2021 Activities in RIM – Royal Institute of Management

Summary of Events (June 2021)

Date	Activities	Details
31st May – 18th June	16th Batch Smart Assistant Training	25 HR Assistants successfully completed their 14 days Smart Assistant Training on 18th June which started on 31st May 2021.
4th – 11th June	9^th Batch Digital Literacy Training	18 participants with diverse background, qualification and earning means attended the program
14^th – 21^st	10^th Batch Digital Literacy Training	25 participants with diverse background, qualification and earning means attended the program
2nd	Social Forestry Day	Director, Faculty and staff members and the trainees observed Social Forestry Day by planting trees in the campus.
7th	7th Batch Competency Based Training for Account Assistant.	23 Accounts Assistants successfully completed their Competency Based Training on 7th June 2021 which started on 24th May 2021.
7^th – 25^th June	17th Batch Smart Assistant Training	23 Admin Assistants attended Smart Assistant Training from 7th – 25th June 2021.
15^th – 22^nd	10^th Batch Digital Literacy Training	24 participants completed their 6 days Digital Literacy Training from 15th – 22nd June 2021.

Summary of Events (May 2021)

Date	Activity	Details
Digital Literacy Training Program
3^rd – 7^th	6^th Batch DLT	20 Participants Non-ITC Civil Servants with diverse position and background
17^th – 21^st	7^th Batch DLT	23 Participants Non-ITC Civil Servants with diverse position and background
24^th – 28^th	8^th Batch DLT	19 Participants Non-ITC Civil Servants with diverse position and background
Digital Skill Training Program (ICDL)
3^rd – 14^th	Digital Skills Training (ICDL Batch 16)	14 participants attended International Computer Driving Licence training from 3^rd – 14^th May 2021.
17^th – 28^th	Digital Skills Training (ICDL Batch 17)	22 participants attended International Computer Driving Licence training from 17^th – 28^th May 2021.
Smart Assistant Training
3^rd – 14^th	SAT Batch 13	25 Admin Assistants attended 10 days Smart Assistant Training from 3^rd – 14^th May 2021.
10^th – 28^th	SAT Batch 14	25 HR Assistants attended 14 days Smart Assistant Training from 10^th to 28^th May 20121.
10^th	SAT batch 12	25 Admin Assistants successfully completed their 10 days Smart Assistant Training which started on 26^th April.
17^th – 31^st	SAT Batch 15	25 Admin Assistants attended 10 days Smart Assistant Training from 17^th – 31^st May 2021.
Other activities
10^th – 21^st	6^th Batch Competency Based Training for Accounts Assistants	25 Accounts Assistants attended 10 days Competency Based Training from 10^th – 21^st May 2021.
13^th	72^nd RIM Meeting Board Meeting	The 72^nd Board Meeting of the Institute was held on 13^th May 2021.
14^th	Civil Service reform Consultation Meeting	22 Officials from RIM including the Director, Registrar and the HoDs had a consultation meeting on Civil Service reform with Hon’ble focal Commissioner of RIM and 2 officials from RCSC.

19^th – 25^th

Writers Workshop

15 RIM officials had a week-long workshop at Tsirang on Unit Outline development and training manual development for LG Course Development.

24^th

Virtual Training on “Realizing Data-Driven Governance”

Director, Head, DICT and the HRO attended Virtual Training on “Realizing Data-Driven Governance”

The training was co-organised by RIM and APCICT/ESCAP and it was attended by senior and mid-level managers working in different organizations and agencies in the Civil Service.

Summary of Events (April 2021)

Date	Activity	Details
2^nd	SAT batch 8	24 Admin Assistants successfully completed their 10 days Smart Assistant Training which started on 22^nd March.
5^th	SAT for Personal Assistants	25 Personal Assistants completed their 16 days Smart Assistant Training on 5^th April which commenced from 15^th March.
5^th – 9^th	Data Analytics and Visualization	25 participants (23 HROs, 1 Urban Planner and 1 ICT Officer) attended Data Analytics and Visualization training from 5th – 9th April.
5^th – 9^th	3^rd Batch Digital Literacy Training Program	21 participants from various backgrounds attended Digital Literacy Training from 5^th – 9^th April 2021.
5^th – 9^th	Workshop on finalization of integration of Climate Change into PGD courses	The workshop on finalization of integration of Climate Change into PGD courses was held at Punakha from 5^th – 9^th April 2021.
5^th – 16^th	Digital Skills Training (ICDL Batch 14)	20 participants attended International Computer Driving License (ICDL) training from 5^th – 16^th April 2021.
9^th	SAT batch 9	26 Admin Assistants successfully completed their 10 days Smart Training for on 9^th April which started from 29^th March 2021.
5^th– 16^th	4^th Batch of Competency based training for Accounts Assistant.	25 Accounts Assistants attended competency based training from 5^th – 16^th April 2021.
5^th – 23^rd	SAT Batch 10	24 HR Assistants attended their 14 days Smart Assistant Training from 5^th – 23^rd April 2021.
12^th – 16^th	4^th Batch Digital Literacy Training	30 participants attended Digital Literacy Training from 12^th – 16^th April 2021.
12^th – 23^rd	CCNA-M1 (Introduction to Network)	12 ICT officials from various Departments attended CCNA training from 12^th – 23^rd April 2021.
12^th – 26^th	SAT Batch 11	25 Admin Assistants attended their 10 days Smart Assistant Training from 12^th – 26^th April 2021.
16th	New Faculty	2 new faculties Chencho Dorji and Kencho from the Ministry of Education joined the Institute as Lecturer and Associate Lecturer on lateral transfer.
17th – 30th	Digital Skills Training (ICDL Batch 15)	26 participants attended International Computer Driving License (ICDL) training from 17th – 30th April 2021.
19th	PGDNL Course Enhancement	RIM made a presentation to BNLI on the changes in the Unit Outline of the PGDNL Course and finalised the course enhancement.
21^st – 24^th	RIM Annual Retreat	RIM Annual retreat was held at Paro Tiger Nest Camp from 21^st – 24^th April 2021.
26^th – 30^th	5^th Batch Digital Literacy Training	34 participants attended Digital Literacy Training from 26^th – 30^th April 2021.

