparation of DPR under construction, research & education program, Contract management, (iii) Environmental & social safeguard of PMGSY works,(iv) Total station survey & computer aided road design, (v). DPR preparation, quality control and quality assurance, (vi) Bridge design, (vii). Maintenance of PMGSY roads, and (vii) Mobile based application for 2nd tier of quality monitoring in PMGSY
During 2014-15 training programmes organised on, (i) Essential contract management, (ii) PMGSY OMMAS, (iii) Asset management, (iv) Road safety , (v) Contract management, (vi) Project management, (vii) Inventory and road condition survey & analysis and traffic & axle load survey and analysis
WB funded procurement of modern survey and investigation equipment and quality control equipment in the year 2016
3G GPRS connectivity available to ARRTI laptops
Weaknesses:
Transferrable staff specially Director and other senior technical personnel– such staff are not assigned on a permanent basis
No criteria for posting of officers/ staff in ARRTI – aptitude for training not taken into account
No regular faculty
Remuneration rates for the Guest Faculty not defined for adequacy
Powers to be delegated to Director for efficient functioning of ARRTI
No Training Needs Analysis is undertaken on a regular basis
Only ad-hoc organization of training programmes no structured rolling training plan based on TNA, say for five years, prepared
Library not equipped with Codes, manuals, E publications, training videos
There are no vehicles (Staff Car for movement of staff and guest faculty and bus for movement of trainees to sites)
Opportunities:
Changes in Technology and Management Science - hence opportunity to develop and run new courses
Conducting of Training Need Assessment and preparation of rolling training plan for PWRD and other stakeholders
Expansion of base of trainees in Government, Public Sector and the Private Sector
Opportunity of joint ventures with other Training and research organisations
Generate resources from service to private sector on commercial lines
Structured Induction Training and Mentoring of new recruits
Knowledge creation through research activities and knowledge management and dissemination through training programmes
Procurement of Mobile Testing Laboratories
Procurement of State-of-the-art modern equipment for research and quality control work
Threats:
Rapid Change in Technology
New Training Organizations and private testing facilities springing up
Lower priority given to training - not mandatory to send for training courses
