Goa Institute of Rural Development & Administration (GIRDA) was established by converting the former Extension Training Centre (ETC) into a full- fledged State Institute of Rural Development vide order No. Gen l/1-1/GIRDA dated 5th November, 1999. GIRDA was expanded and converted to Goa Institute of Public Administration & Rural Development (GIPARD) on 01st January, 2014. It is declared as the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) and it also functions as the State Institute for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (SIRD&PR).
This Institute caters to the training needs of government officials as well as non-officials like elected representatives of local self-government, Self Help Groups (SHGs), academic institutions & NGOs etc. GIPARD provides an opportunity to all these target groups to learn and develop their capacities through its varied nature of training programmes and workshops.
TENURE OF MEMBER SECRETARY – GIRDA
| Sr. No. | Name | From | To |
| 1. | Mr. S. Radhakrishna | ||
| 2. | Mr. N.D. Agrawal | 04/10/2001 | 07/04/2005 |
| 3. | Mr. Fransisco Teles | 08/04/2005 | 21/06/2005 |
| 4. | Mr. N.B. Narvekar | 22/06/2005 | 07/08/2006 |
| 5. | Mr. G.P. Naik | 07/08/2006 | 21/03/2007 |
| 6. | Mr. N.B. Narvekar | 21/03/2007 | 02/01/2008 |
| 7. | Mr. G.P. Pilarnekar | 02/01/2008 | 19/02/2009 |
| 8. | Mr. Fransisco Teles | 20/02/2009 | 23/02/2009 |
| 9. | Mr. G.P. Pilarnekar | 24/02/2009 | 06/05/2010 |
| 10. | Mr. T.S. Sawant | 07/05/2010 | 22/06/2010 |
| 11. | Mr. G.P. Pilarnekar | 23/06/2010 | 08/08/2011 |
| 12. | Mr. K.V. Signapurkar | 09/08/2011 | 20/03/2012 |
| 13. | Mr. Menino D’Souza | 20/03/2012 | 11/06/2012 |
| 14. | Mr. Narayan R. Sawant | 11/06/2012 | 03/07/2012 |
| 15. | Mr. S.V.Naik | 04/07/2012 | 30//09/2013 |
| 16. | Mr. Vassudev N. Shetye | 01/10/2013 | 30/03/2014 |
TENURE OF DIRECTOR GENEREAL – GIPARD
| Sr. No. | Name | From | To |
| 01 | Shri. P. Mathew Samuel, IAS | 31/03/2014 | 31/12/2020 |
| 02 | Shri. Sanjay Gihar, IAS | 17/02/21 |
TENURE OF DIRECTOR (TRAINING) – GIPARD
| Sr. No. | Name | From | To |
| 01 | Ms. Meghana Shetgaonkar | 07/ 10/2016 | 25/04/2018 |
| 02 | Mr. Parag Nagarcenkar | 26/04/2018 | 31/01/2019 |
| 03 | Ms. Sheru Shirodkar | 01/02/2019 | 23/06/2019 |
| 04 | Mr. Michael M. D’Souza, IAS | 24/06/2019 |
TENURE OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
GIRDA | |||
Sr. No. | Name | From | To |
01 | Ms. Rekha A. Joshi | 09/03/2006 | 29/02/2012 |
02 | Ms. Seema Fernandes | 01/10/2012 | 30/05/2014 |
GIPARD | |||
Sr. No. | Name | From | To |
01 | Dr. Seema Fernandes | 01/10/2012 | 30/05/2014 |