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After clearing UPSC exam after thorough civil services you have come on the list of IFS probationers, you will go through an intensive training program. IFS officer training period is generally one year and 9 months long. The first training program will start at the LBSNAA( Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration ) in Mussoorie. In the first training program, the types of training that are given are:- trekking, horse riding in the Great Himalayas, and training of foreign language. After the completion of three months of training, the Foreign service Probationers are moved to the Foreign service institute which is located in JNU(Jawaharlal Nehru University) in New Delhi. The tenure for this training period is one year. After the completion of this training, probationers are assigned a CFL which is a Compulsory Foreign Language and is allocated at an Indian Mission like a Third Secretary where they learn about the foreign language for example:- Chinese, French, Spanish, Russian, or Arabic, etc. according to the Ministry’s requirement.