Institute of Administrative Studies (IAS) Founded in l981 in memory of an honest & sincere teacher Late Baidya Nath Prasad on his first death anniversary coinciding with Centenary of Indian Factories Act, 1881, the first law providing for social justice to factory workers by the then British colonist Govt, Institute of Administrative Studies was the first autonomous Non-Govt. Self-Financing Institution in the state of Bihar which offered for the first time two Post Graduate courses : (1) One Year Diploma in Industrial Safety Management and (2) 2-Year Labour Administration & Personnel Management to cater to the requirements of the two statutory cadres under Factories Law. Know more...