It was the year 1951-1952 when the first Lok Sabha elections were held in India.The situation at that time, in post-independent nascent Republic of India was not only critical but almost chaotic. Almost half of Indian Civil Service Officers were gone, either returning back to Britain or opting for Pakistan, severely weakening the Civil Service structure and grassroot Public Administration in India. Partition and subsequent fluid situation leading to massive riots, huge influx of refugee population from both western and eastern new Indian borders on the Radcliff line, created another dimension of grave complexities. And on top of all these, the situation got worsened due to unfortunate and untimely demise of ‘The Iron Man of India’ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, considered as ‘Father of All India Services’, in December 1950.
However, after successfully organizing the first Lok Sabha elections, the top leadership in India got some much-needed respite for soul-searching as how to tackle this chaotic situation and make ‘Bharat’ rise again like the proverbial Phoenix from the ashes of slave India and attain its former glory. The Government of India began searching for solutions to the then crises and the ‘Eureka’ moment flashed when the top think-tank realized that the priority must be to improve the status of Public Administration and Governance in India. This needed wide-ranging structural reforms and the Government machinery at that time, lacked the will and wherewithal to carry out the same on its own. Government started looking for some assistance but got stuck on two counts probably. First, it did not want to get help from Britain, the so-called great democracy as it was the main culprit for the 200 years of slavery of India despite its big Ethos and preaching on democracy. Secondly, Public Administration as an independent academic discipline was fairly new and evolving at that time. So, it was tough to get assistance on that count. In these circumstances, Government turned towards United States of America which had established itself as a great democracy at that time and was widely seen as the melting pot of ideas with its fast-emerging academic world. The Syracuse University in New York did have the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, a leading school of Public Administration and Policy Analysis in the United States. The Government of India invited Prof. Paul H. Appleby, the Dean at Maxwell School and a renowned Political Scientist and Public Administration expert to study the state of Public Administration in India and recommend curative measures to restructure and strengthen the same.
Prof. Paul H. Appleby came to India in 1952 and spent six months as an Administrative Adviser to the Government of India. After widely travelling across length and breath of India and having undertaken extensive research, he submitted his first report “Public Administration in India: Report of a Survey” to the Parliament of India. His report contained several recommendations which were going to have far-reaching impact on the state of Public Administration and Governance in India in times to come. Among these, there was one recommendation which advocated for establishment of an autonomous think-tank, an independent institution which should aid and assist the Government of India for Capacity Building of Civil Servants and change the colonial mindset of the then Civil Services in order to lead them towards people-centric governance. It was essentially to make India move away from a mere revenue collecting state in colonial times towards a welfare state.
And thus, got registered ‘The Indian Institute of Public Administration’ on 13, March 1954 as a Society under ‘Society Registration Act 1860’ of Government of India. The Institute was formally established on 29, March 1954 at Sapru House in Delhi from where it functioned till 1958. It became ‘Indian Institute of Public Administration’ after ‘The’ was dropped from its name in 2016. In the meantime, Institute’s own campus got ready in Indraprastha Estate, Delhi which was formally inaugurated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, on 31, January 1959. The Institute has been thriving and disseminating the knowledge and awareness about Public Administration, Governance and a wide variety of allied subjects from this campus since then.
If someone goes back to its history, one will be astonished to know about the rich legacy of the Institute and its Founding Fathers. It was, and still is, the cynosure of the top leadership of the country. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, one of its Founding Fathers, was the first President of the Institute. The other Founding Fathers consisted of Shri V. T. Krishnamachari, Dy. Chairman of the then Planning Commission of India who was the first Chairman of IIPA Executive Council, with Members such as Dr. K. N. Katju, Home Minister of India, Shri C. D. Deshmukh, Finance Minister of India, Dr. B. C. Roy, Chief Minister of West Bengal, Shri U. N. Dhebar, Chief Minister of Saurashtra, Shri Y. N. Sukthankar, Cabinet Secretary of India among others.
