<Table> Indian Administrative Service Bhāratīya Praśāsanika Sevā <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Service overview </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Formerly known as </Th> <Td> Imperial Civil Service (ICS) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Founded </Th> <Td> 1858; 160 years ago (1858) (as Imperial Civil Service) 26 January 1950; 68 years ago (1950 - 01 - 26) (as Indian Administrative Service) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> India </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Staff college </Th> <Td> Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cadre controlling authority </Th> <Td> Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Minister responsible </Th> <Td> Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Legal personality </Th> <Td> Governmental; civil service </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Duties </Th> <Td> Policy formulation Policy implementation Public administration Bureaucratic governance Secretarial assistance (Centre and State) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceding service </Th> <Td> Imperial Civil Service (1858--1946) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cadre strength </Th> <Td> 4926 members (3511 officers directly recruited by UPSC and 1415 officers promoted from state civil services) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Selection </Th> <Td> Civil Services Examination </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Association </Th> <Td> IAS (Central) Association </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Head of the civil services </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cabinet Secretary of India </Th> <Td> Pradeep Kumar Sinha, IAS </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Service overview </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Formerly known as </Th> <Td> Imperial Civil Service (ICS) </Td> </Tr>

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