Mussoorie (Ukd), Oct 27 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked trainee officers of the civil services to look beyond books and develop the ability of connecting with people to serve them better.
He gave the tips to the officer trainees of the 92nd Foundation Course at the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) during an address here.
Modi said learning from books was okay but they must also be alert and attentive to the people around them whom they are meant to serve.
He said learning from books would surely prevent them from straying and taking the wrong path but it is the connect and rapport they establish with their teams and people that will help them become successful as officers, according to a PMO statement.
Underlining the importance of public participation for policy initiatives to be successfully implemented, the prime minister said that before Independence, the civil services were tasked with the objective of preserving the British Raj.