Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA) is an award winning ISO-certified Apex State Training Institute of the Government of Haryana, established in 1983 and providing training, research and consultancy for developing efficiency and effectiveness in administration. It conducts 350 courses and training modules for 10,000 participants, per annum including officers of the Haryana Civil Services (HCS) and other officers of the Government of Haryana and Government of India. The Institute has also trained officers from Asia and Africa and conducted a Management Development Programme on Global Issues from October 2020 to July 2021, where the distinguished speakers were from India and other countries.

The Institute boasts of a highly qualified and experienced faculty in Behavioural Sciences, Disaster Management, Finance and Taxation, Human Resources, Information Technology, Public Administration, Public Enterprise, Rural Development and the Sevottam Cell, an ISO-9000 plus mechanism which benchmarks the excellence in state and national governance. It has also undertaken research for gender and juveniles, law and regulatory affairs and social justice and empowerment. Its state of the art classrooms are equipped for both physical and online training. The institute has been awarded by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, for its unique and excellent training programmes.

It has published many documents with funding from many UN Organizations and have the capacity to not only conduct its flagship programme but also customise specialized programmes and is in the process of publishing its in-house journal, Haryana Journal of Public Administration.

The Institute is conveniently located in the National Capital Region making it easily accessible. This dual identity is its USP as its rich experience of state-level governance is quickly transmitted to the national and global interlocutors facilitating “global to local” conversations, making the Institute ideally suitable for conducting ITEC programmes. It is now conducting ITEC programmes with the first three e-ITEC programmes on (a) Citizen-centric Governance, (b) Corporate Governance, and (c) Disaster Management held from 8-10 December 2021 through Google Meet for officers of Cambodia.