"The Course Team of the Foundation Course for civil service officers welcomes you to the course and to the Institute. Foundation Course, being the first step, is important which determines the direction of your life and professional career. A long career in the civil service, with enormous responsibility and challenges and opportunity to SERVE the people and the country awaits you".  It gives us immense pleasure to be a part of the 87th Foundation Course. We wish you have a great learning experience during the Foundation Course. As Hellen Keller Quotes "One can never consent to creep when one feels the compulsion to soar" Course Coordinator : Sri.G.Chandra Shekar Reddy, IFS, Joint Director General (Course Team)