The Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) is situated in New Delhi, India. IIPA is a premier autonomous institution in India for public administration studies and it was inaugurated on March 29, 1954 by the first Prime Minister of India, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. Its establishment was an outcome of a survey of public administration in the country carried out in 1953 by Dean Paul H. Appleby, a Consultant with the Ford Foundation, at the invitation by the Government of India.
Purpose of establishing this Institute was to undertake such academic activities as would enhance the leadership qualities and managerial capabilities of the executives in the government and other public service organization.
The Institute has a distinguished faculty in the areas of public administration, political science, economics, law management, behavioural science, rural studies, urban studies, sociology, policy science, environment, justice and information technology.
The IIPA is located at Indraprastha Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi, opposite Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium at a distance of about 25 km from Indira Gandhi International Airport, 5 Km from New Delhi Railway Station, 6 km from Old Delhi Railway Station, 6 km from Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station and 4 km, from Inter State Bus Terminal.
Objective:
Its main objectives are:
i. to provide and promote for the study of economic and political science and public administration with special reference to the machinery of government and public administration and for educational purposes incidental thereto.
ii. to undertake, organize and facilitate study courses, lectures and conferences and research in matters relating to the machinery of government and public administration.
iii. to manage information services to facilitate the study of spreading information and public administration in regard thereto, and
iv. to undertake and provide for the publication of research papers and of journals and books.
Activities:
The activities of the Institute are organized in four inter-related areas of Research, Advisory, Consultancy Services and Training and Dissemination of Information. While the Institute undertakes research studies on substantive issues at its own initiative, it conducts, research in specific areas of practical importance, which are normally sponsored by the Government and national/ international organizations. Institute also offers consultancy services in operational areas to the Public Sector Undertakings and Government. Institute conducts a good number of short-duration and long training programmes. Besides two organs Indian Journal of Public Administration and Nagarlok, the Institute also publishes monthly Newsletter and a bibliographic journal Documentation in Public Administration.
Library:
The Indian Institute of Public Administration, is one of the major social science resources in India.It is a depository library for the publications of the World Bank and has been accorded depository library status for the publications of International Monetary Fund. The World Bank has recently set up a state-of-the-art Information Kiosk in the Library to facilitate on-line access to the knowledge edge portals of the Bank and its associate institutions.It has a collection of about 2 lake volumes of books and periodicals and receives 350 current periodicals.
Hostel:
The Institute has a hostel on the campus with about seventy rooms (AC/Non-AC). Mess and recreational facilities are available in the hostel.
Academic Centres:
The academic interaction between the faculty members of the institute is facilitated through the academic centres of the institute. The Institute has following seven centres :
* Centre for Economic Analysis and Financial Management
* Centre for Human Resource Development and Behavioural Studies
* Centre for Management Studies, Public Enterprises and Computer Applications
* Centre for Public Policy, Planning and Environmental Studies
* Centre for Rural Development Administration
* Centre for Social Welfare Administration & Justice
* Centre for Urban Studies
* Centre For Consumer Studies
Contact Us:
Indian Institute of Public Administration
Indraprastha Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi-110002.
EPBAX:- +91-11-23468300,23702400
Hostel:-Ext. 8401,8402,8403
Fax.(O) +91-11-23702440
E-mail: iipa@iipa.ernet.in(Office), ar_iipa@iipa.ernet.in(Hostel), supdt_hostel@iipa.ernet.in(Hostel)
Website: www.iipa.ernet.in
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