National Academy for Planning and Development

The National Academy for Planning and Development (NAPD) started as a development project in 1980 with a view to enhancing capabilities of the Government officials in respect of planning and development. Milestone:
# 1980
- Academy for Planning and Development was established initially as a development project of the Ministry of Planning.

# 1981
- APD started functioning and organized training ac

tivities in a very limited scale in a rented house in Mohammadpur, Dhaka.

# 1984
- Shifted and located in its own building at Nilkhet, Dhaka and transferred to revenue set-up of the government.

# 1985
- The Academy for Planning and Development was declared as “Corporate Body”.

# 1986
- The APD completed training of 1084 officers through 44 courses.

# 1987
The APD started post graduate diploma in Development Planning course.

# 1998
The APD completed training of 1026 officers through 47 courses. First introduced English Language Proficiency course.

# 1999
The APD completed training of 1068 officers through 42 courses.

# 2008
- The APD completed training of 1055 participants in 2008 through 42 courses.

# 2009
- Academy for Planning and Development (APD) renamed as National Academy for Planning and Development (NAPD).
- Academy floated its own website as http://www.napd.ac.bd

# 2010
- NAPD Trained 1596 participants through 51 courses in 2009-10 calendar year.

# 2011
- NAPD started 1 year PGDICT course
- 1615 Participants completed training in 2010-11 academic year through 55 courses.
- NAPD formed NAPD Alumni association

# 2012
- 1664 Participants completed training in 2011-12 academic year through 60 courses.

# 2013
- 2081 Participants completed training in 2012-13 academic year through 66 courses.

#2014
- 2669 Participants completed training in 2013-14 academic year through 99 courses.