The 100th Foundation Course with 660 officer trainees drawn from 19 Civil Services, including the All India Services, the Central Services and the three services from Royal Bhutan, commenced on Monday, the 25th August, 2025 at LBSNAA Mussoorie, with Shri Sriram Taranikanti, Director LBSNAA as the Chief Guest on the occasion. The 14-week long Course will conclude on 28th November, 2025. The Course is being conducted by a Course team led by Ms. Aswathi S., Deputy Director, a 2013 batch IAS officer from the Karnataka Cadre.Associate Course Coordinators for this course are Ms. Priyanka Das, Ms. Ritika Narula, Ms. Shanmuga P. Mishra, Ms. Deep Jagdip Contractor, Shri Rajesh Meena, Shri Chandrasekar S, Shri Premkumar V R, Shri Arvind Kumar, Shri Gautham Thapliyal, Ms. Aakanksha Kulshreshtha, Ms. Ankita Dhanda, Shri Romeo Vincent Tete & Shri Sachiv Kumar. The common Foundation Course is aimed at instilling a shared understanding of government and building camaraderie among various civil services for smoother conduct of the affairs of the government. The Course equips fresh entrants to Civil Services with requisite skills, knowledge and attitudes to shoulder responsibilities as public servants.The Foundation Course is a mix of academic and co-curricular activities. The Officer Trainees are provided academic inputs in Law, Public Administration, Management, Economics, Political concepts, ICT and one of the languages. The pedagogy is diverse and involves lectures, case studies, films, group discussions and management games. The co-curricular activities are equally diverse and include short weekend treks, one-week long high altitude trek, fete, one-week long village visit, an optional extra-curricular module besides activities by various clubs and societies