Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration

The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) is a research and training institute on public policy and public administration in India. Operated by India's Union Government, LBSNAA is located in the remote town of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand in the foothills of the Himalayas. Dr. Sanjeev Chopra serves as the current Director of this premier institute.

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration

Type	Research and Training institute on public policy and public administration in India
Established	1959
Director	Dr. Sanjeev Chopra, IAS
Location	Mussoorie, Uttarakhand
Campus	Mussoorie
Affiliations	Government of India
Website	Official website

The academy's main purpose is to train civil service officers of Indian Administrative Service Indian Forest Service; and also for Group-A Central Services such as Indian Foreign Service among others. After completion of training, the trainee officers will be awarded an MA degree in Public Management from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.

Overview

A 2009 stamp dedicated to LBSNAA

In India, most officers of the premier civil services of the country are selected through competitive civil service exams administered by the Union Public Service Commission. Applicants who are accepted attend LBSNAA for a four-month Foundation Course. In this course, the feeling of "equality" among all the trainees is introduced.

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration at Mussoorie

After this, officers of the Indian Administrative Service continue their professional training at the academy, while officers of other services proceed to respective staff colleges, such as the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad for Indian Police Service officers and the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy in Dehradun for Indian Forest Service officers. Group-A Central Services officers proceed to their own staff colleges such as Foreign Service Institute, India for Indian Foreign Service officers, National Academy of Customs Indirect Taxes and Narcotics for Indian Revenue Service officers etc.

The academy also began conducting Mid Career Training Programmes for officers of the Indian Administrative Service in 2007. Officers with about 15 years' service who are due to become Joint Secretaries undergo the Phase IV Mid Career Training Programme, while officers with about eight years' service undergo the Phase III Mid Career Training Programme. The academy also conducts a number of short-duration training programmes in various aspects of governance and public administration.

The academy is assisted in research in areas of governance and public administration by a number of research centres, some of them having an autonomous status. The most important research centre of the academy is the National Institute of Administrative Research headed by an Executive Director. The academy also has the Center for Disaster Management, the Centre for Rural Studies, the Gender Centre, and the Centre for Rural Credit.

Facilities

The newly constructed Aadharshila and Gyanshila buildings have faculty and staff offices, computer hall and lecture halls. Sampoornanand Auditorium is the largest central hall used for cultural programs and functions. Indira Bhavan campus about 1 km from the main campus hosts the short-term programs.

The Academy has a large sports complex, a library, computer facilities and wifi, and several hostels for resident students.[1]

Directors

Sr. No.	Name	From	Till	Service
24	Dr. Sanjeev Chopra	1 January 2019	Incumbent	IAS
23	Upma Chowdary	11 December 2016	31 December 2018	IAS
22	Rajeev Kapoor	1 March 2014	9 December 2016	IAS
21	Padamvir Singh	2 December 2010	28 February 2014	IAS
20	Rudhra Gangadharan	6 April 2006	2 September 2009	IAS
19	D.S. Mathur	29 October 2004	6 April 2006	IAS
18	Binod Kumar	20 January 2003	15 October 2004	IAS
17	Wajahat Habibullah	8 November 2000	13 January 2003	IAS
16	B.S. Baswan	6 October 1996	8 November 2000	IAS
15	N.C. Saxena	25 May 1993	6 October 1996	IAS
14	B.N. Yugandhar	26 May 1988	25 January 1993	IAS
13	R.N. Chopra	6 June 1985	29 April 1988	IAS
12	K. Ramanujam	27 February 1984	24 February 1985	IAS
11	R.K. Shastri	9 November 1982	27 February 1984	IAS
10	I.C. Puri	16 June 1982	11 October 1982	IAS
9	P.S. Appu	2 August 1980	1 March 1982	IAS
8	G.C.L. Joneja	23 July 1977	30 June 1980	IAS
7	B.C. Mathur	17 May 1977	23 July 1977	IAS
6	Rajeshwar Prasad	11 May 1973	11 April 1977	IAS
5	D.D. Sathe	19 March 1969	11 May 1973	ICS
4	K.K. Das	12 July 1968	24 February 1969	ICS
3	M.G. Pimputkar	4 September 1965	29 April 1968	ICS
2	S.K. Dutta	13 August 1963	2 July 1965	ICS
1	A.N. Jha	1 September 1959	30 September 1962	ICS

See also

• Administrative Staff College of India
• Indian Institute of Public Administration

References

1. "Facilities". Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

External links

• Official website