Tina Darby
Tina Dabi, who topped the IAS exam in 2015, is the first Scheduled Caste (ST) woman to top the IAS exam. She dreamed of becoming an IAS officer and therefore, she started preparing for the UPSC Civil Services Examination in her first year of graduation.
Biography/Wiki
Tina Dabi is a 29-year-old girl (born November 9, 1993) from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
Tina Darby
appearance
Apart from her intelligence, she is also very beautiful with healthy physical features of 34-28-34 and a height of 5 feet 4 inches.
Tina Darby
family and caste
She comes from a middle-class SC Hindu family.
Parents and siblings
Her father Jaswant Dabi is the managing director of BSNL and her mother Himani Dabi is a former Indian Engineering Services (IES) officer. She has a sister Ria Dabi who is married to IPS officer Manish Kumar.
Tina Darby and her family
husband and children
Tina met her future husband Atal Aamir Khan; first received the award in 2015 at an IAS celebration ceremony held at the DOPT office in Delhi. They became close to each other during their IAS training at the “Lal Bahadur Shastri National Administrative Academy” college in Mussoorie. During this period, they also traveled to the Netherlands, Paris, Rome and other places. She married Aamir on March 20, 2018, who also became an IAS officer at this time.
Tina Dabi and Athar Aamir Khan
Tina Dabi and Athar Aamir Khan
Tina Dabi and Athar Aamir Khan
Tina Dabi and Athar Aamir Khan
In November 2020, after two years of marriage, the IAS couple filed for divorce by mutual consent in the Jaipur Family Court. Earlier, Tina had deleted Khan’s surname on social media and Attar had also unfollowed her on Instagram at the same time. In August 2021, a family court in Jaipur approved their divorce request. On April 20, 2022, she married another IAS officer Pradeep Gawande at the Holiday Inn Jaipur; Pradeep is 13 years older than Tina Darby.
Tina Dabi and Pradeep Gawande
The wedding reception of Tina Dabi and Pradeep Gawande was held on April 22, 2022 in Jaipur. On September 15, 2023, the couple was blessed with a son. Tina gave birth to the boy in Jaisalmer.
Tina Dabi and Pradeep Gawande Reception Photos
UPSC exam
She has been very smart since she was a child and has excellent academic performance. She secured 100% marks in History and Political Science in her 12th standard ICSE examination. She graduated from “Lady Shri Ram College for Women”, New Delhi (Bachelor of Arts in Political Science). In 2016, she passed the IAS exam for the first time with a score of 52.49%.
Tina Darby
Profession
After completing her training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Administrative Institute, Mussoorie, she joined the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India, as Acting Assistant Secretary for a period of 13 weeks. In 2017, she was first posted as Assistant Collector, Ajmer, Rajasthan.
First Post: Assistant Collector, Ajmer! The land of Khwaja Ġarib Nawaz Sharif Dargah and Pushkar! pic.twitter.com/Sbzy094m07
— Tina Dabi (@dabi_tina) May 3, 2017
On 26 October 2018, Tina Dabi joined Bhilwara, Rajasthan as Sub-Divisional Officer or SDO and Divisional Magistrate. In July 2020, she was appointed as the CEO of Zila Parishad, Sri Ganganagar. In November 2020, she joined the Finance (Taxation) Department, Jaipur, as Joint Secretary. On July 6, 2022, she became the 65th District Magistrate and District Judge of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.
Join Jaisalmer today as District Collector and Magistrate. 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/oFKRrkKTfUf
— Tina Dabi (@dabi_tina) July 6, 2022
fact
- Her family moved to Delhi from Bhopal while she was in school.
Tina Dabi childhood photos with her father
- Tina’s parents had previously cleared the UPSC Indian Engineering Services exam.
- The Indian Constitution and Indian politics were her favorite topics since childhood.
- She was a talented debater as a student and served as Deputy Speaker of the University Youth Parliament (2012).
Tina Darby
- She topped the political science major at Delhi University in her first-year examination.
- Tina was awarded the title of “Student of the Year” at Lady Shri Ram College.
- Initially, she decided to pursue a commerce degree, but later she decided to prepare for the UPSC civil services exam. For this reason, she entered the IAS study circle of RAU in New Delhi and studied for nine to twelve hours at a fixed time every day.
- She aspired to work for women empowerment so after clearing the IAS exam she chose Haryana cadre to fulfill her purpose but the two vacancies there had been allotted to Scheduled Tribes so, she had to settle for Rajasthan cadre was her second choice.
Tina Darby
- She loves traveling and has been to tourist destinations such as the Netherlands, France, and Italy.
- She is also interested in painting.
Tina Darby
- Tina is a fan of Shah Rukh Khan, Vin Diesel, Akshay Kumar, Aamir Khan and her favorite actresses are Priyanka Chopra and Sonam Kha Poole.
- She loves Bollywood movies – Andaz Apna Apna, 3 Idiots, Break Ke Baad, 2 States, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Hollywood – Titanic, P.S. I Love You, Slumdog Millionaire, What Happens in Vegas, Mission: Impossible.
- At home, she enjoys watching TV shows like Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani, Khatron Ke Khiladi, How I Met Your Mother, Friends and The Big Bang Theory.
- She likes to read, and her favorite books include “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown, “The Twilight Saga” by Stephenie Meyer, “Artemis Fowl” by Eoin Colfer, “Harry Potter” by J.K. Rowling, “Confessions of a Dying Mind: Blind Faith in Atheism” by Howrian Lal Gut.
- She loves Momos food and her favorite restaurant is Barbeque Nation.
- Tina’s mother was her role model, a woman who sacrificed her job for her career.
Tina Darby and her mother
- She wanted to become a Cabinet Secretary in the Government of India.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education