Training Academies of Every Service

Every service you can join through the Civil Services Examination has its own training, usually at an academy run by the ministry or department that controls the service. Most officers first spend some weeks together at the Foundation Course, then split up for their service's professional training. This page lists each service in the CSE 2026 notice with the academy its own official page names, and what that page says about the training.

Where no official page we read names an academy for direct recruits, the table says so rather than guess.

Where training starts: the Foundation Course

The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie runs a 14-week Foundation Course for officer trainees of the All India Services (the IAS, the IPS and the Indian Forest Service), the Indian Foreign Service and the Central Group 'A' services. It usually runs from September to December. LBSNAA says that some 650 or more trainees attend it each year, at LBSNAA and at partner institutions. Several academies below describe their own course as starting after it.

Every service and its academy

Service	Academy	What the official page says
Indian Administrative Service	LBSNAA, Mussoorie	After the Foundation Course, the IAS Professional Course Phase I at LBSNAA, district training in the state and Phase II back at LBSNAA. See the IAS career journey.
Indian Foreign Service	Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service, New Delhi	A nine-month Induction Training Programme after the Foundation Course; one year of training in India in all.
Indian Police Service	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad	Basic Course Phase I, district practical training in the state, then Phase II and the final examination.
Indian Audit and Accounts Service	National Academy of Audit and Accounts, Shimla	Phase I over two semesters, on-the-job training, then Phase II.
Indian Civil Accounts Service	Institute of Government Accounts and Finance (INGAF)	The Controller General of Accounts' training arm; it trains newly recruited probationary ICAS officers.
Indian Corporate Law Service	ICLS Academy, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Manesar	IICA's 2019-20 annual report says the academy for training ICLS officers is located with it; the academy was founded in 2002.
Indian Defence Accounts Service	National Academy of Defence Financial Management, Pune	The Defence Accounts Department's academy for its Group 'A' officers.
Indian Defence Estates Service	National Institute of Defence Estates Management, Delhi Cantonment	IDES officers report here for induction training after the Foundation Course at LBSNAA.
Indian Information Service	Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi	Induction training of about twenty and a half months: two phases of classroom training with on-the-job training in between.
Indian Postal Service	Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy, Ghaziabad	Induction training of 104 weeks, after the Foundation Course.
Indian Post & Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service	National Communications Academy-Finance, New Delhi	The Department of Telecommunications' apex training institute; it runs induction, mid-career and specialised programmes for the service.
Indian Railway Management Service (Traffic, Personnel and Accounts)	Railways' Centralised Training Institutions	Two years of training including the Foundation Course; the batch reports first to the Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management, Lucknow. The institutions include the National Academy of Indian Railways, Vadodara.
Indian Railway Protection Force Service	Jagjivan Ram RPF Academy, Lucknow	Basic initial training of IRPFS probationers; the 55th batch began on 15 February 2026.
Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes)	National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics, Palasamudram	A year-long programme that starts each December, after the Foundation Course.
Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax)	National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur	Residential training of 16 months.
Indian Trade Service	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi	After the Foundation Course, classroom teaching and practical attachments.
Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service	Not named in the official pages we read	The AFHQ Civil Service Rules, 2018 let the authority require probationers to undergo such training as it thinks fit, but name no academy.
DANICS	Not named in the official pages we read	The 2003 rules leave probationers' training courses to the Government and name no academy.
DANIPS	Police Training College, Jharoda Kalan, New Delhi	For DANIPS probationers of Delhi Police: 24 months, 12 at the college and 12 in a district.
Pondicherry Civil Service	Not named in the official pages we read	The 1967 rules say probationers undergo the training the Administrator prescribes.
Pondicherry Police Service	Not named in the official pages we read	The 2003 rules leave probationers' training courses to the Government and name no academy.

Through a separate examination: the Indian Forest Service

The Indian Forest Service is filled through its own examination, which shares the Civil Services prelims. Its officers train at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun for 20 months: 13 months at the Academy, 4 months of on-the-job training in the cadre and 3 more months at the Academy. See Indian Forest Service (IFoS).

What to take from this

• Training is long. For most services it runs well beyond the Foundation Course, and probation usually lasts two years.
• Location follows the service. Your academy can be in Hyderabad, Nagpur, Shimla, Pune, Palasamudram or elsewhere, depending on the service you are allotted.
• Each academy has its own rules. Final examinations, marks and the effect on seniority differ from service to service, so read the pages linked above for the service you want.

To see how these services compare on vacancies and work, start with other services in UPSC CSE.