Course Team - lbsnaa

joining the Academy as Joint Director on 24th May, 2010, he was posted in various capacities in Government of
Gujarat as well as in Central Government including Resident Commissioner, Gujarat Bhawan, New Delhi, Director
General, Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration, Ahmedabad, Secretary, General Administration Department
(ARTD), Government of Gujarat, Joint Secretary and Registrar, Central Information Commission (GOI), Director
(Vigilance), DOPT, Director, Ministry of Textiles (GOI), Private Secretary to Chairman (Cabinet Minister Rank),, Task
Force set up to assess impact of WTO on Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture (GOI), Managing Director, Gujarat State
Finance Services and Additional Secretary, Institutional Finance (Govt. of Gujarat), Director (Services and Vigilancel),
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions (GOI), Deputy Secretary, DOPT (GOI), Deputy Secretary (Plan
Finance II), Ministry of Finance (GOI), Deputy Secretary (Budget and Resources), Finance Department, Government
of Gujarat, Collector and District Magistrate of Dangs, Collector and District Magistrate of Surendranagar, Deputy
Secretary (Finance), Deputy Secretary (Rural Development), Government of Gujarat, Assistant Collector, Porbandar.
His areas of interest include Human Resource Management, Good Governance and public finance.
Sanjeev Chopra, IAS (1990: Orissa) Joint Director
Born on April 17, 1967, he did his schooling from Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi. Graduated in
Commerce from Shriram College of Commerce and later completed MBA from FMS in Delhi University. Joined the
investment banking division of the Deutsche Bank in 1989. Qualified for the IAS in 1990 and was allotted the Orissa
cadre. In the initial years, worked as SDM, Anandpur and Baripada before joining Kandhmal District as PD, DRDA and
later as Collector in the tribal District of Koraput. Upon completion of the field postings, he worked as MD Orissa Small
Industries Corporation, Director Industries and Technical Education, MD Orissa State Cooperative Bank and MD,
Orissa Mining Corporation. The work done by him in implementing Enterprise Resource Planning in the Orissa Mining
Corporation was recognized as a best practice by Government of India on the Civil Services Day in 2009. Joined the
Academy as Deputy Director (Sr.) on April 03, 2007. His areas of interest include Organisational Behaviour, Urban
Management, Corporate Governance in PSUs and Financial Inclusion. He has also published a book titled
"Restructuring and Reengineering in Cooperative banks". After availing a sabbatical in 2009-10, completed MSc in
Regional and Urban Planning Studies from the London School of Economics.
Ashish Vachhani, IAS (1997: Tamil Nadu) Deputy Director (Senior)
He completed M.Phil (international Organizations) School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi, before joining the Indian Administrative Service. He joined as Sub-Collector, Sivakasi, Virudhunagar District, in
1999 before moving over to the Finance Department in Government of Tamil Nadu as Under Secretary/ Deputy
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