Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA)
Sponsored by the Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India, the 49th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) is a ten months’ programme, designed for senior officers of the All India Services, Central Services, Defence Services, Technical Services and officers of State Governments.
The Programme is a unique blend of theory and practice that gives the participants exposure to the associated concepts, skills, and techniques. It also provides an opportunity for peer-group learning. The purpose is to enhance the sensibilities, sensitivities, and capabilities of the participants to explore innovative options and choices. The programme develops a critical analysis of policy and service delivery mechanisms at inter-governmental, national, regional, and/or at the levels of local government. It aims at honing practical knowledge and skills to deal with management and policy analysis issues across the spectrum of governance.
About 1551 administrators/officers from All-India and Central Services including those from the armed forces and a few foreign countries and teachers of Indian Universities have participated in the programme since 1975, the year of its inception. A good number of APPPA participants have subsequently excelled in their respective services and many of them have moved on to occupy important positions in the Government of India and the state governments. The programme fosters a permanent alliance between the IIPA and its participants. The continuation of a vibrant IIPA Alumni Association bears testimony to this.
Dear friends,
I welcome you to IIPA’s 49th Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA). Having successfully completed 48 such programmes, this professional programme is a customized ten-month course for senior officers of the All India, Central Services including the Defence Services and the State Civil Services. It is designed keeping in mind the priorities of the government and the National Development Agenda. The focus of the Programme in on developing domain, functional and behavioural competencies in the participants needed to achieve the national objectives. As a continuously evolving programme based on the developmental goals and feedback of the previous participants, it has helped the participants in sharpening their knowledge, skills and behaviour.
The faculty members at IIPA have prepared a total package of social, political, economic, and administrative knowledge for you. This theoretical base is sprinkled with governance, finance, and technology-related perspectives embedded in Mission Karmayogi framework. During the course, you will work on assignments chosen in a manner that they may be used as policy inputs by the government, especially in the rural and the urban sectors. Similarly, dissertation is an important component of the programme on a topic of governance, which is of use to government and to help it scale up various developmental and welfare initiatives in line with whole of government approach in the Amrit Kaal.
The IIPA library with over 2,00,000 books and electronic databases would be one of the biggest resources available to you for not only course works but also for quenching your thirst for knowledge during the ten months of the course and beyond. Interactive sessions, Group discussions and debates, field visits and presentations together create a long-lasting camaraderie among participants and faculty, besides making learning a fun- filled exercise. After successful completion of the Course you would be granted IIPA’s Masters Diploma in Public Administration. Also, we have partnered with Panjab University for the grant of Executive Masters in Public Administration & Public Policy Degree in the light of the National Education Policy 2020.
I am sure that you would find the programme fulfilling, professionally rewarding, and intellectually stimulating.
S.N. Tripathi
Director General, IIPA
Place: New Delhi;
Date: 3 July 2023
Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) was established in 1954 as an autonomous society. It was set up in the atmosphere of post-independence enthusiasm and was a direct result of the support of its founding father. Set up on the lines recommended by Dr. Paul H. Appleby, the then Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University in his work on public administration in India. IIPA represents the hopes of the times, rich history of governance in transition, and houses a vast knowledge- base of administrative and managerial experience. As an institution of learning and research, IIPA caters to the research and capacity enhancement needs of government at the Union and States. Through rigorous action-planning and follow up, the Institute supports various organs of government to improve delivery mechanisms and enhance the capacity of personnel in government and public service
In the fast-changing political, social, and economic milieu, nationally and globally, centralization co-exists with decentralization, independence with interdependence, and sovereign state power with supranational entities. The focus has shifted from Government to Governance and more recently in contemporary India to the minimum government - maximum governance. The thrust is on reforms, transparency, accountability, and ethics for citizencentric governance.
The Institute stimulates not only a study of the theoretical and practical aspects of public administration but also directly trains multiple layers of civil services, defence services, state services, and scholars in the discipline, art, and practice of administration in the country. Through continuous programmes of research, education, training, advisory and consultancy services, conferences and seminars, case studies, the publication of journals and books devoted to research in various fields of administration, IIPA, over the past almost seven decades has made a significant contribution to various sectors of public administration at the Union, state and local levels. Its competent and multi-disciplinary faculty members, specializing in various areas of contemporary relevance, bring considerable value to the Institute and adds to professional confidence of participants.
