ISTD has been conducting a number of specialized national training programmes independently and some of them in collaboration with the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, the Planning Commission, the Bureau of Public Enterprises and SCOPE. These National Programmes cover a diversity of functional areas such as:

• Training for Trainers

• Finance for Non-Financial Executive

• Project Planning, Monitoring and Control Systems

• Project Identification, Formulation, Approval and Appraisal

• Manpower Planning and Career Development

• Organisational Development

• Materials Management

• Technologies and Production Management

• Finance, Marketing and Personnel Management

• Evaluating and Bench Marking HRD

• ISO-9000, Total Quality Management

• Coping with Change for Working Women

• Selections and Interviewing Skills

• Managerial Leadership & Team Building

• New programmes in diverse areas are also taken up as and when such need arises

Seminars & Symposia

Every month the National Office and the Chapters organize group discussions, seminars, workshops, lectures, symposia, round table discussions, at different locations in the country.