This tradition of the Prime Minister of India being the President of the Institute continued till 1971. However, after the 1971 Indo-Pak war and subsequent volatile situations, Smt. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India and President of IIPA perhaps got too busy and handed over the Presidency of the Institute to the then Vice President of India Shri G. S. Pathak and since 1972, the Citizen No. 2 of India continues to be the President of IIPA. However, it took 48 years for the Institute to formally amend its Rules in 2020, crowning the Vice President of India as the ex-Officio President of the Institute and Minister of State in charge of Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Government of India as the ex-Officio Chairman of IIPA Executive Council. Presently, the Hon’ble Vice President of India Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan is the ex-Officio President of the Institute and Hon’ble Union Minister of State, DoPT Dr. Jitendra Singh is the ex-Officio Chairman of IIPA Executive Council (Governing Board). Presently, the Executive Council consists of thirteen other Members like CEO, NITI Aayog, Secretary, DoPT, Govt. of India, Secretary, Expenditure, Govt. of India, Director LBSNAA, Mussoorie, eminent Members like Dr. Ashok Bhan, President medal Awardee and former DGP of Jammu & Kashmir, Shri Swadheen Kshatriya, former Chief Secretary of Maharashtra among others, Shri S. N. Tripathi, Director General of the Institute being the Member-Secretary. IIPA has also been privileged to have the Chairmen of its Executive Council, towering personalities in the past, like Dr. Ashok Mehta, Dy. Chairman of Planning Commission, Babu Jagjivan Ram, Deputy Prime Minister of India, Shri S. B. Chavan, Home Minister of India, Shri T. N. Chaturvedi, Former Governor of Karnataka and Kerala among others.
As a Society, the earliest vertical of the Institute has been its Membership. Ordinary Membership, popularly known as Life Membership is the most sought-after Membership category of IIPA. As on 29, October 2025, the number of Ordinary Members was 11438, spread all over India and abroad. This Membership is for practitioners of Public Administration like Civil Servants, Academicians and others. Over the years, some of the most famous names in both, have been IIPA Members like the ones mentioned above, in first Executive Council of IIPA.
IIPA carries out several Membership activities, most important of them being the Annual Meeting of the General Body, popularly known as AGM of IIPA usually held on 31, October, the Birth Anniversary of Sardar Patel, every year. Members from all over India and abroad join the AGM in person as well as online. The AGM is normally attended and presided over by the Hon’ble Vice President of India and President IIPA along with the Hon’ble Union Minister, DoPT and Chairman IIPA Executive Council. The factsheet of all the important activities of IIPA in the form of Annual Report and Annual Accounts among others, is presented before the Members. The Annual Report after being approved by the Members, is laid down on the floor of Parliament of India also in its winter session. To the credit of IIPA, it has never missed organizing the AGM, not even in Covid-19 pandemic also when the AGM was held online for two consecutive years in 2020 and 2021. The 71st AGM was held with on October 31, 2025 and the Hon’ble Vice President of India Shri C.P.Radhakrishnan presided over the event. Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Union Minister being the Guest of Honour.
IIPA recognizes its eminent Members in several ways, foremost among them is ‘Paul H. Appleby Award’ presented to a Member who has rendered outstanding contribution in the field of Public Administration and to the service of IIPA. Some of the highly reputed Paul Appleby Awardees are Shri Nripendra Misra, former Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Shri Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor (NSA) of India, Dr. Karan Singh, Hon’ble M. P. and former Union Minister, Shri Farooq Abdullah, former Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh, former Governor of Sikkim, Shri N. N. Vohra, former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Smt. Kiran Bedi, former Lt. Governor of Puducherry, Shri Tejendra Khanna, former Lt. Governor of Delhi among others.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Award for Academic Excellence is another prestigious award started in 2022 given to a Member for excellence in academic activities and contribution to IIPA. Some reputed names awarded are Prof. Ramesh K. Arora, the doyen of Public Administration in India among others.
Regional and Local Branches of IIPA are an integral part of IIPA spread across India. Presently, there are 26 Regional Branches, mostly in State capitals, and 44 Local Branches, mostly in district towns. Branches are essentially Associations of IIPA members at local levels involved in academic discourses and dissemination of ideas and knowledge of Public Administration at local level. The concept of branches probably evolved as it was tough to remain connected with IIPA at Delhi in olden days in absence of quick communication facilities like telephones, mobiles and internet. IIPA also encourages its branches by awarding three best branches every year in the AGM which have undertaken outstanding academic activities. Some of the branches doing excellent academic activities at local level and have been rewarded in the past are Karnataka, Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Puducherry, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh among others.
