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

IAS Officer of 2009 batch, Karnataka Cadre. Studied MBBS from Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada. Before joining as Deputy Director (Sr.) on 26
May, 2023, he served as Regional Commissioner, Belagavi Division; Director, Mines and Geology Department; Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate,
Mysore; Additional Commissioner, Commercial Taxes; Deputy Commissioner in Chickmagaluru District; Deputy Commissioner in Davanagere District; Deputy
Commissioner in Raichur District; CEO, Zila Panchayat, Belagavi District; Deputy Secretary, DPAR (Services); and Assistant Commissioner, Sirsi
Sub-Division, Uttara Kannada District. He is recipient of several national and state level awards namely, Award of Excellence for best performance as
District Election Officer; Award for Exceptional performance during Poshan Maah 2018; and Award for Effective implementation of MGNREGS for the year
2015-16.

Ms. Ritika Narula has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics Honours and Master’s Degree in Economics from Panjab University, Chandigarh. She is 2009
batch Indian Economic Service Officer(IES). She assumed the charge of Professor, Economics at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration,
Mussoorie on 23rd June, 2023. Prior to this, she was posted as Director at DMEO,NITI Aayog, New Delhi. In her career spanning 12 years, she held a
variety of assignments in the Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Futures Market Commission (FMC), Mumbai, MGIRI, Ministry of MSME in
Government of India. She also headed a regional training Institute for employees of Government of Maharashtra before assuming her charge at DMEO.
Other than Economics, she is passionate about healthy cooking and baking and enjoys experimenting with recipes, creating healthy alternatives.

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.

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.

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.

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.

IAS Officer of 2013 batch, Karnataka Cadre. She is a Commerce Graduate and MBA in Finance from Manipal University. Before joining the Academy as
Deputy Director on 26 May, 2023, she served as Commissioner, Animal Husbandary and Veterinary Services; Deputy Commissioner cum District Magistrate,
Mandya District; CEO, Zila Panchayat, Chickmagaluru District; CEO Zila Panchayat, Davanagere District; SDM, Kundapura Sub-division, Udupi District;
and Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. She is recipient of several national and state level awards
namely Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (National Panchayat Awards by Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India) for the
year 2017-18 and Best Performance in Electoral Practices for the year 2018-19.

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.

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