The Department of Personnel Training (DOPT) nominates the successful candidates of Civil Services Examination who have been allocated Group A services and Indian Forest Service Examination for the Foundation Course to Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA)

Foundation Course (15 Weeks)

This Course is for Officer Trainees of the All India Services viz the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Police Service & the Indian Forests Service; the Indian Foreign Service and various Central Services (Group- ‘A’). Run once a year usually from September to December, it marks the commencement of training of candidates selected by the UPSC. At current levels of recruitment, some 650 plus candidates drawn from across the above Services undergo the FC each year at LBSNAA and Partner Institutions. As the Officer Trainees are fresh entrants, the focus is on familiarizing them with the environment of political, economic, social and administrative issues through a well-defined syllabus. This equips them with requisite skills, knowledge and attitudes to shoulder the responsibilities of a public service officer. The Academy stands out as one of the very few institutions in the world with focus not only on Civil Service capacity building but also inter-services camaraderie and cooperation. The raison d’etre of a common FC is to instil a shared understanding of government and build camaraderie among the civil services for smoother conduct of the affairs of the Government.

The Foundation Course is designed to serve the following objectives:

i. Orient Officer Trainees to the administrative, social, economic and political environment of the country.

ii. Generate awareness of the challenges and opportunities within the Civil Services,

iii. Promote overall development of personality traits of the Officer Trainees: intellectual, moral, physical and aesthetic,

iv. Foster greater coordination among the members of different Civil Services by building esprit de corps.