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The 52ndAdvanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) is a prestigious, ten-month flagship training programme conducted by the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi, sponsored by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India. Designed exclusively for senior officers of the All India Services, Central Services, Defence Services, and State Governments (at the level of Deputy Secretary/Director and above with minimum 10 years of Group ‘A’ service), the programme aims to enhance participants’ capabilities in public policy formulation, analysis, and implementation while developing leadership qualities, ethical sensibilities, and citizen-centric governance perspectives.
Spanning three major academic modules, the curriculum integrates foundational concepts in public administration, political science, economics, administrative law, research methodology, e-governance, financial management, and sustainable development, along with specialized electives. Complementing the classroom learning are rich experiential components, including rural and urban field studies, experiential presentations by participants.
The programme culminates in a rigorous dissertation on a topic of practical relevance to public administration, evaluated through viva-voce, leading to the award of M.A. in Public Administration and Public Policy from Panjab University along with IIPA’s Master’s Diploma in Public Administration (MDPA).
With access to IIPA’s extensive library (over 2 lakh volumes), advanced computer centre, and highly experienced multidisciplinary faculty, the programme fosters critical thinking, research orientation, and innovative problem-solving skills. The programme continues to serve as a vital platform for capacity building, promoting good governance and effective public service delivery in a rapidly changing administrative landscape.
Dear Friends,
It gives me immense pleasure to present the Fifty-Second Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration (APPPA) 2026–27, the flagship mid-career capacity-building programme of the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), conducted with the support of the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India.
For over five decades, APPPA has served as a premier platform for nurturing leadership, strengthening governance capabilities, and preparing senior public servants for higher responsibilities. More than 1,721 officers from the All India Services, Central Services, State Services, Defence Services, Public Sector Organizations, and international public institutions have benefited from this programme and have gone on to occupy key leadership positions across diverse sectors of governance.
As India advances towards the vision of Viksit Bharat@2047, the demands on public institutions and public leaders are becoming increasingly complex. Governance today requires not only administrative competence but also strategic thinking, evidence-based policymaking, technological awareness, collaborative leadership, and a deep commitment to citizen-centric service delivery. The APPPA 2026–27 has been redesigned to address these emerging requirements.
The ten-month programme combines rigorous academic learning with experiential exposure, research, field studies, and reflective practice. Its curriculum encompasses public administration, artificial intelligence in governance, data-driven decision-making, public policy, climate-smart governance, cyber security, infrastructure development, behavioural sciences, and leadership skills. Participants will also engage in field visits, defence orientation, interactions with eminent practitioners, and a dissertation leading to the M.A. degree in Public Administration and Public Policy along with Master’s Diploma in Public Administration (MDPA).
I am confident that the programme will provide participants with the knowledge, skills, perspectives, and networks necessary to lead transformational change in their respective domains. I invite eligible officers to join this enriching journey of learning, reflection, and professional growth, and contribute meaningfully to building a responsive, innovative, and inclusive public administration system for the future.
Dr. Surendrakumar Bagde, IAS
Director General, IIPA
Place: New Delhi
Date: 1 July 2026
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
Malhotra, Prof. ( Dr.) Charru
Professor of ICT & e-Governance
Areas of Interest: With more than 30 years of national and international professional experience Dr. Malhotra is deemed as a global tech-evangelist in the domain of digital transformation in governance. Several universities and organizations, world over, regularly take her academic inputs for curating newer prepositions, newer project designs, newer trainings and better tech-policy spaces.
Email: charrumalhotra@iipa.education Phone No. +91-11-23468393
Co-Director
Debnath, Dr. Roma
Associate Professor of Applied Statistics
Fellow of Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, US
An alumna of Delhi University, Department of Statistics, she specialized in Industrial Statistics viz. six sigma, Design of Experiments (DoE),
Taguchi Designs (Fractional Factorial Design), TQM.
Email: romamitra@iipa.education Phone No. +91-11-23468350
ORCID : 0000-0001-5946-705X
Personal Homepage:: http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=dpnFE2wAAAAJ&hl=en
Official Homepage::https://www.iipa.org.in/cms/public/management/24
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Name |
Designation |
Contact Nos. |
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Prof. V.N. Alok |
Professor of Urban Finance |
23468313 |
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2 |
Prof. Charru Malhotra |
Professor of e-Governance & ICT |
23468393 |
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Prof. Neetu Jain |
Professor of Organization and Behavioural Science |
23468341 |
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Prof. Nupur Tiwary |
Professor (Chair Professor Dr. Ambedkar Chair) |
23468397 |
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Dr Kusum Lata |
Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning |
23468442 |
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Dr. Sachin Chowdhry |
Associate Professor of Public Administration |
23468379 |
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Dr. Saket Bihari |
Associate Professor of Development Studies |
23468337 |
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Dr. Roma Debnath |
Associate Professor of Applied Statistics |
23468350 |
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9 |
Dr. Mamta Pathania |
Assistant Professor of Public Administration |
23468392 |
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10 |
Dr. Pawan Kumar Taneja |
Assistant Professor of Operation Research |
23468327 |
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11 |
Dr. Gadadhara Mohapatra |
Assistant Professor of Sociology |
23468377 |
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12 |
Dr. Surabhi Pandey |
Assistant Professor of IT and e-Governance |
23408367 |
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13 |
Dr. Manan Dwivedi |
Assistant Professor of International Relations and International Administration |
23468380 |
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On contract basis |
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14 |
Prof. Suresh Misra |
Professor of Public Administration (with specialization in Consumer Affairs) |
23468349 |
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15 |
Prof. Ashok Kumar Vishandass |
Professor of Applied Economics |
23468365 |
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16 |
Dr. Amit Kumar Singh |
Assistant Professor of Urban Development |
23468352 |
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17 |
Dr. Shweta Mittal |
Adjunct Faculty |
23468380 |
