Tina Dabi has been in the limelight ever since she topped the IAS examination in 2016. From getting a divorce to remarriage, this young civil services officer has been the hot topic of discussion among youngsters similar to the way celebrities are discussed.
Tina belongs to a family of IAS toppers
When 22-year-old Tina Dabi from Delhi topped the IAS exams, she was quite surprised. While she was confident of passing it with flying colours, Tina never thought that she will be the topper. But it is not the first time that someone from the Dabi family had passed a civil services examination.
Both her parents have an Engineering Services background and were given posts in Bhopal.
Tina’s mother Himali is also a UPSC topper. She had topped the UPSC Indian Engineering Services (IES) Exam.
Tina’s father Jaswant Dabi has also passed the IES exam and works as General Manager at BSNL.
Incidentally, Tina’s younger sister Ria Dabi has also cleared the UPSC examination and has credited her success to her mother Himali, just like Tina.
It is because when Tina decided to pursue a civil services examination, her mother took voluntary retirement so that she can offer full support to her daughter.
A topper throughout school and college
The remarkable success of Tina in the UPSC exams is not incidental. She was a topper right from her school days. In 12th, she scored 100% in political science and history and was declared the 'Student of the Year' during her graduation period at Lady Sri Ram College as she was a topper also in the college. After her graduation, she started preparing for her UPSC exams.
Tina’s preparation for the UPSC exam
As a part of her daily preparation, Tina read every topic at least three times and thoroughly read the newspaper every day. She selected political science as her subject for the examination as she has always been good at this subject.
Wants to contribute towards women's empowerment
Tina chose Haryana as the state where she wanted to work because she felt it is a challenging state where gender equality is a big issue. However, there was no vaccany in the Haryana cadre, DoPT ( department of personnel and training ) allotted her Rajasthan cadre on the basis of Cadre Preferences mentioned in her DAF. She has been brought up with a strong sense of equality among men and women and these seem to be lacking in society at present. Tina aims to work on the empowerment of women and believes that choosing administration work in this state will help her to contribute in this direction.
Tina is a typical Delhi girl
The District Collector of Jaisalmer is a typical Delhi girl who loves to watch English television series, and movies and loves to indulge in creative hobbies like Madhubani painting, reading, and shopping.