Singapore keen to learn India's 'growth story'

"Many countries in the world want to know about India's growth and we wish Indian civil servants to teach the developing countries. We are inviting them to do a course in our institute for free," said Kenneth Paul Tan, assistant dean of NUS' Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP).

 

"Our institute has a lot of administrators from other Asian countries and Indian civil servants can share their experience with them. We expect to have around 30 such administrators for two of our courses related to public administration," Tan told.

 

Tan was in the capital to explore the feasibility of the project with the Indian government. India, with a GDP growth rate of over eight per cent per annum, is a promising player in the world economy.

 

"The course will also help Indian administrators learn better administrative practices from our global faculty comprising teachers from Ivy League colleges like the Harvard University.

 

"We want to play a role in the growth of India and this educational trip could be a nice way to begin with," Tan, also a professor at the university, explained.

 

He said these courses would be fully paid. "The boarding, lodging, the air fare and a stipend will be provided to the civil servants."

 

He said if the students want they can also go for a dual degree in public policy making.

 

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