Apart from the above, IIPA organizes an Annual Conference, specially for its Members every year either on previous or the next day of the AGM, on a particular Topic with the Theme Paper prepared by an IIPA Faculty Member. IIPA branches all over India organize Prelude Conferences in their branches on the theme before the Members’ Annual Conference and present the report of prelude conferences in the main conference at IIPA. Several Members also present their papers on the theme in the conference. The 69th Conference in this series was held on October 30, 2025 at IIPA with the theme being ‘Emerging Trends in Public Administration and Public Policy’.
IIPA Membership has widespread outreach with several renowned Civil Servants and Academicians in its fold. Eminent persons like Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Hon’ble Governor of Manipur, Shri Harivansh Narayan, Hon’ble Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri B. R. Sharma, Chief Election Commissioner, Jammu & Kashmir, Smt. Shovana Narayan, renowned Kathak dancer, Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary, DARPG, Govt. of India, Shri Katikithala Srinivas, Secretary, Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India, Shri Devesh Chaturvedi, Secretary, Agriculture, Govt. of India, Dr. Puneet Kumar Goel, Chief Secretary of Manipur, Dr. Sunil Kumar Barnwal, CEO, National Health Authority (NHA), Shri Rupinder Singh, FA (Home), Shri Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Addl. Secretary, DoPT, and a number of present and former Secretaries to Government of India, present and former Chief Secretaries to States along with several former and present Vice Chancellors of Universities in India are IIPA Members. IIPA offers Corporate Membership also to Institutions and Organizations as well as Associate Membership and Student Membership. Ordinary and Corporate Members constitute the General Body of the Institute.
Stating chronologically, Publication is the second activity IIPA undertook right after its creation when it came up, with its flagship journal, ‘Indian Journal of Public Administration (IJPA)’ in 1955. This journal, published quarterly and now in collaboration with M/s SAGE, has been the face of IIPA for long. It is most famous amongst the Civil Service aspirants and also in many English-speaking countries like U.K., Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand. Its authorship includes reputed Civil Servants, Academicians and Practitioners like Dr. P. K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri D. S. Mishra, former Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary, DARPG, Govt. of India, Dr. Chandra Shekhar Kumar, Secretary, Minority Affairs, Govt. of India and many Vice Chancellors like Prof. Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti and others.
Another renowned journal is ‘Nagarlok’, a quarterly journal, specialized in ever-evolving urban sphere and development, started in 1969. ‘Lok Prashasan’, in Hindi is another quarterly journal for the benefit of Hindi audience. All the three journals are UGC care-listed journals. Documentation in Public Administration (DPA) is IIPA’s internal journal prepared by the Library. The latest offering is ‘Bharat Journal of Case Studies’, a special journal to cater the rising field of Case Studies. Apart from the journals, IIPA comes up with several seminal publications in the form of books and monographs every year, some of the widely acclaimed amongst them being ‘Sardar Patel: Builder of Aspirational India’, ‘Bharatratna: Inspiring Works of Rajendra Prasad’, ‘Viksit Bharat: Vision and Reality’, ‘AI for Sushasan (Good Governance)’ and Framing of India’s Constitution.
IIPA also publishes a quarterly magazine IIPA Digest which consists of articles on contemporary issues in the field of Governance and New Public Management like District Governance, Agriculture, e-Governance, Cybersecurity, Climate Smart Governance, Education, Infrastructure among others. For the benefit of its Members and to keep them abreast with latest happenings in IIPA, an online monthly Newsletter is also published covering the whole activities of IIPA for the month.
On the ground floor inside IIPA premises, one may encounter bunch of youngsters every day. These youngsters are Civil Services aspirants queuing for entry into IIPA ‘Temple of Knowledge’ its Library. IIPA Library is one of the finest in the field of Public Administration, Governance, Law and other Humanity fields. Established in March 1955, it was formally inaugurated on January 15, 1956 by Shri Govind Ballabh Pant, Home Minister of India at Sapru House with around 10,000 books, monographs and journals. The Library came into its own after shifting to the present premises and now boasts of 2,31,999 books, monographs, hard-bound journals etc. as on 29, October 2025. It is connected with JSTOR, ABI INFORM and DELNET and practically all reputed journals, articles and academic material are available here online, if not in hard copy. IIPA members and Alumni are connected with digital resources of the Library through RemoteXS and enrich themselves with the valuable contents. The Library is hub of students preparing for Civil Services and other examinations and most of the material essential for exam preparation has been made available for their benefit. It receives over 192 current periodicals. IIPA journals are also sent to various libraries and Institutions all over India under journal-exchange programme.
