Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration

लाल बहादुर शास्त्री राष्ट्रीय प्रशासन अकादमी
Former name	National Academy of Administration
Motto	"शीलं परम भूषणम्" (Sanskrit) (Sheelam Param Bhushanam) (English) (Character is the upmost virtue) (by Arpit Anand)
Motto in English	"Character is the highest virtue"
Type	Civil Service training institute
Established	1958
Parent institution	Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Director	Srinivas Katikithala, IAS
Location	Shimla and New Delhi till 1972; currently Mussoorie, Uttarakhand , India
Campus	Urban
Website	www.lbsnaa.gov.in

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) is a civil service training institute on public policy and public administration in India. The academy's main purpose is to train civil servants of the IAS cadre and also conduct the Foundation Course of Group-A Central Civil Services. After completion of training, the trainee officers of IAS cadre are awarded an MA (Public administration) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. It has been functioning under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions since 1985.

Overview

A 2009 stamp dedicated to LBSNAA

On April 15, 1958, the then Union Home Minister Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant announced in the Lok Sabha, that the Government would set up a National Academy of Administration, where training would be given to all the recruits of the Civil Services. The Ministry of Home Affairs also decided to amalgamate the IAS Training School, Delhi and the IAS Staff College, Shimla to form a National Academy of Administration to be set up in Mussoorie in 1959. The Academy underwent two names changes. In October 1972, it was renamed as Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy of Administration and the institution got its present name of Lal Badhur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in July 1973. The training of first batch of officers started at Metcalf House in Delhi on April 13, 1959 with 115 officers. In September 1959, the academy shifted to Charleville Hotel in Mussoorie which had been the first hotel to be built in this hill station. The hotel was purchased by the government from private hands.

Originally, the main building of the hotel was built in 1854 by General Wilkinson and was purchased by Mr. Hobson, a retired manager of Mussorrie Bank, in 1861. In 1905, Queen Mary of the UK, then titled the Princess of Wales, had stayed in the hotel. The writer Rudyard Kipling stayed at the hotel in 1888. In 1984, a fire destroyed the main hotel building.

The academy functioned from its inception through October 31, 1970 under Home Ministry, moving to another ministry until April 1977, and then again under the Home Ministry until March 1985. From April 1985 on, the academy has functioned under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. In 1988, the academy established the National Informatics Centre Training Unit (NICTU). In 1989, the academy established the National Society for Promotion of Development Administration Research and Training (NSDART), now known as the National Institute of Administration Research (NIAR).

In India, most officers of the premier civil services of the country are selected through competitive Civil Services Examinations 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 Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service in New Delhi for Indian Foreign Service officers. 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, National Academy of Customs Indirect Taxes and Narcotics for Indian Revenue Service officers, etc.

The academy also began conducting Mid-Career Training Programs for officers of the Indian Administrative Service in 2007. Officers with about 15 years of service who are due to become Joint Secretaries undergo the Phase IV Mid-Career Training Program, while officers with about eight years of service undergo the Phase III Mid-Career Training Program. To provide the most comprehensive knowledge base for training, the academy is working with world-renowned think tanks and Ivy League research institutions. In conjunction with the partnerships with Google and Siddhartha Paul Tiwari, the academy introduced training in the latest technologies. This helped trainees gain insight into the most recent innovations in the field. The academy also conducts a number of short-duration training programs 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 centers, some of them having an autonomous status. The most important research center 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, and computer 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 Wi-Fi, and several hostels for resident students.

Directors

The table chronicles the list of Directors of LBSNAA since its inception in 1959.

Sr. No.	Name	From	To	Service	Cadre
26	Srinivas R. Katikithala	September 5, 2021	Incumbent	IAS	Gujarat
25	Lok Ranjan	April 15, 2021	September 4, 2021	IAS	Tripura
24	Sanjeev Chopra	January 1, 2019	March 31, 2021	IAS	West Bengal
23	Upma Chowdary	December 11, 2016	December 31, 2018	IAS	Himachal Pradesh
22	Rajeev Kapoor	March 1, 2014	December 9, 2016	IAS	Uttar Pradesh
21	Padamvir Singh	December 2, 2010	February 28, 2014	IAS	Madhya Pradesh
20	Rudhra Gangadharan	April 6, 2006	September 2, 2009	IAS	Kerala
19	D.S. Mathur	October 29, 2004	April 6, 2006	IAS	Madhya Pradesh
18	Binod Kumar	January 20, 2003	October 15, 2004	IAS	Nagaland
17	Wajahat Habibullah	November 8, 2000	January 13, 2003	IAS	Jammu and Kashmir
16	B.S. Baswan	October 6, 1996	November 8, 2000	IAS	Madhya Pradesh
15	N.C. Saxena	May 25, 1993	October 6, 1996	IAS	Uttar Pradesh
14	B.N. Yugandhar	May 26, 1988	January 25, 1993	IAS	Andhra Pradesh
13	R.N. Chopra	June 6, 1985	April 29, 1988	IAS	Madhya Pradesh
12	K. Ramanujam	February 27, 1984	February 24, 1985	IAS	Bihar
11	R.K. Shastri	November 9, 1982	February 27, 1984	IAS	Rajasthan
10	I.C. Puri	June 16, 1982	October 11, 1982	IAS	Punjab
9	P.S. Appu	August 2, 1980	March 1, 1983	IAS	Bihar
8	G.C.L. Joneja	July 23, 1977	June 30, 1980	IAS	Odisha
7	B.C. Mathur	May 17, 1977	July 23, 1977	IAS	Odisha
6	Rajeshwar Prasad	May 11, 1973	April 11, 1977	IAS	Uttar Pradesh
5	D.D. Sathe	March 19, 1969	May 11, 1973	ICS	-
4	K.K. Das	July 12, 1968	February 24, 1969	ICS	-
3	M.G. Pimputkar	September 4, 1965	April 29, 1968	ICS	-
2	S.K. Dutta	August 13, 1963	July 2, 1965	ICS	-
1	A.N. Jha	September 1, 1959	September 30, 1962	ICS	-

See also

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

External links

• Official website