Smita Gate is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and the ex-wife of famous Indian television actor Nitish Bharadwaj.
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Smita Ghat was born on Wednesday, March 16, 1966, in Pune (55 years old in 2021). Her star sign is Pisces. She attended school at Pune Central School Lohegaon from 1978 to 1982. She completed her 12th grade at Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Pune. In 1981, she enrolled at Nowrosjee Wadia College, Pune. Later, she obtained a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from Garware College of Science and Arts, Pune in 1987. She is a postgraduate in sociology.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 6″
Eye Color: Brown
Hair color: Black
Smita Ghat and her husband
Family and caste
Smita was born into a Hindu family.
Parents and siblings
She has an elder brother, Sunil Gate, who was a manager at The Times of India.
Sunil Ghat, brother of Smita Ghat
Relationships, husbands and children
After divorcing Monisha Patil in 2005, Nitish Bharadwaj married Smita Ghat on March 14, 2009. At the time, Smita was also divorced from her first husband. In an interview, Nitish spoke about his meeting with Smita, saying,
Initially, we were just friends. We had a family friend in common who suggested that we consider marriage. We thought about it and then met a few times. We found that we were very compatible with each other, so we decided to get married. ”
The couple had two twin daughters: Devyani (name of a queen in the Mahabharata) and Shivranjani (named after the raga).
Smita Ghat’s wedding photos
Smita Ghat’s husband and daughter
In January 2022, Nitish and Smita ended their 12-year marriage.
Profession
In 1992, she became an IAS officer in Madhya Pradesh. In February 2009, she was appointed as the Executive Director of the Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC). A few months after joining the post, she found some irregularities in the functioning of the department. She demanded a commission of inquiry to look into the entire incident. Her appeal was not addressed and she was ordered to return to her original post in May 2010. In an interview, her husband Nitish said:
The order came while she was on an official visit to Brazil and Argentina. The SRTEPC board wrote to the Ministry of Textiles (MoT) and the Department of Personnel Training (DoPT) stating that Smita’s services were not required. The ministry sent her back to Madhya Pradesh without asking any questions. We were really surprised to hear the news. Smita was posted as a deputation in SRTEPC. There was no provision in the rules for her to join a private company on her own.
Smita filed an RTI application in her counterclaim, seeking details of her transfer. When her case was referred to CAT, the bench of Justices Jog Singh and Sudhakar Mishra, who presided over the case, found that she was a representative and she had not joined SRTEPC voluntarily. Smita’s lawyer said,
The arguments and misrepresentations given by the Ministry of Transport in this case are appalling. It is impossible for an IAS officer to join a private company on his own discretion based on a NoC alone.”
In 2015, she was appointed as the Managing Director of MP Finance, Indore.
dispute
Allegations of harassment
On February 14, 2024, Nitish Bharadwaj submitted a written complaint to Bhopal Police Commissioner Harinarayanachari Mishra, accusing her of harassment, misbehavior, and preventing him from seeing his children.
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