For any Institution to be reckoned as an outstanding academic Institution, it has to excel in Research. Across the globe, institutions like Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Oxford etc., are known for their Research proficiency. Throughout its seven decades of existence, IIPA has been a potent force as far as Research on contemporary and relevant themes in the area of Public Administration, Public Policy and Governance are concerned. IIPA started conducting Researches very early since its inception, first being a Project on ‘The organization of the Government of India’ in 1958. Several original Researches followed like ‘The system of Grant in Aid in India’, ‘Union-state Relations in India’ and others. Its Research works have been influencing policy decisions for long, like Researches on Consumer Awareness and Rights by its Centre of Consumer Studies leading to enactment of ‘Consumer Protection Act 2019,’ study on MSME leading to drafting of ‘MSME Policy 2024’ of Government of India and evaluation of Border Area Development Programme (BADP) leading to formulation of Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP). Its District Good Governance Index (DGGI) Project for Uttar Pradesh has been the talk of the town and many State Governments are trying to replicate this study in their domains. Devolution Index Project of IIPA is famous for objectively evaluating the progress of decentralization reforms and measure the state-wise devolution of authority to Panchayati Raj Institutions. Presently, IIPA is carrying out a large number of Research and Evaluation Studies, notable among them are evaluations of PM USHA scheme of Ministry of Education, National Level Monitor (NLM) of MoRD, PM Swasthya Suraksha Yojna of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Impact Assessment of MyGov of MeitY, Border Infrastructure Management Scheme of MHA, several Social Impact Assessments (SIAs) in Urban fields and other areas etc. It is also involved in one of the most ambitious Projects of Government of India, ‘Namami Gange’, providing support in the form of ‘Capacity Building of Stakeholders’ under this Project. Recently, IIPA has also been entrusted by Puducherry Government for its Administrative Reforms as also by Madhya Pradesh Government for Reorganization of Madhya Pradesh. As on 29, October 2025, IIPA has carried out 805 Research and Evaluation Projects not only for Government of India Ministries and Departments but also for State Governments, International Organizations like UNDP, PSUs and several Institutions with over 30 Research and Evaluation ongoing Projects.
IIPA reserved its best for the last. The most happening activity of IIPA came up later viz. Capacity Building Programmes to Government Officers commenced in 1959 after shifting to its own premises. It provides mid-career and Induction Capacity Building Programmes to Officers of Central and State Governments as well as Corporate Sector. Besides, it provides training to the Officers of foreign Governments, mainly from East European countries, South East Asian countries, South Asian countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Mauritius, Maldives, Afghanistan, African countries and Latin American countries etc. under ITEC Programme of Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and independently also conducts some Programmes for Nepal, Mongolia and others.
IIPA imparts training on Governance, Public Administration, Public Policy, Management, Environment, Disaster Management, Climate Change, Urban and Rural Governance, Gender, Tribal Issues, Digital Governance, Cyber Security, Water Resources, International Relations, Economics, Finance, Social Policy etc. IIPA imparts both offline and online training programs.
IIPA is now fast expanding into State Governments and grassroot Administration. It is conducting trainings for Bihar, Maharashtra, Odisha, Gujarat, Mizoram, Sikkim, J&K, Ladakh, Uttar Pradesh and others as also for Aspirational Block Fellows (ABP) of NITI Aayog. IIPA is now imparting training in the field of Agriculture Insurance, giving training to Management Trainees of Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd. (AIC).
Its flagship Programme Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) is a 10-month long programme sponsored by DoPT, Govt. of India. Running uninterrupted since 1975, APPPA is now in its 51st APPPA edition. It is attended by Mid-senior Civil Servants and Defence Forces Officers like IAS, IPS, Central Services officers, Brigadiers, Air & Navy Commodores etc. In addition to Masters Diploma in Public Administration of IIPA, the officers also get the degree of Master of Arts in Public Administration and Public Policy from Panjab University. IIPA has a long-standing relationship with Panjab University since 1983. Earlier the degree provided by Panjab University was M. Phil. However, UGC has now abolished this degree. Several APPPA Alumni of IIPA have shined at important positions including Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Hon’ble Governor of Manipur, Smt. Deepti Umashankar, Secretary to Hon’ble President of India, Shri Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India, Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh, Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lieutenant General S. Mohan, Commander of UN Peacekeeping forces in South Sudan, Dr. Amandeep Garg, Addl. Secretary, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Govt. of India, among others.
