State Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (SIPARD) is a composite
training institute for public administration and rural development in Tripura. The
Institute has come into existence in the year 1993 and since then it has involved in
organising training programmes for State government officials, representatives of PRIs,
members of NGOs etc. working in the State. 
It is located
near Camper Bazaar at A.D. Nagar in Agartala, which is about 5 Kms. away from the main
town and 15 Kms. away from Agartala Airport. Adjacent to this institute there are three
main training institutions namely:
- Panchayati Raj Training
Institution
- Resurvey Training Institution
- Cooperative Training Institution
SIPARD is an
autonomous training institute registered under the Registration of Societies Act, 1860 and
enjoys financial and functional autonomy. SIPARD’s main activity relates to training
of State Government officials, PRI representatives, NGOs etc. in the relevant subjects,
computer education, research and evolution studies and publication of newsletter, books,
compendium etc on various subjects. Since its inception the institute is in a process of
evolution and trying to adopt itself to the socio-economic and technological changes
taking place in the society and accordingly train the public servants.
