Coming Soon: 2011 batch IAS Vijayakarthikeyan’s fiction, "Once upon An IAS Exam"

Vishy’s worst nightmare — failing the UPSC’s Civil Services exam — has come true. He is plagued by insecurity, fear and doubts. The mother of all competitive examinations has rejected him and he needs a reason to live. So, what does he do? He tells his best friend Rithika, ‘I love you… Will you marry me?’

Here’s a forthcoming fiction “Once upon An IAS Exam”, written by Dr K Vijayakarthikeyan, an MBBS-turned IAS officer of 2011 batch. A Tamil Nadu cadre IAS, Vijayakarthikeyan is presently posted as…

Who’s IAS Rajeshwari B, and why she is praised by secretary Parameswaran Iyer?

Rajeshwari with Iyer

SECRETARY of the ministry of drinking water and sanitation Parameswaran Iyer recently praised a young collector — Rajeshwari B of Jharkhand cadre in Twitter, saying that it’s inspirational to hear “champion collectors” like Rajeshwari. The praise was showered on her for her role in making Ramgarh district the first open defecation free (ODF) district in Jharkhand. Iyer, a 1981 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS who took voluntary retirement before joining the government again on a contract basis, handles the Swachh Bharat Mission, mainly in rural areas. But who’s Rajeshwari B?…

NAME CHANGE: 2011 batch IAS Sindhu B will now be Sindhu B Rupesh

Sindhu B, 2011 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, has been permitted to change her name from "Sindhu B" to "Sindhu B Rupesh. "She will accordingly be recognized as "Smt. Sindhu B Rupesh" for all official purposes”, said the DoPT order issued on October 11. But who’s Sindhu Rupesh? A graduate in electronics and communication engineer and an IAS topper, Ms Sindhu Rupesh till recently served in Karnataka’s…

How a unique case of an IPS-IAS couple triggered the Centre to ease cadre change rules on grounds of marriage

THE Central government has changed the service rules to make it easy for married IAS and IPS officers to get the same cadre state, according to media reports published on Monday. According to the reports, prime minister Narendra Modi took special initiatives to get the existing rules amended. But what triggered the government to change the rules which received nods from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)? The issue originated in a unique case that cropped up in February 2016 in which…

IAS officer Ravindra Kumar's book "Many Everests" to hit the stand next month; what the book is all about?

COME new year, IAS officer Ravindra Kumar’s book, “Many Everests: An Inspiring Journey of Transforming Dreams Into Reality” will hit the stand. The author — the first and the only IAS officer to scale the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest so far — shares the tricks and their effectiveness in handling different situations of life, and how to come out of bad situations and multiple failures, according to a…

Babu Marriage: Why cadre change proposal of this IAS-IPS couple forces DoPT to frame new rules

MARRIAGE among all India services officers and their subsequent cadre change are considered common in bureaucracy in India. But on Tuesday, a unique case cropped up during a meeting held under the chairmanship of DoPT secretary Sanjay Kothari, as it was found that the cadre-change proposal did not come under existing policies of inter-cadre transfers on ground of marriage. The case is regarding inter-cadre transfer request by P Parthiban, 2011 batch AGMUT cadre IAS and his spouse Nisha Parthiban, 2011 batch IPS to a common cadre on ground of marriage. But the problem arose because…

Deepti Uppal’s inter-cadre transfer on grounds of marriage okayed; but Jagannathan’s extension in Kerala lands up in CAT

HERE is a case where sarkari files did not hinder an early reunion of an IAS and an IFoS (Indian Forest Service) officer who wanted to be living together after marriage. Only three days after DoPT secretary Sanjay Kothari took up this case of an inter-cadre transfer of 2011 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Ms Deepti Uppal to Punjab cadre on the grounds of marriage with Punjab cadre Indian Forest Service officer (2012 batch) Vikram Singh Kundra, the DoPT on October 16 issued an order saying that…

Babu Marriage: Know more about 10 young bureaucrat couples

DURING THE last many decades, marriages among bureaucrats have been taking place quite regularly, making babu marriage not a new trend at all. Officer trainees do meet at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussorie, go out for field visits and trekking together, get attracted to each other, and many of them end up tying the knots once their training gets over. Here are 10 babu marriages of the recent time:

Confirmation given to 91 IAS of 2011 batch; names to find place in Gazette of India

IN TRUE sarkari style, the names of the these 91 IAS officers belonging to 2011 batch will now be published in the Gazette of India, part-I, section-2. In a notification issued on Monday, the government formally announced that under rule 3-A of the Indian Administrative Service (Probation) Rules, 1954, the President was pleased to confirm them as IAS officers. They have a career of over three decades, and who knows one of them could be a cabinet secretary one day. Here are the names of 2011 batch IAS as confirmed by the President of India.

Wow! Ravindra Kumar becomes the first IAS officer to scale Mt Everest

A YOUNG Sikkim cadre IAS officer, Ravindra Kumar has created history by scaling the Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world. The 2011 batch officer, currently an assistant collector and executive magistrate of East district of Gangtok, achieved this rare feat on May 19, scripting a history by becoming the first IAS officer to conquer Mt Everest. According to local media reports…