Apart from Panjab University, IIPA has collaborations with several National and International Academic Institutions like most of the State Administrative Training Institutes (ATIs) for capacity building, Universities across India and Institutions like Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Vietnam, National Academy of Governance, Mongolia, ENA, Paris, ENA, Morocco, Australian National University, Canberra, Victoria University, Wellington, St. John’s University, New York, Swiss Business School, Zurich, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin among others.
IIPA has a long-standing collaboration with Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India and regularly conducts two months long Foundation Programme for ‘Young Scientists’ apart from several other short-term programmes for scientific community including special programmes for women scientists. IIPA has also collaborated with India Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India and imparting training in the field of Cybersecurity and Cyber forensic to the Law Enforcement Officers from all over India viz. Judges, IPS and State Police Officers.
IIPA imparts specialised trainings to not only ‘Selected Officers’ but ‘Elected Public Representatives’ also. In Panchayat trainings, IIPA has been involved in training elected representatives. In Urban field, IIPA has been imparting trainings across India in places like Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Haryana, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh and others to Municipal Officers as well as Mayors, Dy. Mayors and Councillors.
IIPA has now diversified into Corporate and Private sectors as well and organizes Programmes for senior Public Sector Officers. It has partnered with Amazon for various Research and Training activities. Recently, it has organized Training Programme for Maruti Udyog officials. IIPA has conducted 4060 Training Programmes involving around 157483 Officials till 29, October 2025.
In addition, IIPA has become a huge name in Digital and Online Training. IIPA has partnered with Capacity Building Commission (CBC) and ‘Karmayogi Bharat’ to prepare digital courses and hosting them on iGOT platform for online trainings. IIPA has been preparing digital contents and hosting them on its website www.iipa.org.in for the benefit of students and officers.
IIPA regularly organizes Conferences and Seminars on contemporary themes. Most notable among them is the ‘Founders’ Day Memorial Lecture’ which is organized every year on 29th March, the establishment day of IIPA on which we remember our Founding Fathers and pay tribute to them. The day is graced by the presence of Hon’ble Vice President of India and President IIPA who delivers the Annual Dr. Rajendra Prasad Lecture at IIPA. The Hon’ble Union Minister and Chairman IIPA also makes it a point to grace the occasion.
Another one is, Dr. Rajendra Prasad National Convention which is an amalgamation of five Memorial Lectures of IIPA viz. T. N. Chaturvedi Memorial Lecture, U. C. Agarwal Memorial Lecture, Saroja Memorial Lecture, P. Umashankar Memorial Lecture and Rakesh Hooja Memorial Lecture. This is a tribute to the some of the great persons involved in taking IIPA to the present heights. This year’s Convention is going to be held on the theme ‘Swarnim Bharat 2047 (Virasat aur Vikas): Integrating Heritage and Development for a Progressive Future’ during November 20-21, 2025.
IIPA organizes an Annual Conference on any relevant contemporary Public Administration theme. This year, the National Conference is going to be held on ‘Revisioning Rural Development for Viksit Bharat @2047- Impact of Multi-dimensional Poverty and Saturation’ during November 18-19, 2025.
‘Case Studies’ are fast emerging as a very effective method of teaching, particularly, to the adult audience where one needs to keep them engaged all the time. The span of attention is going down quite considerably. On top of it, teaching and training for adults are secondary. In this scenario, importance of case study teaching is growing rapidly. Sensing this dimension, IIPA has constituted a Case Study Cell which is now organizing a separate Conference on Case Studies annually. The best Case studies are awarded in IIPA AGM and selected Case Studies are published in Bharat Journal of Case Studies. In all Conferences at IIPA, participants have to write papers and send to IIPA. The authors of selected papers are invited to present their papers in the Conference.
