RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration

RCPV Noronha Academy of Administration and Management (where RCVP stands for Ronald Carlton Vivian Piadad) is the apex and nodal training institute of Madhya Pradesh, India. It organises training programmes for the senior officers of the government of Madhya Pradesh, government of India and Public Sector Undertakings. It has been effectively playing an advisory role for the Madhya Pradesh government in Human Resource Development. It is also a coordinating institution for the various training institutions of the state.

History

Established in 1966 as Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Public Administration, the Academy of Administration and Management trains the officers of the State Government, Government of India and Public Sector Undertakings. Ronald Carlton Vivian Piadade Noronha, ICS, was a distinguished civil servant who served as Chief Secretary of the state for almost 10 years (1963–1968, 1972–1974). This Institution has been honoured with the National Award of Excellence by Govt. of India, in the field of 'Trainers Training'. Again in 1999 it has been honoured as the best Institution in formulating Total Quality Management action plan. The Academy has been certified by ISO 9001:2000 from SGS (UK)in 2003. Distinguished civil servants of Chief Secretary rank are posted as Directors General of the Academy.

Vision

To provide leadership for quality improvement in public service in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Objectives

RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration assists and advises the government of Madhya Pradesh in evolving training policies for its departments. It also provides guidance to other training activities so as to develop a federated system of training programmes for direct recruits of the higher services of the state.

Location

RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration is situated in the southeastern part of the Bhopal on the banks of Shahpura Lake in a 43-acre (170,000 m²) campus. It is surrounded by natural beauty, which provides a pleasant environment.

Directors General

S.No.	Director General	From	Up to
1.	Dr. Ishwardas	19.08.1987	31.01.1991
2.	Mr S.N. Rao	25.03.1991	09.10.1991
3.	Mr Vinay Mullik	10.10.1991	31.10.1992
4.	Mr V.G.Nigam	31.10.1992	31.10.1993
5.	Mr S.C. Behar	20.03.1994	30.11.1995
6.	Mr K.K. Sethi	16.03.1996	31.10.1996
7.	Mrs Mrinalini Garde	01.11.1996	31.03.1997
8.	Mr S.C. Behar	01.04.1997	31.01.1999
9.	Mr P.K. Mehrotra	29.04.1999	31.07.2001
10.	Mr H.G. Oberoi	01.08.2001	28.02.2002
11.	Mrs Kiran Vijay Singh	01.03.2002	31.05.2004
12.	Mr Arun Kumar Gupta	01.06.2004	31.08.2004
13.	Dr J.L. Bose	01.10.2004	31.01.2005
14.	Mr S.K. Chaturvedi	14.02.2005	04.08.2005
15.	Mrs Mala Shrivastava	05.08.2005	07.08.2007
16.	Ms. Kanchan Jain	01.07.2015	31.08.2018
17.	Mr. A.P. Shrivastava

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070814125650/http://www.mp.nic.in/mpacademy/