HIPA is an autonomous society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. The governing body is headed by the Chief Minister. The managing committee called the Executive Council, is headed by the Chief Secretary of the State, looks after the functioning of the Institute. The Director who is a senior IAS officer normally in the rank of Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary to the State Government is the Principal Executive Officer of the Institute. The Institute’s professional structure consists of the following core faculties:-
Each faculty functions with considerable autonomy and flexibility and is responsible for designing, developing and carrying out training programmes, research and consultancy. The Institute maintains a permanent core faculty of well-qualified and experienced members, while the subject specialists and management experts are invited as guest faculty from time to time.