For the last two decades the IMG has been providing quality training to IAS, IPS, IFS, Class I and other officers of Govt. of India. IMG has been unrelenting in the task of orienting and training different cadres of officials of the Kerala Govt., officials of public sector, autonomous institutions, NGOs. etc. With frequently reviewed training needs, well planned and comprehensive curricula, giving basic emphasis on interactive and participatory approach, the training programmes are highly rated.

Over a period of time, IMG has undertaken and completed numerous research and consultancy programmes for State and Central Governments and their satellite institutions. The Institute has also designed and implemented programmes for their clients after assessing the training and job needs on the lines prescribed by UNDP. The Institute has been identified as one of the three partners amongst the training institutes by the Dept. of Personnel and Training, Govt. of India; New Delhi in its UNDP assisted project for improving transparency in Govt. IMG is one of the few institutions specially equipped by the Govt. of India for promotion of total quality management, information technology & Decentralized Planning.

The Institute has been functioning as a think tank for the State Govt. advising them on issues of administrative and managerial importance. The Institute has a mandate to disseminate the implications of the Government policies, decisions and legislation's to Govt. employees. Seminars and workshops are organized involving representatives from Govt., Professional bodies, Academic Institutions and voluntary agencies to evolve a consensus on various issues of administrative and governmental importance. Similarly, the training and administrative needs of various administrative departments are periodically assessed and the curricula reformulated to ensure that the programmes are truly client oriented.

Training is an obligation of the State Government towards its employees.  The objective in fulfilling this obligation would be to develop and maintain their efficiency and effectiveness.  This is not a one-time responsibility but a permanent and continuing one that extends through the career of the employee.  For the employees of the Government and other Government agencies and organizations, training is equivalent to a natural right.  This stems from the recognition that training is a pre-requisite for enabling them to demonstrate the required degree of efficiency, effectiveness and behavioural propriety expected of them both towards the public and to others in their own work organizations.

The Mission of the training enterprise of the Kerala State Government is the transformation of each and every employee in Government Departments and Government agencies and organizations into fully developed, duty conscious, development oriented, well-behaved, competent and motivated member of work teams who are committed to the promotion of public welfare.  This implies that in the pursuit of excellence in the promotion of public welfare, training in all relevant efficiency enhancing technologies from the range of choices available at any given time, will be imparted to the employees.  The expected outcome is a Public Service System for the State, the edifice of which will be built on people (customer)-focused management that allows the greatest room for their participation in decision-making, and one that is geared towards promoting continuous innovations towards the relentless pursuit of total quality in governance.