2015 batch IAS Aditya Ranjan is leading one of India’s biggest rehabilitation projects in Jharia, relocating over 15,000 families from dangerous underground fire zones while rebuilding trust, livelihoods, and safer communities. For more than 100 years, the ground beneath Jharia has been on fire. Since 1916, underground coal seams in Jharkhand’s famous coalfield have continued …
IPS Abhinay Vishwakarma’s Katni Police achieved ISO certification for 16 police units, introducing transparency, quality management, and citizen-focused reforms in Madhya Pradesh. Katni Police marked a moment that could reshape how policing is seen at the district level in India. Sixteen police units, including police stations, SDOP offices, and the Superintendent of Police office, received …
How IAS officer Avishyant Panda transformed Gadchiroli through scientific water conservation, watershed management, and climate-resilient governance to prevent drought. Climate change rarely announces itself through a single disaster. More often, it appears in subtle but dangerous signals—erratic rainfall, rising temperatures, declining groundwater pockets, and shrinking water security. While many administrations respond only after a crisis …
IAS officer Pulkit Khare’s Divyangjan Rozgar Abhiyan is transforming disability inclusion in Uttar Pradesh by connecting trained Divyang youth with jobs and entrepreneurship, helping nearly 1,900 individuals achieve financial independence and dignity. For decades, the conversation around persons with disabilities in India largely revolved around welfare — pensions, assistance and social protection. While these measures …
Under the leadership of 2021-batch IAS officer Nivrutti Avhad Somnath, CEO of Zilla Parishad, Dholpur, ChandraJyoti Abhiyan is transforming unused public buildings into Digital Samvidhan Ghars—CSR-backed, SHG-run civic spaces that are building a culture of constitutional literacy and community-led governance. In many Indian villages, government buildings often stand silent — freshly painted once, inaugurated once, …
