Lal Bahadur Shastri
National Academy of Administration
लाल बहादुर शास्त्री राष्ट्रीय प्रशासन अकादमी

After completing MA in Economic from Madras Christian College and M. Phil from Hyderabad Central University, joined the Indian
Administrative Service in the year 2003. Having allotted Odisha Cadre, started official career as Sub Collector Baripada 2005-2007. Since
then she has served Government of Odisha in various capacities such as Additional District Magistrate, Mayurbhanj 2007-2008, Collector and
District Magistrate of Sonepur 2008-2009, Bolangir 2009-2010 and Mayurbhanj 2010-2013 and Director Social Welfare in additional charge of
Director, CPS, MD, Mission Shakti and MD , Mahila Vikas Samabaya Nigam 2013-2015. Her other interests include Indian Classical Arts and
Reading.

Doctorate in Management HR and Masters in Applied Psychology Gold Medalist and Business Administration, joined LBSNAA as Professor of Social
Management in 2014. Her thesis work was on Personality profile of Entrepreneurs and Managers in which the focus of study was to identify the
successful personality traits in experienced entrepreneurs and managers to predict the entrepreneurial tendencies in aspirants. She has
numerous national and international research publications to her credit. Her research papers have been accepted for presentation in various
International conferences like “The Seventh Management International Conference—Advancing Business and Management in Knowledge-based
Society 2006” held at Slovenia, “The 9th Management International Conference MIC 2008”, held at Spain, “IMRA-Kean International
Conference 2014” held at New Jersey. Her career is an interesting mix of teaching, training, administration and personnel management. She
started her career as a Lecturer in 2000. She was commissioned in Indian Air Force IAF in 2004 and completed her 10 year Short Service
Commission tenure successfully and retired as Squadron Leader. During her tenure with IAF she was involved with training of new recruits in
IAF, teaching and training of IAF personnel, their discipline, administration and career progression. She also conducted various workshops
on personality development, leadership and also played an active role of counsellor for the personnel and their families. Apart from this
she has been a regular outdoor sports person. She was a university level Hockey player as a student. She was a regular participant in Air
Force Day Parades and Republic Day Parade. She is a Para Jumper and trained mountaineer and undertook many mountaineering expeditions with
IAF like Mt. Kamet, Mt. Saser Kangri etc.

He belongs to 2001 batch of Indian Revenue Service IRS and has worked in tax policy divisions handling domestic and foreign components of
Central Board of Direct Taxes CBDT, Ministry of Finance. He has also held diverse postings in income tax field formations handling complex
cases of examining financial accounts and corporate structures for both Indian and foreign companies. Has rich experience for nearly three
and half years 2014-2017 in High Commission of India, London as First Secretary where apart from tax, has actively involved in organizing
various economic related events with the investors and making presentations. He has attended many international and domestic training
programmes and has the privilege of representing India at many global events/forums. With a graduation in Mechanical engineering, he is also
a sports enthusiast, Badminton and Tennis being his favourites.

Hails from Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala and holds a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engg., from the University of Kerala. Belongs to
the 2011 batch of the IAS, from the Karnataka cadre. He has served as Assistant Commissioner and SDM, Madikeri sub-division, Kodagu district
2013-15 Deputy Secretary to Government Services, Dept. of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Bengaluru 2015-17 CEO, Raichur Zilla
Panchayat 2017-18 and as Deputy Commissioner and DM, Mysuru district and ex-officio Executive Officer of Mysuru Palace Board2018-20 before
joining the Academy in September 2020. Has experience in disaster management and personnel matters. Passionate about bird-watching and
nature. Other interests include photography, traveling, reading and hiking.

He is an Indian Information Service Officer of 2010 Batch and has had wide range of experience in awareness generation about people centric
schemes and initiatives of the Government. He has been involved in major advocacy campaigns from Bharat Nirman to Har Ek Kaam Desh Ke Naam.
He was also involved in overseas outreach initiatives particularly during the London Book Fair, Abu Dhabi International Book Fair and
Frankfurt Book Fair. His areas of academic interest include Indian history and law with Hansraj College and Campus Law Centre being his alma
mater.

