ABOUT DGR:
Directorate General Resettlement
The Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) training scheme for the officers that are shortly to retire.
The (DGR) is an Inter Service organization functioning directly under the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (Ministry of Defence). In order to maintain a youthful profile of the Armed Forces, approximately 60,000 service personnel are retired/released every year at comparatively young age. Majority of the service personnel at the time of retirement are at an age where they have numerous unfinished domestic responsibilities, which necessitate their taking up second occupation. DGR assists Ex-Servicemen to train and acquire additional skills with a strong emphasis on evolving requirement of corporate and industry and facilitate their resettlement through a second career.
Armed Forces personnel, having acquired certain competencies during their service career, need to re-orient their skills and attitude for second career post-retirement/release. It is the endeavour of DGR to provide opportunities to service personnel and ESM for this reorientation to facilitate a seamless transition to a second career. DGR is committed towards generating opportunities and nurturing dreams for re-employment/entrepreneurship with the aim to meet the aspiration of ESM community.
DGR is entrusted with the responsibility of preparing retiring service personnel, ex-servicemen and widows / wards of deceased personnel to enhance their qualifications and enable them to seek second career. Training for their resettlement in civil life is one of the major functions of DGR. The training programs are conducted through Government, semi-Govt. and private institutions of repute at various places in the country. Resettlement training programme covers a wide range of subjects with a clear emphasis on the skill sets required in view of the evolving the Annual Training Programme. It is the nodal agency for registering of serving Armed Forces Class I Gazetted Officers and ESM (Officers) for employment opportunities.
Earlier the IIMI, IIMA and others have been examined and it has been found that in past the different specializations have been offered to officers. In this we covers two type of courses (a) 24 week management (b) other course which should not exceed 89 days. In the second case the officers of Armed forces can combine 2-3 courses as long as it will not exceed the 89 days.
Objective of the DGR:
The Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) imparts training to newly inducted defence officers in the core areas of management. It equips officer trainees with requisite skills, knowledge and attitude to shoulder responsibility as public servants. It tries to promote all round personality development of the trainee officers as public service officers. Alongside, it also aims to develop a strong spirit of inter-service camaraderie and cooperation.