A 2-days’ Trainers’ Training Programme (TTP) was organized on Immigration, Visa, Foreigners’ Registration & Tracking-Mission Mode Project (IVFRT-MMP) on 26th and 27th February 2015 at the Central IVFRT Office, 3rd Floor, DMRC Building, Shastri Park, Delhi. It was the 6th TTP for the participants involved in the implementation of IVFRT-MMP in various state and district locations. The 6th TTP was started with a formal inauguration by Dr. Shefali Sushil Dash, DDG, NIC, followed by a brief Overview on IVFRT-MMP by her. The entire TTP was customized in such a manner that every module and session was exclusively targeted to the need of state level applications and its implementation.   

Technical sessions for the Day-one started with Sh. N. S. Rawat, PSA, NIC along with his team who took a very important session on “Visa Issuance Process (TVoA) in India & Indian Missions”.  In continuation, session on “BL/ PRC/ referral process and issuance of visa of all categories” was taken by Sh. G. Christopher, TD and Sh. Vikas Nagi, SSA, NIC.

Subsequently, sessions were conducted on Immigration Control System (ICP) and APIS, LOC and ICP Networking by Sh. Madhvendra Singh, PSA NIC and Sh. Alok Roy Chaudhary, SSA NIC with their team respectively. Biometric Enrolment and Verification System along with Deportee Management System was covered by Ms. R. G. Charumati with a live demonstration. Sessions on “VPN technical aspects and troubleshooting client issues and Antivirus” was taken by Ms. Arpita Burman, TD and team.

Technical Sessions on Day-two of TTP was dedicated to the important modules of C-FRO, UCF, Indian Citizenship, NDAL, ALIS, OCI, C-Form, S-Form and Q & A & Feedback sessions. C-FRO module was covered by Sh. A. Ravikumar, TD, NIC and his team. The session on UCF System was covered by Sh. Shambhu Kumar, SSA NIC.

On the afternoon, Sh. P. K. Bhardwaj, JD(I) from IB, MHA addressed the participants and also clarified many emerging queries of participants. He also applauded the dedicated contribution of NIC Officers for timely development and implementation of IVFRT-MMP.

Further sessions on Indian Citizenship (IC) and National Database on Arms License (NDAL) were presented by Sh. Meghasyam Yedla, Scientific Officer, NIC with his team and Sh. Vikas Khatri, Scientific Officer, NIC with his team respectively. The presentation on “Overseas Citizenship of India” was given by Sh. Jitesh Sharma, SA, NIC. The presentation on “Arms Licence Issuance System” was delivered by Sh. G. Christopher, TD, NIC and his team.

Likewise, other two modules on C-Form and S-Form were covered by Sh. Munishwar Bajolia, Scientific Officer, NIC and Sh. S. Ananda Vijaykumar, SSA, NIC respectively. Two days’ TTP was ended with concluding words by Sh. C. L. Sharma, TD, NIC and a heartfelt vote of thanks by Sh. N. K. Prasad, PSA & Training Coordinator, IVFRT, NIC to Dr. Shefali Sushil Dash, DDG, NIC and Dr. R. K. Mishra, TD, NIC for their kind support and overall guidance for the conduct of above TTP programme and also to all concerned including all participants for making the programme a grand success.