NADP is the premier training Institute, with the mandate to impart both induction and in-service training to Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) and Indian Ordnance Factories Health Service (IOFHS) officers. Set up as Ordnance Factories Staff College (OFSC) in the year 1978 for providing institutionalized training to the fresh entrants and in-service Officers of IOFS; it was rechristened as National Academy of Defence Production (NADP) in the year 2003. With the motto ‘Vidya Amritam’ (Knowledge Eternal), the Academy is committed to the philosophy of ‘Excellence through Learning’. The Academy has evolved over the years to meet the fast- changing needs of the organization and to equip its Officers with adequate techno-managerial skills.