Its core function is to provide state-of-the-art training in Good Governance, Public Administration, Rural Development & related areas to Govt. Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration (SPIPA) is established to impart training to all the departments and offices of the State Government; and for this purpose it assesses the training and skill up-gradation needs for various categories of offic
ers. It acts as a think tank for the government in matters of administrative reforms, good governance, rural development and panchayati raj institutions, amongst other sectors, and ploughs back solutions to the same. The institute also conducts various symposia and conferences, on its own or on behalf of the Central and State Governments. As mentioned in its Memorandum of Association, SPIPA functions with the following core objectives:
• To bring together various State Government institutions desiring to share resources of common infrastructure.
• To provide foundation training to the new recruits of the State Government, conduct pre-service and in-service training to gazetted and non-gazetted employees at all levels – be it at Secretariat, departmental or district level.
• To organize seminars, conferences, discussions, symposia, workshops etc. on issues relevant to good governance.
• To assess training needs and devise course structures for various departments of the State Government.
• To design programs for preparing meritorious students for civil service examinations.
• To establish and maintain libraries and publications for information and awareness on public administration. These core objectives defined in the Memorandum of Association acts as the strategic goals and form the basic activities of the job.
