civil service heroes

From classrooms and flood-hit villages to forests and city streets, these IAS and IFS officers stepped in where people needed help the most. Their everyday decisions in 2025 changed lives, restored trust, and showed how people-first governance works on the ground.

It began in classrooms facing rising heat, forests weighed down by plastic, and coastlines under stress. This is how IAS Supriya Sahu turned lived climate problems into solutions that touched millions of lives.

To the world, he was a hero of 26/11. To her, he was Papa, who brought home puppies, wiped her tears, and filled her childhood with warmth. Jui Karkare Navare shares the personal memories of a father lost in one of India’s darkest moments.

Deceived by promises of a good job, 11 men became victims of bonded labour in Osmanabad, Maharashtra. Their ordeal ended when IPS Officer Atul Kulkarni led a rescue operation, freeing them from the inhumane conditions and ensuring their rehabilitation.