Indian Administrative service (IAS) officer and 2016 UPSC topper Tina Dabi will marry her IAS colleague Pradeep Gawande in April. She made the announcement of her engagement on Instagram.
“I am wearing the smile you (Pradeep Gawande) gave me, fiancé,” Dabi wrote in her Instagram post.
IAS Pradeep Gawande also took to social media to announce the good news.
“Together, is my favourite place to be!” he wrote on Instagram along with a picture with Tina in which he can be seen wearing a red Kurta.
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IAS Gawande is a 2013 batch officer who is currently serving as Director, Archeology and Museums, Rajasthan, as per a report by livehindustan.
The couple will get married on 22nd April, the report further says.
IAS Tina Dabi is currently serving as the Joint Secretary Finance (Tax) to Govt of Rajasthan. She belongs to the Rajasthan Cadre.
Tina Dabi was previously married to IAS Athar Khan who came second in the UPSC examinations in 2016 which she had topped.
Tina and Athar got married in April in 2018. Their wedding reception was attended by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and the then Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
They officially announced their separation in November 2020. Their divorce was finalized in August 2021 by a Jaipur Court.
Ms Dabi became the first person from the Dalit community to top the civil services examination. She cleared it in her first attempt.
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She is a graduate from Lady Shri Ram College of Delhi University.
Ms. Dabi has a massive following on social media, with over 14 lakh followers on Instagram.
Ms. Dabi has a sister, Ria Dabi who also cleared her UPSC examinations in 2020, securing the 15th position.