Summary of Events (March 2021)

Date

Activity

Details

1^st -12^th

SAT Batch 6

5 participants attended 10 days Smart Assistant Training from 1st – 12th March.

4^th

Wildlife Photography training

25 rangers from DoFPs successfully completed their 8 days training in Wildlife photography on 4^th March.

The 8 days training on Wildlife photography and Post production for the Department of Forests and Park Services is a Training Consultancy from the Nature Conservation Division of the Department of Forests and Park Services.

8^th – 25^th

SAT Batch 7

25 participants attended their 14 days Smart

Assistant Training from 8th – 25th March.

10^th – 11^th

Central level consultation

meeting

The Royal Institute of Management in collaboration with the Department of Local Governance, MoHCA organized a 2-day central level consultation meeting in Paro from March 10-11, 2021 towards the development of a Institutionalized Mandatory Training Program for LG Functionaries.

12^th

1^st batch Digital Literacy Training

1^st batch of Digital Literacy Training with 26

Participants ended successfully on 12^th March.

DLT is a 6-day training program targeting diverse groups (monk, business entities, youth, drivers, armed forces and non-IT professionals) and the DLT program is conducted in collaboration with Department of Information Technology and Telecom under the Digital Drukyul flagship.

12^th

2^nd batch of Competency

based training for Accounts

Assistant.

24 Accounts Assistants from different

Departments successfully completed their 10 days competency-based training on 12^th March.

15^th

3^rd batch of Competency based training for Accounts based training for Accounts Assistant.

27 Accounts Assistants completed their 10 days Competency based training successfully on 15^thMarch.

26^th

2^nd Batch Digital Literacy training

2^nd batch of Digital Literacy Training with 28 participants ended successfully on 26^th March.

Summary of Events (February 2021)

Date

Activity

Details

3^rd – 17^th

SAT batch 5

26 participants attended 10 days Smart Assistant Training from 3^rd – 17^th February.

9^th

SAT batch 4

25 participants completed their 14 days Smart Assistant Training on 9^th Feb which started on 7^th December and was interrupted due to 2^nd Nationwide Lockdown.

11^th

Orientation for MBA (2021-2022 batch)

A total of 76 (15 Government Scholarship and 61 Private) candidates joined the Royal Institute of Management to pursue MBA in the 2021-2022 Batch. Considering the class size, for the units taught by RIM, the batch was split into two.

21^st

1st Annual Research Exhibition and Launch of BJoM

The Royal Institute of Management (RIM) launched an

Open-access peer-reviewed journal named “Bhutan Journal of Management (BJoM)” dedicated to the 41^st Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King on February 21, 2020. As part of the main event, RIM also conducted its first Annual Research Exhibition by presenting the work of published authors in the form of an abstract presentation and poster presentation.

23^rd

73^rd AMDISA Executive Board Meeting.

The Director attended AMDISA’s 79th Executive Board Meeting virtually.

24^th

Commencement of Training for Competency based training for Accounts

Assistant.

1^st batch consisting of 25 candidates for Competency

based training for Accounts Assistant commenced from

24^th February. All the Accounts Assistants under Ministry of Finance from all over the Dzongkhags will be trained in 7 batches.

The program was opened by Hon’ble Finance

Secretary.

Summary of Events (January 2021)

Date

Activity

Details

1^st

Covid Check Up

The border trainees and the staffs and faculties residing in the campus were all checked for the Covid-19.

4^th Jan- 2^nd Feb

MBA classes convened online

Batch 2020-2021 MBA classes were convened online due to lockdown.

11th- 15th

Logistics and Supply Chain Management Training

3 RIM faculties attended Virtual training on Logistics and Supply Chain Management. The training was provided by Bhutan TVET Reforms in collaboration with NYPI, Singapore.

14th

Midterm budget revised.

The Midterm budget review was carried out and revised successfully.

15th

2th Batch Advanced

Digital Skills Training and

Certification

The 12th batch of Advanced Digital Skills

Training and Certification ended successfully on 15th which was started on 19th October

16^th

Covid Check Up

The border trainees and the staffs and faculties residing in the campus were all checked for the Covid-19.

The trainees who were stranded in the hostel due to the lockdown were well taken care with all the basic facilities like good food, electricity and Wi-Fi. All the Covid protocols were followed well without any fail.

RIM also participated in Stakeholder consultation on the Education Road Map.