The National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) is officially renamed as the Savitribai Phule National Institute of Women and Child Development in July 2025.
- This reflects the Institute’s evolving role and greater focus on region-specific, mission-driven support for the development of women and children across India.
- This transformation has taken place under the visionary leadership of Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt. Annpurna Devi.
NIPCCD, now renamed as Savitribai Phule National Institute of Women and Child Development, is headquartered in New Delhi.
- Its present regional centres are at Bangalore, Guwahati, Lucknow, Indore and Mohali.
- It serves as the apex body for training, research, documentation, and capacity building in the field of Women and Child Development.
- The Institute plays a pivotal role in strengthening implementation mechanisms under various flagship schemes through its online and physical training programmes.
New Regional Centre:
» In a significant move aimed at strengthening outreach and regional capacity-building, a new Regional Centre was inaugurated in Ranchi, Jharkhand on July 4, 2025. A new logo of the Institute was also unveiled, symbolising its renewed vision and identity.
- This Centre addresses the specialized training and research requirements of the Ministry’s flagship programmes—Mission Shakti, Mission Vatsalya, and Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0—with a particular focus on the Eastern region covering Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, and West Bengal.
- Previously, training needs of these States were partially catered through Regional Centres located in Guwahati and Lucknow, posing logistical challenges for many functionaries due to long travel distances.
- The new Regional Centre also offers the Advance Diploma in Child Guidance and Counselling and facilitates better accessibility for frontline functionaries in these states.
- It is estimated that over seven lakh functionaries operate under the Ministry’s missions across the four states, spread across 115 districts.