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ICAS Training Calendar 2025-2026 | CGA Official Training Programs

ICAS Training Calendar 2025-2026 | CGA Official Training Programs

ICAS Training Calendar 2025-2026

Official Training Programs for Indian Civil Accounts Service Officers

🎓 14 Programs 📅 Nov 2025 - Mar 2026 ✅ CGA Approved

The Office of Controller General of Accounts (CGA) has released the official training calendar for ICAS Officers covering November 2025 to March 2026. This comprehensive professional development program features 14 specialized courses designed by premier institutions including IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Indore, IIM Lucknow, IIM Calcutta, ISB Hyderabad, and IMF SARTTAC.

🔔 Important Eligibility & Deadlines

  • ✓ ICAS Officers from STS Level onwards are eligible (excluding JTS Level)
  • ✓ Applications must reach HR-1 Section at least 3 weeks before course start date
  • ✓ Prior approval required from your reporting officer or concerned Pr.CCA/CCA
  • ✓ Training calendar approved by Department of Expenditure on November 3, 2025

📍 November 2025 Training Programs

From Data to Decisions
IIM BANGALORE
Duration
Nov 24-28, 2025
Course Fee
Rs. 1,42,500/-
Program Overview: This programme is designed to equip participants with appropriate analytics methodology and statistical analysis techniques. The course provides step-by-step instructions for standard analytic tools and builds conceptual foundations, enabling advanced participants to fine-tune methods for specific problem-solving challenges.
Public Policy and Administration: Design and Implementation for Public Sector
IIM INDORE
Duration
Nov 26-28, 2025
Course Fee
Rs. 54,000/-
Key Focus Areas:
  • Advance policy design and implementation expertise
  • Enhanced analytical proficiency
  • Stakeholder and policy communication strategies
  • Digital transformation and innovation in public sector
  • Leadership capability development
Essentials of Leadership
ISB HYDERABAD
Duration
Nov 2-6, 2025
Course Fee
Rs. 2,25,000/- + Taxes
Learning Outcomes:
  • Build self-awareness and emotional intelligence
  • Forge high-quality connections with key stakeholders
  • Empower others and build high-performance teams
  • Develop personal leadership brand through group coaching
  • Lead effectively through crises and conflicts with resilience

📍 December 2025 Training Programs

Strategic Leadership and Innovation in the Digital Era
IIM BANGALORE
Duration
Dec 8-10, 2025
Course Fee
Rs. 1,06,500/-
Program Benefits:
  • Fresh perspective on fast-changing, disruptive work environments
  • Understanding corporate innovation and entrepreneurship
  • Leadership role in building innovation engines
  • Corporate entrepreneurial strategies and scenario planning
  • Best practices for resilience, agility, and innovation
Digital Transformation: Strategies and Business Models
IIM AHMEDABAD
Duration
Dec 1-6, 2025
Course Fee
Rs. 2,25,000/-
App. Deadline
Nov 17, 2025
Objective: Enable executives to learn digital business model transformation and build digital strategies for leading innovation in their organizations.
Effective Data Visualization for the Data-Driven Organization
IIM AHMEDABAD
Duration
Dec 8-11, 2025
Course Fee
Rs. 1,60,000/-
App. Deadline
Nov 24, 2025
Learn design principles of effective visualization for data analysis and communication. Hands-on sessions expose participants to cutting-edge visualization tools and fundamentals.
Managing Digital Transformation: Thriving in the Artificial Intelligence Era
IIM LUCKNOW
Duration
Dec 3-7, 2025
Course Fee
Rs. 96,500/- (excl. GST)
Early Bird
Nov 3, 2025
Topics Covered:
  • Basic building blocks of digital transformation
  • Digital transformation from strategy to execution
  • AI-centric organizational models
  • Strategic role of AI and industry disruption
  • Blockchain, API, IoT technologies
  • Generative AI and future of work
Macroeconomic Diagnostics
IMF SARTTAC
Duration
Dec 1-12, 2025
Participants Will Learn:
  • Analyzing potential output and computing output gaps
  • Assessing policy stance consistency
  • Evaluating macro-financial linkages
  • Assessing external sector conditions
  • Appraising public and external debt sustainability
  • Identifying key risks and vulnerabilities

