New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Examination is one of the toughest and most prestigious competitive examinations. Each year, thousands of candidates sit to clear the examination but only a very selected number of candidates are able to clear all three rounds – Prelims, Mains and the Interview Round. One of the most popular IAS officers in the country today, is IAS Tina Dabi who was also the UPSC Topper in 2015. IAS Tina Dabi has always been in the news, both for her personal and professional life; her husband IAS Pradeep Gawande, sister IAS Ria Dabi and brother-in-law IPS Manish Kumar have all cleared UPSC. Did you know that IAS Tina Dabi’s mother, Himali Dabi had also cleared UPSC and was an Indian Engineering Services (IES) Officer? Read to know all about her…
As mentioned earlier, IAS Tina Dabi’s mother Himali Dabi, had also cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Examination. Himali Dabi went on to become an Indian Engineering Services (IES) Officer. This means that all the women of the Dabi household, Tina Dabi, Ria Dabi and Himali Dabi have cleared the UPSC and have become successful IAS officers.
IES Himali Dabi, despite clearing the difficult UPSC examination and being an Indian Engineering Services (IES) officer, let go of it all, for her daughter. Himali Dabi had taken voluntary retirement so that she could help her daughters Tina and Ria Dabi to prepare for UPSC and achieve their goal of becoming successful IAS Officers. In an interview once, she had also said, “Its not easy to prepare for this exam. It is very tough.”
Himali Dabi’s elder daughter, Tina Dabi was the topper of the 2015 UPSC Batch; she had first married IAS Athar Amir Khan who had secured the second rank in the same batch but eventually they separated. She then married IAS Pradeep Gawande and the couple now has a son. Himali Dabi’s younger daughter IAS Ria Dabi had secured AIR 15 in the UPSC Batch 2020 and married IPS Manish Kumar.
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