IAS officer Rahul Kumar, who cracked UPSC even without having formal college education, is on another mission now. He is aiming to start libraries in all the `panchayats’ of Bihar’s Purnea district.

This success story was scripted by District Commissioner, Serchhip, Ms. Nazuk Kumar, a 2016-batch IAS officer of AGMUT cadre. Serchhip district in Mizoram has won two National Water Awards for water...

Leading from the front and setting an example, SP of Raigarh Mr Santosh Kumar Singh has provided help to more than 35,000 people with food, ration packets and medicine.

The ‘Employment Generation Program for women’ of the Cane Development Department proved to be a “Ray of hope” for the livelihood of rural women entrepreneurs during the Corona pandemic.

Indian Masterminds StoriesSpecially-abled people face difficulty in performing daily chores like travelling to put the garbage in dustbin. A group of students from Karnataka’s residential government...

Don’t be disheartened at average or poor school results. Just look at how a 2018 batch-IAS officer Himanshu Kaushik didn’t think much about his not-so-great school results, and consequently, cleared...

IAS and IPS officers from all over India, such as Subhas Dubey, Nitin Sangwan, Dr. Sumita Mishra, and several others, cherished the presence of daughters in their lives and took to social media to...

2012 बैच के झारखंड कैडर के आईएएस अधिकारी रमेश घोलप की कहानी, जिनका बचपन बेहद मुफलिसी में बीता। गांवों में चूड़ियां बेचकर अपने सफर की शुरुआत की, लेकिन अब वो खुद वंचितों के जीवन में रंग भर रहे हैं और...

By extensively creating small ponds, trenches and check dams, the Rudraprayag forest division in Uttarakhand has managed to store around one crore litres of water- an exemplary achievement.

Indian Masterminds StoriesProving that every cloud does have a silver lining, one positive effect of the Covid-19 pandemic is that it has made people more conscious about health and fitness. Sudden...

The holy city of Puri in Odhisa is receiving a facelift with its shining clean streets and beaches. Several initiatives launched by the city’s previous District Magistrate, Mr. Balwant Singh, have...

2018 batch IFS officer Anupam Sharma, posted as DFO Sendhwa in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh, imparted valuable tips related to the preliminary examination of UPSC CSE. In his tips shared on the...

Mohammad Ali Shihab, a 2011 batch IAS officer, grew up in an orphanage.

When migrant workers returned their homes in Purnea in the midst of lockdown, the challenge was to help them settle. District Magistrate Rahul Kumar made sure that every returnee was provided with...

After taking over as CEO of Tea Cooperative Indcoserve, Ms Supriya Sahu IAS, changed its fortunes in six months. Fairtrade Certification was the icing on her cake.

Rahul Kumar, the District Collector of Purnea in Bihar has set high standards of smooth administration. His sensitivity towards people and social issues puts him in a different league.

Sonmoni Borah, the top IAS officer in Chattisgarh, is a leading corona warrior of India. He is an inspiration to the civil servants all over.

In these tough times of death and sickness when people’s very survival is at stake, IPS officer Suraj Singh Parihar is making good use of the power of social media to reach out and help the ones in...

In the third and concluding part of interview series, the 2008-batch IAS officer Ms Sonal Goel has revealed a different side of her personality.

DCP Usha Rangnani has deployed all women beat staff in each police station of North-West Delhi. They also help senior citizens who are living alone. The women staff patrols the streets on motorbikes...

AIR 13 of UPSC Exam 2008, Ms. Sonal Goel in an exclusive interview with Indian Masterminds, shares tips on Civil Services exam preparation, how she did it h...

A heroic police officer, a history enthusiast, photography lover and an engineer, Mr. Vikas Vaibhav is not an unknown name specially in Bihar. In fact, he has earned a celebrity like status among...

It required loads of good wishes to cheer up UPSC aspirants facing uncertainties due to pandemic-induced restrictions. A number of Civil Servants pitched in with tips and wishes on social media for...

It’s not easy for one IAS officer to launch a large number of pro-people schemes in a district. But the man in-charge of Purnea in Bihar, Mr Rahul Kumar, accomplished the feat- and that too when the...

IAS and IPS officers from all over India, such as Subhas Dubey, Nitin Sangwan, Dr. Sumita Mishra, and several others, cherished the presence of daughters in their lives and took to social media to...

Not just ensuring the survival of tigers in the Pilibhit and Katarniaghat reserves of Uttar Pradesh, but also enabling other wildlife to flourish here are some of the the stellar achievements of IFS...

Valay Vaidya cleared UPSC CSE 2020 in his fourth attempt securing AIR 116. In 2019, he became a Deputy Collector in Gujarat after cracking the state GPSC exam.

Deputy Commissioner, West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, Mr. Ananya Mittal recently gave permission to private companies to set up mobile towers in the interior areas covered with dense forests.

Indian Masterminds StoriesSenior IFS officer Sudha Ramen not only tries out new innovations in her work field but also in her art. The officer is an accomplished artist whose work with mandala and...