NPC is a national level organization to promote productivity culture in India. Established as a registered society in 1958 by the Government of India,it is an autonomous, tri-partite, non-profit organization with equal representation from the government, employers and workers’ organizations, apart from technical and professional institutions and other interests on its governing council. Besides providing training, consultancy and undertaking research in the area of productivity, NPC also implements the productivity promotion plans and programmes of the Tokyo based Asian Productivity Organization (APO), an inter-governmental body of which the Government of India is a founder member.