INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION The Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), established as an autonomous body under the Registration of Societies Act, was inaugurated on March, 29, 1954 by Shri Jawaharlal Nehru who was the first President of the Society. 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. The basic 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 organizations. Its main objectives are to promote and provide for the study of public administration and economic and political science with special reference to public administration and the machinery of government and for educational purposes incidental thereto; to undertake, organize