Additionally, IIPA organizes Annual Conference in the field of Urban Development, Annual Dr Ambedkar Memorial Lecture in memory of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, ‘Father of Indian Constitution’ and ‘Hindi Diwas special lecture’ along with several other conferences/seminars/book discussions every year. Recently, IIPA organized a special Conference on Cybersecurity in collaboration with AWS for FINTECHs and Banking sector. Also, it organized a special Conference on Cooperatives, a rapidly evolving sector.
IIPA is essentially the sum total of its several Academic Centres which conduct research and training programmes in their specialized fields. The earliest centre of IIPA viz. Centre for Urban Studies (CUS) came into being in 1966 on the report of ‘Nuruddin Committee’ submitted to Union Ministry of Urban Development in 1963. CUS is involved in research work, publications, capacity building programmes in urban development fields and seminars/conferences. The Centre for Consumer Studies (CCS) is involved in research and trainings in Consumer Awareness area. Under the aegis of this centre, IIPA had the privilege of hosting National Consumer Helpline (NCH) for a long time. IIPA has a full-fledged Dr. Ambedkar Chair which is involved in working on the teachings of Dr. Ambedkar along with study on marginalized section and Constitution of India. IIPA has other centres like Centre for Environment & Climate Change, Centre for Good Governance, Centre for Tribal Research & Exploration (COTREX), Centre for Economic Growth and Management Studies, Centre for e-Governance and recently added Centre for Cooperative Studies.
The Institution of Director General is one of the most important at IIPA. Director General is the Academic and Administrative Head of the Institute along with being the Member-Secretary of IIPA Executive Council. The nomenclature was Director earlier which was amended to Director General in 2020. In the past several eminent Civil Servants and Academicians have graced this position like the first Director Prof. D. G. Karve who was Director, Programme Evaluation Organization, Planning Commission. Later on, Shri T. N. Chaturvedi, former Governor of Karnataka and Kerala, Shri S. Ramanathan, former Secretary of Chemicals, Govt. of India, Shri M. C. Gupta, former Chief Secretary, Haryana, Shri B. L. Baswan, former Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India and Dr. T. Chatterjee, former Secretary, Environment and Forests, Govt. of India have graced the position. The position is presently graced by Shri Surendra Nath Tripathi who had been the Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Govt. of India. Under his dynamic leadership, IIPA is continuously attaining new heights.
IIPA has always been privileged to have a high quality faculty base who have been involved in research, publication and capacity building initiatives and instrumental in IIPA meteoric rise over the last seventy-one years. IIPA has witnessed some of the world-renowned academicians to walk down its corridors in the past like Prof. M. J. K. Thavaraj, Prof. Kuldeep Mathur, Prof. S. R. Maheswari, Prof. A. Datta, Prof. S. K. Goyal, Prof. Kamta Prasad and others. In the present times, IIPA faculty members have been providing valuable services not only to IIPA but also to Govt. of India through its various important committees, several State Governments and other Institutions. IIPA faculty members are hugely in demand in Universities and Institutions across India as well as abroad for academic sessions as well as consultancies.
As an eminent Institution, what IIPA preached to others outside, follows it by heart internally as well. IIPA has proven excellence in self-governance in the form of well-structured divisions and sections like Library, Publication, Administration, Accounts, Training, Research Coordination Unit, Membership, Maintenance and Pension Cell. IIPA is a certified ISO 9001 Institution along with designated in ‘Ati Uttam’ category among training institutions in India by Capacity Building Commission (CBC).
IIPA has been marching with its huge development of Infrastructure with thirteen state-of-the-art Lecture Halls, TNC Memorial Hall being the largest with a capacity of 200. All halls are VC equipped for online trainings and meetings. IIPA has a well-equipped 200-seater Hostel for Officers who come here for trainings. IIPA has come up with its new building IIPA Bhawan also which is going to be occupied by Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), an international organization and National Disaster management Authority (NDMA) shortly. IIPA is also incubating and mentoring National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI) in its campus.
IIPA is looking towards contributing to the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, to transform ‘Karmacharis’ to ‘Karmayogis’ and shifting from a Rule-based system to Role-based system. The last seventy years has been a period of not only imparting teaching and training to others but continuous learning for IIPA. It has now streamlined all its operations and looking towards making IIPA a Viksit and Atmanirbhar IIPA before 2047 and keep contributing its bit towards Nation-Building. Even sky is not the limit for IIPA, its eyes are set beyond the horizon!
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