Bhukya Chandrakala is a 2008 batch IAS officer and UP cadre. She is popularly known as “Ms. Dabon”. Let us know some more interesting details about Chandrakala’s life, family, biography and other facts.
Biography/Wiki
Chandrakala was born on 27 September 1979 (40 years old; as of 2019) in Garjanapalli, Yellareddy Mandal, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana). She received her education at Kendriya Vidyalaya in Ramagundam. Later, she moved to Hyderabad to pursue her graduation. She received her BA in Geography from Koti Women’s College, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Additionally, she received her Master’s degree in Economics from Osmania University, Hyderabad through distance learning. Chandrakala topped the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission Group-I service and was appointed as Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies. She prepared for and appeared for the Civil Services Examination with the help of her husband and secured 409th rank in her fourth attempt.
Chandrakala IAS
family, husband and caste
Chandrakala was born into a Hindu family of the Banjara tribe (scheduled tribe), to B. Kishan and B. Lakshmi. Her father is a retired senior technician at Ramagundan Fertilizer Company in India, and her mother is an entrepreneur. Chandrakara is the third child of her parents. Her elder brother B. Raghuveer is a technical officer in the DLRL organization and younger brother B. Mahaveer is a banker with the State Bank of India in Ramagundam, Karimnagar. She also has a sister, B. Meena, who works in the beauty industry.
Chandrakala married A Ramulu, executive engineer of the Ramsagar project, when she was in her second year of undergraduate studies. The couple has a daughter, Kirthi Chandra.
Chandrakala and her daughter
appearance
Height: 5 feet 4 inches
Weight: 55kg
Profession
After clearing the civil services examination, Chandrakala became an IAS officer in UP Cadre in 2008. In 2009, she was appointed as Chief Development Officer, Allahabad. Later, in 2010, Chandrakala became the SDM of Allahabad. She was appointed district judge in Hamirpur (2012), Mathura (2014), Duranshahr (2015) and Binol (2016). She also served as district judge of Meerut district in 2016. She became the second woman district judge in Mathura district after Anita Meshram.
In March 2017, Chandrakala served as Director of Swachh Bharat Mission and Deputy Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation, New Delhi. During this period, she was appointed as the personal secretary to Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti. In 2017, she was selected as Madhamik Siksha Vibhag’s ‘Special Secretary’. She is an active member of social networking sites and an internet phenomenon with a huge fan following. She has a huge fan base on social networking sites. In 2017, a video of her shouting at Uttar Pradesh officials and contractors over damaged newly paved roads went viral. She is known as the most honest and hard-working official in the media industry. In the latter case, she also reprimanded a government teacher for poor teaching and administrative misconduct.
dispute
- Chandrakala is often in the spotlight of the media for his fluctuating net worth, assets, and properties.
- Within a year of Chandrakala becoming an IAS, her net worth increased from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 1 crore, becoming a focus of discussion on disproportionate assets.
- Chandrakala has often been criticized for discrepancies between his claims of net worth and real estate values. As per regulations, every Indian serviceman has to file his/her immovable property declaration every year.
- When she was a district judge in Bulandshahr, she sparked controversy by jailing a young man who took a selfie with her.
- In 2016, she was criticized for reopening a slaughterhouse in Binol Sahaspur.
- She hit the headlines in January 2019 when the CBI charged her with allegedly circumventing regulations to issue sand mining licenses during her tenure as Hamirpur district magistrate in 2012.
net worth and salary
Chandrakala’s salary as an IAS officer is Rs 91,400 per month, plus other allowances (same as in 2019). Her net worth is approximately Rs 1 Crore (2014).
assets/property
Chandrakala owns a plot worth Rs 10 lakh in Ranga Reddy, Telangana. She is the owner of a 267 sqm house/land worth Rs 45 lakh in Annapurna Nagar, Andhra Pradesh. She owns a flat worth Rs 67 lakh in Lucknow’s Sarojini Naidu Marg and a farmland worth Rs 7 lakh in Karimnagar in Andhra Pradesh. She lives in Sapphire Homes Apartment 101, Sarojini Naidu Marg near Yojana Bhawan, Lucknow.
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Chandrakala’s signature
fact
- Chandrakala’s grades in school and college were below average. She failed to gain admission to higher education in science, commerce and mathematics.
- She has a very close relationship with her mother B. Lakshmi and often attributes her success to her mother.
- During the 2017 UP Assembly elections, the BJP accused Chandrakala of helping the ruling party and said she was biased in the election and further demanded her transfer from the Election Commission.
- Her hobbies include reading, gardening, cooking, and traveling.
- She is non-vegetarian.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education