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Established in the year 1948, with the ideas of "Efficiency and the Public Good", the Institute of SecretariatTraining & Management was mainly engaged in the task of imparting training to the various grades of officers in the Central Secretariat. During the initial years, the Institute was conducting foundational and refresher in-service training programmes for Assistants and Section Officers of the Central Secretariat. During the past 60 years, the activities of the Institute have expanded manifold. The Institute has since become one of the leading training institutes in Govt. and is providing training to the officials of the Central and the State Governments, Public Sector Undertakings and Autonomous Bodies, in a number of specialized areas. The Institute has sanctioned faculty strength of 31, out of which 21 were in position as on 28th February 2009. The Director of the Institute is an officer of the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India. After being identified as one of the Government training institute for implementing Total Quality Management practices in 1997 the institute has developed Vision/Mission statement, identified