Our Directors

Shashank Atom

Chairman

I saw a dream of building a new India… the idea of producing a new breed of civil servants was born… and the journey began… the nation witnessed the birth of ALS… 25 years on, we have seen the lives of innumerable students transform… we have witnessed thousands of extraordinary civil servants take on the task of driving India to new heights…

Jojo Mathew

Chief Executive Director

Hi! I am Jojo Mathew, the Founder Executive Director of ALS and the CEO, ALS-IAS. I am also the Editor, Competition Wizard. Adventure has been an integral part of my life and my personality. My formal education as a Mechanical Engineer from REC Durgapur has nothing to do with what I am doing today.

I prepared for the Civil Services in the mid nineties. As I look back,Read more... having appeared in the Civil Services’ Interview twice doesn’t mean much, but that surely gave me an incredible exposure to the nuances of this exam. Experiencing this exam from close quarters, yet not succeeding finally, equipped me to become the right coach for this exam.

Manoj Kumar Singh

Managing Director

Manoj Kumar Singh is an educationist and philanthropist with a passion for enabling the students to give their best by helping them optimize their potential. As one of the founders and Managing Director of ALS-IAS Institutes with their headquarters at Delhi, Manoj K Singh has helped in charting out career paths for thousands of young minds at one of the leading group of institutions preparing students for Civil Services Read more... at five centres in the National Capital Region & more than eighty centres spread all over India. Manoj K Singh is a visionary with exemplary dedication and dynamism when it comes to turning his vision into reality. His innate creativity combined with a high degree of critical acumen has seen him attain success in almost all his pursuits, both as an educationist as well as an entrepreneur. A man with child-like innocence and a cheerful disposition, Manoj has innovative skills which are put to good use by him from time to time to serve humanity at large with an immense sense of compassion and social responsibility. He instills positivity and an insatiable hunger for knowledge and success amongst his students who adore him for his leadership qualities as a motivator par-excellence and someone who strikes a chord easily for getting the best out of the students. As a member of the faculty at ALS- IAS, he enjoys immense popularity and admiration from the students for keeping the focus sharpened constantly on the benefit of the students with whom he also enjoys great rapport as a friend, philosopher and guide. He makes learning so simple by his innovative and interesting pedagogical methods and style that students always keep looking forward to his classes.

Manish Gautam

Executive Director

Hi friends! In the pursuit of transforming your skills and persona, you will find me a lively, life affirming as also an intriguing person. In me, you will find a teacher and a trainer inside the classroom and a friend forever.As for my background, after graduating in Mathematics from BHU, I too underwent the rigours of Civil Services' preparation. I also had a short stint as a student of LLB at the Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi before joining the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).