Date: 2025-12-28Category: Press ReleaseState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar Hosts Valedictory Session of Four-Week Induction Training Programme for Sixth Batch of EPFO Enforcement/Accounts Officers
**Executive Summary**
Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar, in association with Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya National Academy of Social Security (PDUNASS), hosted the valedictory session of a four-week induction training program for the sixth batch of EPFO Enforcement/Accounts Officers. The valedictory session was held on 26th December 2025. The training programme ran from 1st December 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Induction Training Program Overview**
* Four-week "Induction Training Programme" organised for the sixth batch of EPFO Enforcement/Account Officers.
* A total of 62 Enforcement/Account Officers participated.
* The program consisted of 81 sessions and 121.5 hours of training.
* 26 resource persons, including experienced EPFO officers, conducted the sessions.
* **Topics Covered**
* Criminal law, civil law, evidence act, constitutional provisions, principles of natural justice.
* Significance of quasi-judicial authorities, POSH act, cyber laws, procurement management, rajbhasha, contract law, interpretation rules, labour laws, new labour codes, professional etiquette, and personal grooming.
* **Valedictory Session**
* Valedictory session was scheduled on 26th December 2025.
* Speakers encouraged officers to perform in the national interest and stressed customer-centric service delivery and deep learning.
* Trainees were sensitised to be decisive, service-oriented, responsive, and collaborative.
* **Final Day Session**
* Shri Rizwan Uddin addressed trainees, explaining the roles and responsibilities of Principal Employers toward "contractual Employees" with reference to landmark judgments.
* Trainees shared feedback, and the Course Coordinator submitted the training report.
**Impact Analysis**
**Enforcement/Account Officers of EPFO**
* **Impact:** Enhanced knowledge and skills in various legal and operational aspects related to their roles within the EPFO.
* **Action Required:** Apply the acquired knowledge in their work to ensure efficient service delivery and secure optimum benefits for stakeholders.
**Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO)**
* **Impact:** Increased effectiveness and efficiency of its Enforcement/Account Officers.
* **Action Required:** Support the officers in implementing their learnings to improve service delivery.
**Principal Employers**
* **Impact:** Increased awareness of their roles and responsibilities toward contractual employees, particularly regarding landmark court judgments.
* **Action Required:** Ensure compliance with legal obligations toward contractual employees.
**Government**
* **Impact:** Sensitisation about the significance of law in the government services.
* **Action Required:** Work in the direction of securing optimum benefits to the stakeholders in the interest of justice.
Key Entities Referenced
Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO): Organization for which Enforcement/Accounts Officers are receiving training.
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya National Academy of Social Security (PDUNASS): National Academy associated with the Induction Training Programme.
Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar: Location hosting the valedictory session and training programme.
Ministry of Labour & Employment: Ministry associated with the EPFO and the training programme.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
Hosts Valedictory Session of Four-Week
Induction Training Programme for Sixth Batch of
EPFO Enforcement/Accounts Officers
प्रव तथ: 28 DEC 2025 11:09AM by PIB Delhi
Regional P F Commissioner, Rizwan Uddin and Chief Learning Officer (CLO), PDUNASS addressed P
G students of NID, Gandhinagar and Enforcement Officers/Accounts Officers of EPFO in GNLU,
Gandhinagar.
On 26th December, a special session on “Motivation Through Goal Setting” was organised by NID,
Gandhinagar for the PG students. This was a highly interactive and engaging session, where students were
acknowledged for their active participation by the speaker. Relevant question of success, failures,
challenging goals and roadmap to achieve the same were some of the interesting aspects of the talk. Role
of discipline, will -power, attitude, belief, coordination and consistency were emphasised. Dr Bhavin
Kothari was key authority from NID who facilitated this talk, while Rizwan Uddin, RPFC-I and CLO,
PDUNASS expressed his pleasure the manner in which scholars of prestigious NID had taken talk and
gave shown interest towards furtherance of objective of the session by acting upon their own goals.Earlier in the morning, Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar in association with Pandit
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya National Academy of Social Security (PDUNASS) , the National Academy of
EPFO, organized four week “Induction Training Programme” for the sixth batch of Enforcement
Officers/Account Officers of Employees’ Provident Fund Organization, Ministry of Labour and
Employment, Government of India.
The valedictory session for the Induction training programme was scheduled on 26th December 2025
wherein Mr. Rizwan Uddin, RPFC I and Chief Learning Officer, PDUNASS, Dr. Nitin Malik, Registrar,
GNLU remained present.
The induction training programme started on 1st December 2025 wherein 62 Enforcement / Account
officers remained present. The training programme witnessed total 81 sessions on various important and
relevant topic pertaining to law wherein 121.5 hours of training was imparted to the officers. Total twenty
six resource persons (including experienced Officers of EPFO)conducted the sessions during the Induction
Training Programme.
Various important topics were covered including criminal law, civil law, evidence act, constitutional
provisions, principles of natural justice, significance of quasi judicial authorities and relevant provisions,
POSH act, cyber laws, procurement management, rajbhasha, contract law, interpretation rules, labour
laws, new labour codes and professional etiquette and personal grooming.On the final day of the training Shri Rizwan Uddin, RPFC-I addressed the trainees in two sessions , where
roles and responsibilities of the Principal Employers toward “contractual Employees” was explained in
detail through two landmark Judgement- “HSWCL Vs RPFC” (Calcutt High Court) and “FCI vsRPFC”
(Delhi High Court). Shri Nitin Malik, Registrar GNLU acknowledged the efforts made by Shri Hardik
Parikh, the Course Coordinator and appreciated trainees’ discipline. Trainee officers shared their feedback
in an open and informal setting. Shri Hardik Parikh submitted the detailed report of twenty six days long
training.
During the valedictory sessions the officers were encouraged to perform in the national interest by using
the knowledge imparted to them in the best manner. Shri Rizwan Uddin, RPFC-I and CLO, PDUNASS
stressed upon the need of customer centric service delivery and deep learning .Trainees were sensitised to
be decisive, service oriented, responsive and collaborative in their roles while functioning in EPFO. They
were further sensitised about the significance of law in the government services and they were encouraged
to work in the direction of securing optimum benefits to the stakeholders in the interest of justice.
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