Awanish Sharan

The next few weeks are extremely crucial for India if we have to control the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). In a stressful situation like this, IAS officers are working round the clock to provide essential services like groceries, masks, hand sanitisers and awareness to every person

Fighting child marriage, transforming schools, generating employment, making healthcare accessible — it has been a year of hard efforts. And as the year comes to an end, we would like to draw special attention to 10 such officers and their efforts, who have done all they could do, to make India better.

“I have always sought to develop quality infrastructure which would allow students of government schools to compete with their private counterparts," says the officer who himself sends his daughter to a govt. school.

“The percentages are just a number game. You will get many more chances to prove your caliber,” says District Collector Awanish Kumar Sharan, who scored 44.5% and 65% marks in Class 10 and 12 respectively. #Respect #Inspiration #Education

He has also been actively attending programmes like Children’s Day in the government school where his daughter studies.