The twenty young Indian Administrative Service officers who visited Kandhamal district in Berhampur, India, during the three-day trip, observed different development activities undertaken by the Kandhamal administration. The officers of the 2022 batch who are undergoing training at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie, visited Kandhamal one of the aspirational districts under the Bharat Darshan program. The officers spent the first two days visiting various projects in the daringbadi k nuagaon phiringia baliguda and phulbani blocks. They spoke with the district officers before beginning their field trip. Before their field trip, the Kandhamal collector, Ashish Iswar Patil, and other officers explained to the officers the different welfare schemes implemented by the administration as well as their own initiatives. It was their first visit to an aspirational district. During their visit to the hill station, the officers visited a strawberry field and spoke with members of women self-help groups who are involved in the cultivation.
