Officer Who Sued Magazine Ranked 4th in All India IAS Exam
New Delhi: Smita Sabharwal, the bureaucrat from Telangana who has sued Outlook magazine for deeply disparaging and sexist remarks about her, is extremely popular in her state for her work as Collector in districts like Karimnagar and Medak.
Here is a profile of the young officer in five points:
- Ms Sabharwal, 38, currently posted as Additional Secretary to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhara Rao, is a 2001 batch officer. She cracked the IAS examination at 23 and secured an All-India fourth rank.
- Smita Sabharwal has multiple pages on Facebook set up by fans and supporters, each with thousands of likes. But the officer does not have accounts on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.
- The officer was born in West Bengal on June 19, 1977. Her father Colonel PK Das, is a retired Army officer and Ms Sabharwal attended school in many parts of the country.
- She finished her schooling from St Ann’s in Secunderabad and has graduated in Commerce from the St Francis Degree College for Women in Hyderabad.
- She is married to Akum Sabharwal a IPS officer also from the Telangana cadre. They have two children.
Story First Published: July 01, 2015 14:07 IST
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