Sriram Taranikanti, an IAS officer of 1992 batch of Tripura Cadre serves as the Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, from 12th September 2023. Before joining the Academy, he served as Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. In that position, inter alia, he was also the Financial Advisor to Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. He had earlier served as Additional Secretary, Inter-State Council Secretariat, also under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Prior to joining Government of India, he had served in the State Governments of Manipur, Andhra Pradesh and Tripura. In the past, he also served as Director (Personnel, Administration & Welfare) & Director (Finance) in Singarani Collieries Company Limited, Registrar of National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj and as Executive Director of Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India.
He brings on table, experience of working in a variety of organisations ranging from Private Sector to State Government(s) and Government of India including tenures in autonomous organisations, attached offices, PSU, Constitutional body and Regulatory authority. Over the years, he worked in a broad spectrum of areas including: Animal Husbandry & Dairying; Border Development; Capacity Building; Centre-State issues; Coal, Mining & Energy; Conduct & Management of Elections; Conflict Resolution; Food & Civil Supplies; Higher Education; Insurance & Financial Services; Personnel & Vigilance matters; Relief & Rehabilitation; Rural & Tribal Development; Science, Technology & Environment; Security matters; and Transport & Infrastructure.
He holds a B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT- Madras and a two year Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering (PGDIE) from National 2 Productivity Council. Prior to joining the Indian Administrative Service, he had worked in Private and Public Sector ranging from Shop Floor positions to Management Consultancy areas.
