Karmayogi Saarthi Program
The Karmayogi Saarthi Program, led by the Piramal School of Leadership (PSL) in partnership with the Capacity Building Commission (CBC), is a flagship initiative under Mission Karmayogi—India’s national program for civil services capacity building. The program aims to strengthen the implementation of capacity-building initiatives by selecting, training, and deploying young professionals—called Karmayogi Saarthis—across 93 central government ministries and departments, impacting approximately 3 million civil servants.
The program engages young professionals in meaningful public service, allowing them to contribute directly to governance reform and nation-building efforts.
By embedding Saarthis within government systems, the initiative creates a pipeline of skilled, mission-aligned talent for long-term transformation in public-sector human resource management.
Interventions
- Youth Deployment: Competency based selection of youth (Saarthis) to work across 93 central ministries and departments and key states.
- Leadership Training: Saarthis undergo PSL’s Nation Building Curriculum, focusing on behavioral and leadership skills.
- Capacity Building Implementation: Support Saarthis in the design and rollout of CBC-led initiatives at the ministry/department level.
- Systemic Change Enablement: Foster acceptance of capacity building and embed Mission Karmayogi within public systems.
- Professional development: Facilitate growth on key competencies required for change management within public systems using a contextualized competency maturity model.