December 31, 2020
Tina Dabi and Athar Khan had tied the knot in March 2018 and served in the Rajasthan cadre. That there was something amiss in their relationship when Tina removed Khan from her surname on social media while Athar “unfollowed” Tina on Instagram around the same time. Athar, who comes from Kashmir, had secured the second position in the UPSC exams whereas Dabi who hails from Bhopal ranked first becoming the first Dalit girl to top the civil services exam in the first attempt itself. Both of them came close during their training at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy for Administration in Mussoorie.
‘The real Chipko’: How Shekhar Pathak wrote the first exhaustive, people’s history of the movement
Pathak’s new book focuses on the ordinary, often unlettered, men, women and children who shaped the forest rights struggle. Dec 27, 2020 · 06:30 am
I first came across Shekhar Pathak’s name in the files of the Uttar Pradesh State Archives in Lucknow. The year was 1983, and I was working on a dissertation on the social history of forests in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. In those days the UP State Archives were well run; the files one ordered came to one’s desk fairly quickly, and with all their pages intact. On the inside back cover of each file was a list of all the scholars who had seen that particular document before. Studying the records of the Forest Department and the General Administration, I found that in some cases I was the first person to have ordered a particular file, but in most cases the second. The person who had got to these records before me was a cert
Civil service leaders share the career tips that helped them up the ladder
By Kate Hodge on 22/12/2020
Passing on the baton: leaders share their best careers advice. Credit: Braden Collum/Unsplash
There’s an awful lot of career advice around – but how to know whether it’s any good? We asked 12 leading national officials to name the tips they found most useful in their own journey to the top. After all, it worked for them: we hope you find their answers helpful in the year to come
Sometimes we all need some advice – perhaps on how to support colleagues, understand your next career move, dig yourself out of a professional rut or boost your self-confidence.
Alok Mishra and Vijay Avinandan
Alok Mishra is the Deputy Director-General, Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office, NITI Aayog where he oversees evaluation studies, external engagement, and capacity building initiatives. Prior to this, he served as the senior deputy director at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, as director (IITs and IIITs) and director (international cooperation) at the Ministry of Education, and in the media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Alok holds a master’s in public policy and management from IIM-Bangalore and Syracuse University, USA.
Vijay Avinandan is the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), NITI Aayog. He has more than seven years of experience in monitoring and evaluation (M&E), across sectors such as public health and nutrition, education, water, sanitation, hygiene, and livelihoods in India and East Africa. Vijay is also a member of Evaluation Community of Ind
Alok Mishra and Vijay Avinandan
Alok Mishra is the Deputy Director-General, Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office, NITI Aayog where he oversees evaluation studies, external engagement, and capacity building initiatives. Prior to this, he served as the senior deputy director at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, as director (IITs and IIITs) and director (international cooperation) at the Ministry of Education, and in the media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Alok holds a master’s in public policy and management from IIM-Bangalore and Syracuse University, USA.
Vijay Avinandan is the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), NITI Aayog. He has more than seven years of experience in monitoring and evaluation (M&E), across sectors such as public health and nutrition, education, water, sanitation, hygiene, and livelihoods in India and East Africa. Vijay is also a member of Evaluation Community of Ind