NARENDRA Kumar was born on July 10, 1957, in Delhi’s Karol Bagh, in a family deep into poverty. His father Late Lila Ram...
ByNarendra KaushikMarch 9, 2018IT was peer pressure that brought Rita Sinha—than Rita Kudwa—into Indian Administrative Service (IAS). She was pursuing masters in geography from Punjab University...
ByNarendra KaushikJanuary 26, 2018IT was Allahabad’s infectious pull for civil services that put Sharda Prasad, son of unlettered farmer parents in Alampur Geria village of Fatehpur...
ByNarendra KaushikDecember 10, 2017FOR Probir Chandra Sen, his indecision is what landed him into the civil services. Grandson of AN Sen, former judge of the Calcutta...
ByNarendra KaushikJuly 9, 2017Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working to change the dynamics of the civil services of India. As many as 175 IAS officers of...
ByTeamJuly 9, 2017NOBODY in Bal Krishna Chaturvedi’s family ever had any doubts about him getting into Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The suspense was only about...
ByNarendra KaushikMarch 9, 2017CM BHATT The 1974-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre has been appointed DG (Technical) in the state JAYANT PRASADThe 1976-batch IFS...
ByTeamJanuary 7, 2008THE best moment of my foreign service career is related to the hijack of August 24, 1984. Seven young terrorists hijacked an Indian...
ByTeamJanuary 7, 2008His background as Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Defence has come in handy for Central Vigilance Commissioner Pratyush Sinha, India’s topmost anti-corruption...
ByRashme SehgalJanuary 7, 2008Reva Nayyar, a 1968 batch IAS officer from Haryana cadre, is a former president of the All-India IAS Officers’ Association. She retired in...
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