District Magistrate

West Champaran District Magistrate Kundan Kumar, a 2012-batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, launched a unique 'Startup Zone' for returning migrant workers. Mapping their skills, arranging for bank loans and other support systems promoted entrepreneurship and created jobs too.

"A key lesson we can learn from Raju Mupparapu's innovations is that raw talent exists in rural areas," says Prashanth Patil, who is currently the Collector of Nalgonda district.

“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.”

“I was in a constant state of fear about these students. Loneliness, anxiety and depression can do terrible things to these young minds and my prime focus was to ensure their safe departure from Kota,” explains Kasera.

"The entire work was done through the hard work of the villagers and government officials, especially Collector Madam."

"I believe my action would prompt other government departments to be stricter in their actions against plastic use.”

“In India, we have this notion that cleaning is the job of a particular person. This impression must go,” said Ajay Shankar Pandey, Ghaziabad DM. #IAS #Inspiration

The year was 1921. In the hills of Uttarakhand, an incredible movement was born that would go on to be named the 'Bloodless Revolution' by Mahatma Gandhi. #History #ForgottenHeroes

Unwilling to be stifled by red-tapism, these 10 dedicated civil servants went above and beyond their duty in 2018 to change India for the better.

The district head who was visiting the school to inspect the infrastructure and learning outcomes, decided to pick the chalk and duster and teach the students who seemed quite delighted to listen to her speak.