New Delhi
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode and government think-tank NITI Ayog have signed a Statement of Interest (SOI) to focus on the strategic and technical collaboration that will be strengthening the overall monitoring and evaluation environment in India. The main focus will be on data monitoring and evaluation stack.
According to the official information, the objective of this partnership between IIM-K and the Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) of NITI Aayog is to the “establish framework for cooperative institutional relations to encourage and promote cooperation in the area of the technical development, support appropriate capacity building and joint studies in the field of monitoring and evaluation of government policies and programs through econometric evaluation and monitoring.”
The SOI was signed between Director IIM-K Professor Debashis Chatterjee and Director General, DMEO Dr Sekhar Bonu. IIM Kozhikode will be organising capacity building programs, workshops, forums, seminars and other activities. The target group for this exercise would be public officials at the centre and states in partnership with ministries, departments, institutions and others.
