• The Ministry of Women and Child Development has reconstituted the Executive Council and General Body of the National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) after more than five decades.

• The reconstitution was approved during a meeting under the chairpersonship of WCD Minister Annpurna Devi.

• The reconstitution reduces the size of the General Body from 94 to 22 members and the Executive Council from 21 to 13 members, creating a leaner and more efficient structure.

• The General Body is responsible for formulating overall policies, while the Executive Council manages the administrative affairs of the institute.

• The minister emphasized the need for NIPCCD to lead in training field functionaries of the ministry, conducting research and documentation on women and child development issues, and extending mental health services.

• Additionally, the institute will expand its Advanced Diploma Courses on Child Guidance and Counselling, and support the ministry in key missions including Mission Poshan 2.0, Mission Vatsalya, and Mission Shakti.

What is NIPCCD?

• NIPCCD, an autonomous organisation under the WCD Ministry, was initially established in February 1966 under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860. 

• It was earlier known as Central Institute of Research and Training in Public Cooperation, under the aegis of Planning Commission.

• It was established as a premier organisation devoted to promotion of voluntary action, research, training and documentation in the overall domain of women and child development.

• After adoption of National Policy for Children, 1975, and after being identified as an apex body for training of the functionaries of the newly launched flagship programme of the government of India called Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), the institute was renamed as National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) in 1975.

• Currently, NIPCCD is an autonomous institute under the aegis of Ministry of Women and Child Development.

• Its headquarters is situated in New Delhi. It has expanded its area of work across the country through five regional centres in Guwahati, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Indore and Mohali.

• The institute focuses on essential and need-based programmes for holistic development of children and their protection, and for creating awareness regarding women’s empowerment and gender issues. 

Objectives of NIPCCD:

i) Take a comprehensive view of child development and to develop and promote programmes in pursuance of the national policy for children.

ii) To develop measures for coordination of governmental and voluntary action in social development.

iii) To evolve framework and perspective for organising children’s programmes through governmental and voluntary efforts.

iv) To conduct, promote, sponsor and collaborate in research and evaluation studies in voluntary action and in child development.

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