J&K INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

The Jammu & Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development (IMPA), came into existence as an autonomous Society under the aegis of the State Government on 04.09.1986. The institute was created for in-service training to the State Government employees as also to undertake research and consultancy in areas of crucial importance to the administration of the State. Recognizing the dire need for capacity building and skill enrichment among civil services, state government planned to augment manpower pool so as to create high quality managerial cadre for manning different echelons of the administration. The basic premise of establishing the Institute was to inculcate quality decision making competencies among different individuals and organizations in the government. Since its inception, the Institute has played a pivotal role in shaping the thinking processes and fresh perspective of civil servants not with standing many infrastructural constraints. The role of..