Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged IAS trainees to express their ideas and thoughts to him frankly and without fear, according to a PMO statement issued on October 26. Interacting for four hours with 360 IAS trainees of the 92nd Foundation Course at the Mussoorie-based Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), a day ahead of his address to them, he asked them to research governance issues in depth, so that they could succeed in developing a national vision and serve the people better. During the four-hour interaction in four groups, a variety of subjects such as administration, governance, technology, and policy-making came up, according to the PMO statement. "Officers shared their own experiences, which were very constructive," Modi tweeted. The discussions were marked by a large degree of experience-sharing. The prime minister also interacted with faculty members of the academy, who gave him an overview of the work being done there, to train India's civil servants, the statement said. He also visited the state-of-the-art Gandhi Smriti Library at LBSNAA and attended a short cultural programme by the officer trainees. Earlier, on arrival at the academy, Modi offered floral tributes on the statues of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.