The first batch of 25 participants drawn from various public sector enterprises started their two-week capacity building programme under the aegis of Academy of Public Sector Enterprises (APSE) on Monday. Dr Madhukar Gupta, IAS, Additional Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises inaugurated the first programme. Highlighting the objective of the Academy, Dr U.D. Choubey, Director General, SCOPE said that the programme has been structured to give micro and macro aspects of various issues in public sector enterprises, both in India and abroad. He added the Academy is different from captive training centers in various public sectors where specified training is imparted exclusively for the area of functioning of a particular public sector whereas the APSE will give broad picture of all the public sector enterprises under one roof which will cover different sectors like oil & gas, power, manufacturing, construction, communication etc.  Such a course will provide an overview of public sector enterprises, he added. The faculty has been drawn from experts in the area. The participants shall be subjected to rigorous and vigorous training programme with a proper system of evaluation of their performance. This will be a continuous process and the second batch will start shortly for which public sectors have started giving their nominations.