Two Day State Level Workshop for “Orientation-cum-Training for Non-Teaching Staff of IDE and Study Centres” was organized at IDE, Rajiv Gandhi University by the Institute of Distance Education on 24th & 25th August 2016. The training program targeted to give an introduction and an orientation to all Non- Teaching Staffs working in the ODL mode in headquarters as well as in 13 studies centers. Participants varied from faculty members to Research Scholars along with the Non-Teaching Staffs. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Ashan Riddi, Director, IDE. In his inaugural address, he enumerated on the role of the Non Teaching Staff in distance education especially in context of Arunachal Pradesh. Moji Riba, HoD (i/c), Dept. Of Mass Com, RGU, M. Maltesh, Chief Librarian, RGU, Satish Das, Assistant Professor, CSE, RGU and Moyir Riba, Assistant Professor, IDE, RGU were the Resource persons for the day long training.