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Dr Saloni Sidana pursued civil services after completing her MBBS. She aced UPSC CSE, securing 74th rank in her first attempt. Serving as Mandla's district collector in Madhya Pradesh, she recently went viral for spending only Rs 500 on her wedding.

IAS officer Tushar Sumera is now the district collector of Gujarat’s Bharuch district. He shared his school report card that has now gone viral on Twitter.

Known for his people-centric initiatives, Ganjam Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange braved big odds to crack UPSC, become an IAS officer and fulfil his dream of serving the common man.

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District Collector of East Champaran, Bihar, Kapil Ashok Shirsat, narrates how he fixed the problem at Gayatri Medical and Industrial Gases, and procured oxygen cylinders from the Indo-Nepal border

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Devidas Chaudhari, a retired sub-district magistrate from Maharashtra, took up the plantation of native trees in 15 acres of land. The efforts inspired 50,000 people to increase green cover in the area

“As the economy starts opening up again, we will see a lot of people looking for work. But they are primarily looking to the government to provide jobs since the private sector is not in a position to help them out.”

At a time when India is recording a spike in patients with Coronavirus, Ganjam district collector, Vijay Amruta Kulange is providing telehealth services so that people follow social distancing and hospital beds remain free.

“If there is more demand for these masks, or if anybody else outside the district wants these masks, we will be more than happy to supply,” says the Collector.