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:

Babu Marriage: IAS toppers Tina Dabi and Athar Aamir Khan get married in Kashmir

Tina Dabi, Athar Aamir Khan (Photo Courtesy: Tina Dabi Instagram)

THERE is nothing new in two IAS officers falling in love during probation in Mussoorie’s IAS academy, LBSNAA, and then getting married. But on Sunday, the marriage of Tina Dabi and Athar Aamir Khan at a Pahalgam resort in the trouble-torn Kashmir Valley was the talking point both among officers and also in social media. But why? First, the IAS couple who…

Talent Hunt? All three IAS toppers of CSE 2015 get the same cadre — Rajasthan

ADVANTAGE Rajasthan? All three toppers of civil services examination, 2015 — Tina Dabi, Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan and Jasmeet Singh Sandhu have been allotted the same cadre — Rajasthan. The DoPT which released on Monday the list of cadre allocation of all 180 IAS recruits, gave the first three rank holders the same cadre. Fourth rank holder Artika Shukla gets AGMUT cadre whereas the 5th rank holder Shashank Tripathi gets his home cadre — Uttar Pradesh. The allocation of cadre is done through a process under which one IAS may not get the cadre she wants irrespective of whether she is a topper or not. But one-cadre-for-all-three-toppers has possibly turned out to be an exceptional case this time when the creme la creme of the …

UPSC toppers spotted in power corridors; MoS in PMO gave them the first prescription

THREE toppers of civil services examination, 2015 — Tina Dabi, Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan and Jasmeet Singh Sandhu along with their parents met MoS in PMO Jitendra Singh in New Delhi on Wednesday in presence of a number of senior bureaucrats including DoPT secretary Sanjay Kothari. The toppers also met telecom minister RS Prasad and secretary JS Deepak. Here are a few tips that Jitendra Singh gave to the young would-be civil servants, as they discovered Delhi's power corridors for the first time:

Delhi girl Tina Dabi tops UPSC exam; railway probationer Athar and revenue probationer Jasmeet ranked 2nd and 3rd

A TV garb of Dabi (below) and Khan

DELHI girl Tina Dabi has topped the 2015 civil services examination in her very first attempt, whereas an IRTS officer-trainee Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan from Anantnag in Kashmir and Indian Revenue Service (Custom and Central Excise) officer trainee Jasmeet Singh Sandhu from Delhi secured the second and third rank respectively. Ms Dabi, 22, graduated from Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi, and is a resident of…