Divya Mittal is an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 2013 batch of Uttar Pradesh cadre. She is serving as District Magistrate-cum-Collector of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh from 2023.
Wiki/Biography
Divya Mittal was born in Delhi on Wednesday, 23 November 1983 (39 years old as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. After completing her studies, Divya attended the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics (2001-2005). While studying at IIT Delhi, Divya received a Summer Undergraduate Research Award. Thereafter, she pursued an MBA degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore (2005-2007). In 2005, she gave a speech at the Asia Pacific Derivatives Association conference on the pricing, application and forecasting capabilities of economic data derivatives. In 2019, she took the MicroMasters, Data, Economics, and Development Economics courses in the MITx program.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′3″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Divya Mittal’s mother’s name is Saroj Mittal.
Divya Mittal mother and daughter
husband and children
Divya Mittal married Gagandeep Singh Dhillon on April 6. Gagandeep is a 2011 batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. They have two daughters: Advika Dhillon and Avyana Dhillon.
Divya Mittal and her husband Gagandeep Singh Dhillon
Divya Mittal and her daughters Advika Dhillon and Avyana Dhillon
Profession
Corporate positions
After completing her MBA in 2007, Divya started working as an associate at financial services firm JP Morgan in London, England. There, she managed and hedged complex derivatives portfolios worth billions of dollars. She had been working at the company for about a year.
civil service
Indian Police Service (IPS)
Before becoming an IAS officer, Divya served as an IPS officer for a brief period.
Divya Mittal as IPS officer
Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Divya Mittal passed the civil services examination in 2013 and became an IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. Soon after completing her training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Administrative Institute, Mussoorie, Divya started serving as sub-divisional judge in Siduri, Sitapur.
Divya Mittal inspects wheat crop in UP
She served there from September 2014 to June 2015. On August 31, 2015, Divya participated in a 3-month central delegation as Assistant Secretary, NITI Aayog, Government of India, New Delhi. Divya served as Meerut Divisional Magistrate from December 2015 to May 2017.
Divya Mittal patrols the security facility near Samay Mata Mandir during Navratri
Thereafter, she served as Chief Development Officer, Gonda District for about one year and nine months. Mittal served as Joint Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Industrial Development Authority, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh from April 2018 to February 2019. On February 20, 2019, Divya was appointed as the Vice Chairman of Bareilly Development Authority. Divya served as district magistrate-cum-collector of Sant Kabir Nagar, Khalilabad, Uttar Pradesh for about two years and was later appointed as district magistrate-cum-collector of Mirzapur.
Divya Mittal serves as District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Sant Kabir Nagar, Khalilabad, Uttar Pradesh
Awards and Achievements
- First Prize for Innovative Conference on Addressing Teacher Absenteeism at LBSNAA Mussoorie (2014)
- First Prize, LBSNAA Mussoorie Innovation Conference on Addressing Groundwater Depletion (2014)
- Ashok Bambawale Memorial Award is awarded to the outstanding IAS trainee officer based on the marks obtained in FC, first phase and second phase of LBSNAA Mussoorie (2015)
- Selected to address Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Facts/Trivia
- Divya Mittal enjoys traveling in her spare time.
- Being a fitness enthusiast, Divya follows a strict workout regimen.
- In an interview, Divya revealed that it was her husband Gagandeep Singh Dhillon who inspired her to become an IAS officer. In the same interview, she revealed that she did not take any coaching to crack the civil services exam.
- Divya is very active on social media and keeps posting motivational quotes on Twitter, which often go viral. She often posts motivational articles for UPSC aspirants and provides them with some useful tips to crack the Civil Services Examination.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education