LIBRARY
The IIPA Library has a collection of over 2.26 lakh volumes of books and periodicals. It receives over 270 current periodicals. The collection of IIPA library is particularly rich in the areas of public administration, management sciences, economics, planning and development, political science, sociology, development studies, history, law, rural, urban and gender studies, e-governance, and consumer studies. The Public Document Section of the Library, which contains Census publications, reports of committees and commissions, National Sample Surveys, and Annual Reports of various ministries and departments of the Government of India and international organisations, is acknowledged as one of the richest collections in the country. The library also maintains the press clippings of articles and news items published in various newspapers. Most of the Library functions and services are computerized and the complete catalogue is available online. The computerised library database has over 1.36 lakh records related to books and reports and 1.22 lakh records relating to periodical articles. Library subscribes to ABI/inform database, facilitating access to around 4000 titles, out of which 3000 titles are in full text, besides, the database also facilitates access to 500 business case studies and 20,000 business and management dissertations. Besides, the users have access to the JSTOR database which primarily contains 2701 archival journals, besides 269 current journals. It provides full-text searches of almost 2000 journals. Library provides remote access to all these resources anywhere and anytime. The ‘Digital Knowledge Repository’, comprising various forms of intellectual output developed in- house, is arranged under various categories and can be accessed at: www. iipa.org.in/repository.html. There is a separate reading room equipped with ICT facilities exclusively for the APPPA participants wherein multiple copies of books comprising essential and suggested readings for the APPPA course are available. The Library is open on all days from 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 pm except Sundays and on national holidays (26th January, 15th August and 2nd October) and Diwali, Dussehra and Holi.
COMPUTER CENTRE
The Computer Centre is equipped with a host of servers, work stations, printers , and LAN to provide highspeed Internet services. This Centre caters to IIPA’s in-house requirements for research and training. The Centre has a good collection of software both for general use and also for specialized applications like SPSS. The functioning of this Centre has been augmented with the support of the Ministry of Information Technology (GOI) for capacity building in the area of e-Governance. The Computer-based practical sessions of APPPA are held in the computer lecture hall of the Centre which remains open during usual office hours. Apart from this, we also have a dedicated Computer Centre for APPPA participants.
HOSTEL
Situated in the campus of the Institute, the hostel has a limited number of double room family suites. These are allotted to the participants attending APPPA, subject to availability and charges as per rules.
MEDICAL FACILITIES
The Institute has an Honorary Medical Officer who is available in the Hostel for consultation during 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. from Monday to Friday.
Course Director
Dr. Sachin Chowdhry: Associate Professor
Dr. Chowdhry works in the areas of Public Policy- theory and practice, Governance issues- urban and rural both. He did Masters in Public Administration from Lucknow University and M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Before joining IIPA in 2005 as Assistant Professor, he worked in IGNOU as Consultant and Research Officer in IIPA for different evaluation studies. He also had brief stints at Twelth Finance Commission and few more research organizations. He also did two studies for Water and Sanitation Programme of the World Bank as Short Term Consultant.
E-mail : sachinchowdhry@iipa[dot]education sachin.chowdhry@gmail.com Phone No. +91-11-23468379
Additional Course Director
Dr. Sapna Chadah, Assistant Professor
Dr. Sapna Chadah holds her Masters in Law (LL.M) from University of Delhi and Ph.D in Law from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. Currently she is working as Assistant Professor in Constitutional & Administrative Law at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. She has an experience of more than 15 years in the area of teaching, training, research and consultancy. Her major areas of interest include Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Consumer Protection law and Policy, Environmental Management, Laws in Urban Management, Regulation of service sectors and Privatization. She is associated with the working of Integrated Grievance Redressal Mechanism She was Member of Committee to formulate Rules under Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
Email: sapnachadah@iipa[dot]education; sapnachadah@yahoo.co.in Phone No. +91-11-23468348
Mission Karmayogi
| Training | Faculty |
| People First | Dr. Neetu Jain |
| Strategic Thinking | Dr P K Taneja |
| Organisational Awareness | Dr Suresh Misra |
| Commitment to the Organisation | Dr Mamta Pathania |
| Leading Others | Dr Sachin Chouwdhry |
| Integrity | Dr K K Pandey |
| Self Confidence | Dr. Nupur Tiwari |
| Attention to Detail | Dr G Mohapatra |
| Taking Accountability | Dr Charru Malhotra |
| Consultation and Consensus Building | Dr Surabhi Pandey |
| Decision Making | Dr Saket Bihari |
| Empathy | Dr V K Sharma |
| Delegation | Dr V N Alok |
| Results Orientation | Dr Roma Mitra |
| Conceptual Thinking | Dr Pawan Taneja |
| Initiative and Drive | Dr Shyamli Singh |
| Seeking Information | Dr Saket Bihari |
| Planning and Coordination | Dr K K Pandey |
| Desire for Knowledge | Dr Charru Malhotra |
| Innovative Thinking | Dr Kusum Lata |
| Problem Solving | Dr V N Alok |
| Developing Others | Dr Saket Bihari |
| Self-Awareness and Self-Control | Dr Manan Dwivedi |
| Communication Skills | Dr Ashok Vishandas |
| Team-Working | Dr Neetu Jain |
| Office Management (Parichay) | Dr Ashok Vishandas |
| Human Resourse Management (Disciplinary Work) | Dr Amit Singh |
| Information Management (Court Matters) | Dr Sapna Chadah |
| Compliance Management (Audit) | Dr Roma Mitra |
| Parliamentry Matters (Questions & Committee) | Dr Sachin Chouwdhry |
| Social Media | Dr Charru Malhotra |
