STDC Administration

The STDC itself will have two sections; the Training Section and the SM&E Section; both of which have a dedicated stream of activities in relation to conducting NTEP training and SM&E work in the state. The personnel in these two sections will collaborate to perform all technical assistance activities required by the STDC (such as PIP preparation, OR and Advocacy) in the state.

Each RTPMC, under the governance of an existing STDC, will have a separate Training and SM&E section.

STDC will need to be empowered with adequate autonomy to conduct planned activities. The STDC will annually prepare an action plan prior to the State PIP process. The action plan has to include all training, SM&E, and Technical activities, including operations research for the next one year. The general norms for the quantity of each activities may be referred from the relevant functional sections provided subsequently. The action plan will also have to include the relevant budget and will have to be incorporated into the State PIP.

Once the PIP is approved, the total annual budget approved for the STDC activities may be transferred to the STDC, to be used by the STDC director for approved activities under the annual plan.

Care has to be taken to ensure that the activities and budget will have to include necessary travel of STDC personnel within the state and country for executing all its functions. The STDC staff may travel by hiring vehicles, through air/ rail/ ferry as appropriate, following the state NHM norms.

Any co-located IRL may also be managed by the STDC. In such cases the IRL-Microbiologist who is in-charge of the IRL, will report to the STDC Director.