RS Officer Pryati Sharma Appointed Deputy Director at LBSNAA Mussoorie Under Central Staffing Scheme
In a significant administrative development, Ms Pryati Sharma, a 2015-batch Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officer, has been appointed as Deputy Director at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, one of the country’s most prestigious civil services training institutions.
Her appointment has been made under the Central Staffing Scheme at the level equivalent to Deputy Secretary in the Government of India. According to the official order, she will serve at the Academy for a tenure of four years. The posting is considered an important assignment in the administrative and training ecosystem of the Indian bureaucracy, as LBSNAA plays a central role in shaping the future leadership of the civil services.
Located in the hill town of Mussoorie in Uttarakhand, LBSNAA is widely regarded as the premier training academy for India’s civil servants. The institution is responsible for conducting foundational and advanced training programmes for officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and several other civil services. Officers posted at the Academy are entrusted with academic, administrative, research, and policy-oriented responsibilities connected with the training of probationers and mid-career officers.
As Deputy Director, Pryati Sharma is expected to contribute to key institutional functions related to civil services capacity-building, governance training, administrative coordination, and academic programme management. Officers serving in such roles often work closely with faculty members, senior administrators, and government departments in designing and implementing training modules that align with emerging governance priorities and policy challenges.
Belonging to the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax), Pryati Sharma represents one of the important Group ‘A’ services functioning under the Government of India. IRS officers are responsible for tax administration, direct tax policy implementation, investigation, enforcement, revenue collection, and financial governance. Over the years, officers from the IRS have increasingly been assigned inter-ministerial and institutional responsibilities beyond core taxation functions, particularly in governance reform, policy support, and public administration.
Her selection for the prestigious Mussoorie-based institution reflects the government’s continued emphasis on bringing officers with diverse administrative and professional experience into national-level training and governance institutions. LBSNAA has, in recent years, expanded its focus beyond traditional administrative training to include technology-enabled governance, public policy innovation, leadership development, ethics in administration, and citizen-centric service delivery.
The Academy remains at the heart of India’s civil services framework and routinely hosts officers from across the country and abroad for specialized programmes, workshops, and collaborative governance initiatives. Assignments at the institution are considered professionally significant because they offer officers an opportunity to contribute directly to the development of future administrators and policy leaders.
The appointment of Pryati Sharma comes at a time when the Government of India is focusing extensively on administrative reforms, capacity-building, digital governance, and institutional modernization across departments and services. Officers serving at LBSNAA are often involved in shaping discussions around governance innovation, field administration, accountability mechanisms, and public sector leadership.
The latest appointment has drawn attention within bureaucratic circles, particularly among officers associated with the revenue and training administration ecosystem, as the Academy continues to play a crucial role in preparing India’s next generation of civil servants for evolving governance challenges.
