From the Director's Desk - Nipccd

From the Director’s Desk
It is my privilege & pleasure to
present the Annual Report of National
Institute of Public Cooperation and
Child Development (NIPCCD) for
the year 2011-12. Annual Report will
serve as a mirror refl ecting the various
achievements, aspirations and new
initiatives of the Institute. Honest
communication & practices that establish
trust in the stakeholders have been the
hallmark of the Institute. The Annual
Report of this year has a new look and it
presents information in accordance with
the promise we made last year to focus more clearly on the priority areas.
National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development is an autonomous organisation under
the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India. Established
in the year 1966 under the Society Registration Act, 1860 in New Delhi, the Institute has by now set up
four Regional Centres at Guwahati (1978), Bengaluru (1980), Lucknow (1982) and Indore (2001) to
cater to the region-specifi c requirements across the country. The Institute has been functioning as an apex
institution for training of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) functionaries since 1975.
ICDS Scheme represents one of the world’s largest and most unique programmes for early childhood
development. The Institute as a nodal resource agency has also been entrusted with the responsibility of
training and capacity building of functionaries at the national and regional level, under the new Integrated
Child Protection Scheme (ICPS).
The Institute has two main constitutional bodies namely, the General Body and the Executive Council.
While the General Body is responsible for formulating overall policies of the Institute, the Executive
Council is responsible for management and administration of the Institute. Both these bodies have
representation of government and voluntary organisations. The Minister of State for Women and Child
Development under whose administrative control the Institute is placed is the President of the General
Body. The President of the General Body is also the Chairperson of the Executive Council.
The objectives of the Institute are to: develop and promote voluntary action in social development;
promote and develop relevant need-based programmes in pursuance of the National Policy for Children;
evolve measures for coordination between governmental and voluntary action in social development;
develop framework and perspective for organising children’s programmes through governmental and
voluntary efforts; and establish liaison with international and regional agencies, research institutions,
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ANNUAL REPORT 2011-2012