ECHO - Human Resource Development for personal and professional excellence for the Officers of Department of Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Southern Region" from 26th to 30th November, 2024

Human Resource Development (HRD) is a systematic approach that helps employees develop their skills, knowledge, and abilities so that they can meet current and future job demands. HRD aims to improve the organization's effectiveness and efficiency, and to create a productive organisation culture. HRD initiatives should be integrated with the organization's long-term plans and strategies. They should also respond to job changes and ensure that employees have the skills they need to perform their current jobs and grow their careers. Human resource development (HRD) for agricultural extension functionaries involves activities and programs to improve the quality of human resources. In view of the above, the Extension Education Institute (EEI), Hyderabad organized an online off campus training program titled "ECHO - Human Resource Development for personal and professional excellence for the Officers of Department of Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Southern Region" from 26th to 30th November, 2024. Contents covered in the programme were - Organisation Dynamics for human resource development, Effective Time Management for Organisation Excellence, Emotional Intelligence for better Interpersonal Relations, Performance Appraisal, Coaching, Counseling, Mentoring and Managerial decision making, Building high performance teams, Value driven Management and Work Ethics for Professional Excellence, Stress Management for Organizational Excellence, Digital communication skills, Conflict management and Negotiation Skills, Case presentations by Participants. Dr. M. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Director, EEI, Hyderabad in his inaugural address mentioned that human resource development helps to create a positive work environment that fosters continuous learning and development. HRD helps to align the goals of employees with the objectives of the organization. It helps to retain talented employees by providing them with opportunities for career development and growth. Human resource development (HRD) is important for organizations because it helps build a strong, skilled workforce that can drive long-term success. And hence asked the trainees to utilise the opportunity and thoroughly follow alll the sessions and suggested to actively involved in all the practical exercises offered through training. Dr. M. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Director, EEI in his valedictory remarks mentioned that Human resource development helps the organizations improve employee performance and ability. The main functions include employee training, performance management and sourcing and acquiring the best talent. He also suggested that one of the most immediate and measurable outcomes of this training program is improved employee performance. He suggested to adopt the digital innovations in human resource development for better discharge of job roles. Participants were very much impressed with the content and conduct of the programme and specified that indeed the training program was very much helpful for self-awareness, behaving in much more appropriate professional manner as well maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Topics like Emotional Intelligence, Conflict Management, Digital communication, team building, time and stress management were very much useful for them to manage problems and stress in professional as well as in personal life. A total of thirty (30) trainees participated from the departments Fisheries, Agriculture, staff of SAUs and Animal husbandry sectors representing Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu states. The program was coordinated by Dr.D. Shireesha, Asst. Professor, EEI, Hyderabad.