IAS-IPS Marriage: Jitendra Dudi transferred to Maharashtra cadre after his marriage to IPS Aanchal Dalal

THE government has transferred 2016 batch Jharkhand cadre IAS, Jitendra Dudi, from Jharkhand to Maharashtra cadre on the ground of marriage to 2018 batch Maharashtra cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Ms Aanchal Dalal. Twenty eight years old Dudi originally belongs to Rajasthan’s Jaipur. Late last year, he served as assistant secretary in the GoI’s department of heavy industries when he was in Delhi for his mandatory 13-week-long attachment to…

3 young IAS officers’ fascinating posts of their past

Sweta Agarwal, IAS

FROM West Bengal cadre IAS Sweta Agarwal's childhood fascinations for the Khaki uniform to an Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS, Gopalkrishna Ronanki’s struggle from a study room with no electricity to turn an IAS topper, the Facebook posts of many a young officer are a fascinating read. Here below are the gist of three such posts, courtesy to an open FB page, Humans of LBSNAA:

“But life isn't about plans”; why West Bengal cadre IAS Dhiman Barai left a banking job to try his luck in IAS

FOR 2016 batch West Bengal cadre IAS Dhiman Barai, Indian Administrative Service was always a “default option”, but “not an immediate plan” after his MBA from IIM-B. But what made him plunging into IAS preparation, ending up getting his home cadre as an IAS. The IAS Association has recently tweeted a Facebook post where the officer narrated how his career choice changed after the demise of his father. The officer wrote, life isn't about plans. Barai, 31, grew up in a big…

IAS-IPS TIES: IAS Akriti Sagar transferred to AGMUT cadre on the ground of marriage to IPS Sudhanshu

THE government has approved the inter-cadre transfer of Ms Akriti Sagar, 2016 batch Karnataka cadre IAS from Karnataka to AGMUT cadre on the ground of her marriage to 2016 batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, Sudhanshu. Aakriti Sagar, 26, originally belongs to a small town of Uttar Pradesh

Many of you will end your career as secretaries in 2040s when India’s GDP will be 6-7 times bigger: President Kovind to 2016 batch IAS

A section of 2016 batch IAS officers listening to President Kovind

PRESIDENT Ram Nath Kovind last week said that IAS is the premier all-India service, adding why the young IAS officers are destiny’s chosen generation, as India will be a six to seven times bigger economy when many of them will be union secretaries. Kovind said while interacting with 2016 batch IAS officers. Here are 10 things that Prez told the officers:

PM’s interaction with 170 young IAS officers; 10 Things to Know

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the need for increasing people’s trust on governance when he had an interaction with 170 young IAS officers in New Delhi on Wednesday. Here are the 10 short takes on the interaction between the PM and the 2016 batch IAS officers:

3 New IAS Couples: Who are they; and which partner opts for cadre change

Nitin Gaur-Saumya Pandey (Photo: A YouTube video grab)

THE government’s personnel department, DoPT, on Tuesday gave its nod to cadre change of three IAS officers on the ground of marriage. Whereas one officer changes cadre from Manipur to Maharashtra, the other two officers change their cadres from AGMUT to Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh to Uttar Pradesh. The three IAS couples are the following:

List of 176 IAS officers of 2016 batch, their cadre and the union ministries where they are posted now

Topper of the batch Tina Dabi to work in MSME

COME July 2, the 2016 batch IAS officers will spend 13 weeks with various union ministries and departments. They will be moving to Delhi after completing the phase 2 training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie. But who is allotted which ministry? Here below are the details of 176 officers of the 2016 batch, their respective cadre and the ministries they are allotted to:

Mussoorie to Delhi: 2016 batch IAS officers to join central ministries on July 2 as assistant secretaries

A section of Officer Trainees at LBSNAA in 2017

BY THE end of this month, the 2016 batch IAS officers who are presently ending their phase-II training at Mussoorie’s Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), will land up in the Central ministries and departments in New Delhi for a 13-week-long posting as assistant secretaries. They will begin their work on July 2. An assistant secretary receives a monthly salary in the bracket of…

Railway electrical engineer appointed as director in higher education dept; Govt approves cadre change of 2016 batch IAS

Ms Smita Srivastava, 1997 batch Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE), has been appointed as director in the department of higher education. Her appointment will be for a period of five years under the Central Staffing Scheme. In another development, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the cadre change of 2016 batch Manipur cadre IAS...

4 IAS repatriated to Bihar; 1 IAS allowed to change name; and another gets nod for cadre change on grounds of marriage

THE government on Wednesday decided to repatriate four Bihar cadre IAS officers, two of them — Sunil Kumar Singh of 1983 batch and Dr Subhas Sharma of 1984 batch — being very senior, as their batch mates are already union secretaries. The repatriation order approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, came in less than a month after the change of government in Patna with chief minister Nitish Kumar deciding to junk its ally RJD and partnering with its old ally, the BJP. The two other IAS officers who were also repatriated to Bihar on Wednesday were…

Babu Marriage: Sarneet Kaur Broca transferred to UP cadre on grounds of marriage to Prathamesh Kumar; Sanjay Goyal gets inter-cadre deputation

THE government on Monday transferred Ms. Sarneet Kaur Broca, 2016 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS from Madhya Pradesh cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre on grounds of marriage to Prathamesh Kumar, her batch mate belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre. 27-year-old Ms Broca belongs to…

36 hours after IAS Ashish Dahiya’s death in a swimming pool: 10 unanswered questions

Ashish Dahiya as an IPS earlier

ABOUT 36 hours after 2016 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS Ashish Dahiya died in a swimming pool in New Delhi-based Foreign Service Institute, many a question still gets unanswered, possibly prompting his senior colleagues and IAS Association avoiding social media post of messages including condolence messages (till Tuesday noon when this article is written). As the police has begun investigation, and is waiting for the autopsy results from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), there are shockwaves across the cadre after it loses two promising colleagues in less than a fortnight — the other being 2007 batch Karnataka cadre IAS Anurag Tiwari who was found dead outside Lucknow’s VIP guest house while the officer had a morning walk. Here are 10 un-answered questions on Ashish Dahiya’s death in the swimming pool:

2016 batch IAS Ashish Dahiya drowns in a Delhi swimming pool while rescuing a lady officer

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AN OFFICER trainee IAS officer — Ashish Dahiya was found dead on Monday late night in a swimming pool in Foreign Service Institute, situated in south Delhi. The 2016 batch Jammu and Kashmir cadre IAS died as he tried to rescue a lady officer, according to preliminary reports based on what the eye witnesses had told police. A probe has been ordered after Dahiya was rushed to the…

Govt approves cadre change of Shashvat Saurabh on grounds of marriage; Tapan Ray given additional charge of DEA

THE government has accorded its nod in cadre change of Shashvat Saurabh, 2016 batch Sikkim cadre IAS from Sikkim cadre to AGMUT cadre on grounds of marriage to Ms Soumya, a 2014 batch AGMUT cadre IAS. Also, the Central government has approved the proposal for cadre change of Rohitashva Singh Tomar, 2016 batch Tripura cadre IAS from Tripura cadre to Rajasthan cadre on grounds of…