The Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) is a premier public policy school for public administration studies and one of the major social science resources in India. IIPA was inaugurated on 29 March 1954 by 1st Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. The IIPA is an autonomous body under the Registration of Societies Act. Its establishment was an outcome of a survey of public administration in the country carried out in 1953 by Paul Henson Appleby, the renowned Professor of Public Administration and consultant to Ford Foundation.
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The purpose of establishing this Institute was to undertake such academic activities as would enhance the managerial capabilities and leadership qualities of the executives in the government and other public service organization.
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IIPA has published over 400 books, monographs and reports. The Indian Journal of Public Administration published since 1955 is an internationally known journal. Other important periodicals of IIPA include Nagarlok; Documentation in Public Administration; IIPA Newsletter; and e-journal on consumer dialogue.
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The Advanced Professional Program in Public Administration (APPPA) is a nine-month education cum training program organized every year by the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions of the Government of India.
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The program is designed keeping in view the training needs of middle and senior level civil service officers of All-India and Central Services, and State Governments.
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The APPPA is a postgraduate program. It provides the participants with basic knowledge of social sciences, equips them with management skills and techniques, generates an awareness of the social, political and economic environment of administration; promotes learning through field studies and group efforts, encourages specialized study in electives areas chosen by the participants.
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More than 765 officers, including those from the armed forces, administrators of other developing countries and teachers of Indian Universities have participated in the program.
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In March 2008, the Memorandum of Understanding between the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) and Shanghai Administration Institute was signed.
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http://www.iipa.org.in/