National Academy for Planning and Development - NAPD 4.89

The National Academy for Planning and Development (NAPD) started as a development project in 1980 with a view to enhancing capabilities of the Government officials in respect of planning and development. The Government declared the academy as a “body corporate “in 1985. Since then, it has been imparting extensive training to the officials of different Government and non-Government agencies to make them able to face the challenges of 21st Century. It is under a process of continuous updating and modernization in response to the need of the time. The world has changed a lot with globalization and rapid technological changes in recent years. The academy is very much aware of these changes and hence it is bringing changes into its training curriculum and methodologies continuously, as demanded by circumstances. Currently the focus areas of training extend by NAPD includes leading/ working with people, managing self, managing change, managing service excellence for practitioners who are involved in governance, leadership and public administration.
NAPD has a rich faculty and a very good locational advantage to gather renowned resource persons of the country as & when needed.
It is hoped that the various training opportunities / facilities made available by the NAPD will keep on high demand by different Government and non-Government agencies as well in future days to come.