Rajasthan Administrative Service Officers’ Training School came into existence on 14 November 1957 in Jodhpur for training of members of newly constituted Rajasthan Administrative Service. The HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration (HCM RIPA) is an apex level state administrative training institution of the Government of Rajasthan for training of civil servants with headquarters at Jaipur. HCM RIPA has Regional Training Centres at Kota, Jodhpur, Bikaner and Udaipur.