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Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), was started jointly by the
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and the representatives of industry as an autonomous institute in the year 1956 to impart training in the field of
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development. It is located at the palace of the erstwhile Prince of Berar known as Bella Vista at
Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern Indi ...
who was heir apparent to the (
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) of Hyderabad. Initially Government Of India envisaged to set up the college in Britain. The first session was to commence in 1948 at
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. However a committee of the
All India Council for Technical Education The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in ...
in 1953 recommended that the Administrative Staff College be established in India. ASCI specialises in training of
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of corporate and government sectors and urban management. The research and consultancy activities of ASCI were started in 1973 with aid from
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. An IAS officer of 1976 batch, R. H. Khwaja took charge as ASCI DG on January 1, 2017


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List of business schools in Hyderabad, India This is a list of notable business schools in Hyderabad, India. Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. A business school is a university-level institution that conf ...
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* Heritage structures in Hyderabad, India Business schools in Hyderabad, India Educational institutions established in 1956 1956 establishments in Andhra Pradesh {{Telangana-university-stub