ISTD : The Institute

The Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD), established in April 1970 is a national level professional non-profit society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. It has a large membership of individuals and institutions involved in the areas of training and HRD from Government, Public and Private Sector Organisations & Enterprises; Educational and Training Institutions and other Professional Bodies. It has 38 Chapters throughout the country with the National Headquarters at New Delhi.

The society is affiliated to the International Federation of Training and Development Organizations (IFTDO), USA and Asian Regional Training and Development Organizations (ARTDO), Manila.

ISTD organizes Training Programs, all over the country both at Chapter and National Levels. The programs cover selected areas of HRD with special emphasis on Training of Trainers, Training Goals & Objectives and Training Tools & Technologies. A very large number of Public and Private Sector Organizations, Training Institutions Central And State Government participate in these programs, some of which have been held in collaboration with Planning Commission, Bureau of Public Enterprises and the Training Division of Department of Personnel, Government Of India.

The Society publishes a Quarterly Journal, Indian Journal of Training and Development, ISTD Diploma in Training & Development, a correspondence course of 18 months duration (one year of course work followed by internship of six months duration). The Diploma is recognized by the Government of India for recruitment to superior posts.

For Further Details contact:

Col (Dr ) D P Dimri (Retd)
Executive Director

or

S.C Bahuguna
Jt. Director

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