IAS officer of 2007 batch, Rajasthan cadre. Studied BA, Ll.B from Delhi University. Has worked as district collector in bundi, Sawai
madhopur, rajsamand, Udaipur and alwar districts and given best collector award in 2019 for work in udaipur. Has also worked in cooperatives
and education sector as MD Rajfed and SPD, RMSA respectively and done a stint in Secretariat as JS, Finance Tax.

She is 2010 batch Officer of Indian Postal Services, who is Post Graduate in English Literature from Delhi University. Her preliminary
preeminence as Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Delhi Postal Circle made her represent the country at the World Stamp Show in New
York, USA. She donned the role of Change Agent for the staff to ensure effective and smooth transition in the Dept during implementation of
projects like CBS Core Banking System , MCamish for PLI and RICT Rural Information and Communications Technology. While working in Postal
Directorate New Delhi her efficient coordination with multiple vendors to monitor the implementation of project DARPAN launched for
Financial Inclusion of rural population through more than 1 lakh Branch Post Offices across the nation earned her wide appreciation. She
worked closely with MoRD to ensure seamless DBT payments of MNREGA using DoP network. She also contributed the Nation with her services in
Olive Green Uniform when she chose to go on deputation to Army Postal services. She worked for three years in various roles in Delhi and as
Director Army Postal Services at Headquarter South Western Command, Jaipur. Her discipline and professionalism also emanates from the fact
that she has been an Athlete of National Level who represented the State in Track Events. She also played Cricket in her College years and
was Captain of Gargi College Delhi University team for 2 years and went on to represent Delhi University in Inter-University Championship
apart from representing North Zone in Rani Jhansi Championship. She believes in creating healthy working ecosystems wherein every individual
can participate and contribute in the most meaningful way.

Shelesh Nawal has a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Economics. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 2010 and was allotted to
the Maharashtra Cadre. He assumed the charge of Deputy Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie on 28th
September, 2021. Prior to this, He was the Deputy Secretary at General Administration Department, Mumbai City. In his career spanning 11
years, He held a variety of assignments – District Collector and District Magistrate at Amravati and Wardha, Chief Executive Officer,
Zilla Panchayath at Ahmednaga, Assistant Collector at Dahenu, Project Officer in Tribal Department at Dahenu. Passionate about playing
Badminton and doing outdoor activities.

He completed his Masters in Political Science from Hindu College, Delhi and M.Phil (African Studies) from Delhi University. He joined BSF
(2007) as an Assistant Commandant and served in North East sector (Indo-Bangladesh Border) and in Northern sector (Kupwara, J&K). During
this service, he performed the border guarding duties and anti-infiltration operations along the LoC. He has special qualifications in
Platoon Weapon & Tactics, Commando Course, Staff Officers Course and in Un-Armed Combat (Israeli martial art Krav-Maga). After he joined
IPS, he served in Jharkhand with varied nature of work in Left Wing Extremist (LWE) affected areas as District SP. As an SP (Operations)
STF, Jharkhand he planned offensive operations against LWEs and related training/modules for the state. He has arranged the VVIP visits for
Vice-President, Prime Minister, Loksabha Speaker and the Home Minister during his field postings. He has also served as an ADC to the
Governor of Jharkhand. During his police service he acquired special qualifications in Explosive, IEDs & Post Blast Procedures (SVPNPA,
Hyderabad), Planning of Operations (RTC Greyhounds, Hyderabad) and Counter Terrorism Open Source Investigation (CBI Academy). As an athlete,
he has participated in half marathons at Delhi.

Ekta Uniyal is from the Uttarakhand State Civil Services Allied, 2002 batch. After joining the services she did her Phd in Ethics and
authored two books. She had earlier served as District Commandant Homeguards, Pauri, Haridwar and as Divisional Commandant Homeguards,
Garhwal. Before joining LBSNAA she was the Senior Staff Officer at Directorate of Homeguards and Civil Defence, Dehradun. In the year 2017
she was awarded the DG’s Disc and commendation Certificate by the Director General, Fire Services , Civil Defence and Homeguards, Ministry
of Home Affairs, New Delhi