📍 January 2026 Training Programs

Strategy and Leadership in VUCA World
IIM BANGALORE
Duration
Jan 19-22, 2026
Course Fee
Rs. 1,22,000/-
Key Topics:
  • Defining organizations of the future
  • Adapting strategies in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous markets
  • Sustaining competitive advantage frameworks
  • Leadership capabilities and organizational principles
  • Talent management and succession planning
Strategic Storytelling and Communication
IIM CALCUTTA
Duration
Jan 5-9, 2026
Course Fee
Rs. 1,30,000/-
Learning Outcomes:
  • Cultivate storytelling proficiency
  • Enhance narrative crafting skills
  • Strengthen leadership communication
  • Integrate storytelling with business strategy
  • Data storytelling and presentation skills
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) for Financial Decision Makers
IIM CALCUTTA
Duration
Jan 12-15, 2026
Course Fee
Rs. 1,00,000/-
Program Objectives:
  • Develop understanding of explainable AI for financial decision-making
  • Understand benefits and risks of AI integration
  • Learn AI models for fraud detection, credit scoring, and risk management
  • Explore LLMs in financial report analysis
  • Effective communication of model results

📍 February 2026 Training Programs

Finance and Accounting for Business Managers
IIM CALCUTTA
Duration
Feb 2-5, 2026
Course Fee
Rs. 1,00,000/-
This course helps managers gain competitive advantage by providing fundamental knowledge of critical accounting and finance areas. Participants will be comfortable analyzing financial statements and making informed business decisions.
HRM Strategies for the New Era
IIM LUCKNOW (Noida)
Duration
Feb 5-7, 2026
Course Fee
Rs. 77,000/- (excl. GST)
Early Bird
Jan 6, 2026
Focus Areas:
  • HR challenges in the digitalized era
  • Employee transition strategies to new work environments
  • Cross-cultural awareness and competencies
  • Global workforce management
Enhancing Creativity and Problem Solving
IIM LUCKNOW
Duration
Feb 16-20, 2026
Course Fee
Rs. 96,500/- (excl. GST)
Early Bird
Jan 17, 2026
Program Objectives:
  • Understand the role of creativity in overcoming managerial challenges
  • Develop systematic approach for individual and organizational performance
  • Learn problem-solving from multiple perspectives

📝 How to Apply for Training Programs

  • Express your preference to HR-1 Section at CGA
  • Obtain approval from your reporting officer (for encadred posts) or concerned Pr.CCA/CCA/DG(INGAF)/CC(P)/CFC/CA
  • Submit application at least 3 weeks before course start date
  • HR-1 section will process and convey nominations to the institute
  • You will be intimated and requested to carry out required formalities

💰 Cost Coverage and Payment Details

For Regular Posted Officers

Expenditure borne by the respective Ministry/Department/Office where the officer is posted.

Requirement: Prior approval of Competent Authority

For Encadred ICAS Officers

Expenditure borne by the Office of Controller General of Accounts of India.

No separate approval needed for these officers

⚠️ Important: Payment will be made only on receipt of invoice from the Institute concerned, for the course fee in respect of Officers who have actually attended the training programme(s).

📞 Contact Information

Office Address

Office of Controller General of Accounts

Mahalekha Niyantrak Bhawan, Block-E
G.P.O Complex, INA
New Delhi - 110023

HR-1 Section Contact

For Training Enrollment Queries

Room No. 202, 2nd Floor
Mahalekha Niyantrak Bhawan

📄 Document Reference

Official Memorandum Details

File No.: A-33011(16609)/2/2023-Group A-CGA-Part(2)/2832

Issued By: Anang Rawat
Assistant Controller General of Accounts (HR-1)

Date: November 12, 2025

Approval Details

Approved By: Department of Expenditure

ID Note No.: A-33025/2/2014-Ad.I
Approval Date: November 3, 2025

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