Durga Shakti
Nagpal is the epitome of woman power of India. It is rare that you will find a
person justifying his/her name so closely. She is an IAS officer of Uttar
Pradesh Cadre. She was in limelight in 2013 when she had launched a massive administrative
action against rampant corruption and illegal sand mining in Gautam Buddh Nagar
– NOIDA. Her action had created a sort of terror among corrupt politicians of
Uttar Pradesh and hence the Government had suspended her for demolishing the outer
wall of an illegal mosque. There was no doubt in anyone’s mind that the
suspension was on flimsy ground and the real motive was the undo the damage
done by her to the corrupt system. After a huge public uproar, Akhilesh Yadav, the then CM, had to revoke her suspension few months later.
Profile of Durga Shakti Nagpal
Durga was born
on 25th June, 1985 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Her family is basically
from Raipur, Chhatisgarh. Her father was a government servant and had won many
medals from Rajasthan and Delhi Government for distinguished services. Her grandfather
was a police officer who was killed on duty in 1954 in Delhi. Honesty and
dedication to the assigned job runs into her blood.
Durga has been a
brilliant student from schooling days. After completing schooling education,
she prepared for IIT JEE entrance examination, but couldn’t crack it. She
joined Indira Gandhi Technological University in Delhi and completed B. Tech
with Computer Science in 2007. She got a job offer from an IT Consultancy
company, but decided to stay back in Delhi and prepare for Civil Services. She
appeared in the UPSC Civil Services in 2008 and cracked it. Unfortunately, because
of low rank she could get IRS, her third preference of services. She again
appeared in the next year and cracked UPSC Civil Services with All India Rank
of 20. She easily got IAS and was allotted Punjab Cadre.
Her first
posting was in Mohali on probation – a part of IAS training. During this phase
also, Durga had shown courage and unearthed a huge land scam. She was here for
fourteen months and people still remember her for some of the life changing
actions she took.
She married
Abhishek Singh, an IAS officer of UP cadre, and requested for change in the cadre
owing to marriage. The Government allows and hence she was given UP cadre. In
her second posting as an SDM at Gautam Buddh Nagar she showed the world what an
Indian woman can do.
Husband of Durga Shakti Nagpal
As mentioned
above, Durga is married to Abhishek Singh who is also an IAS officer. Abhishek
and Durga met while preparing for Civil Services in Delhi. Abhishek took three
more years to crack Civil Services. They got married after Abhishek completed
his IAS training.
It should be
noted that Akhilesh Yadav Government had also targeted Abhishek Singh to teach
Durga a lesson. He was also suspended on a flimsy ground where he was accused
of inhuman treatment to a dalit teacher. The government could never say
publicly about the inhuman treatment. In fact, entire drama was scripted to
convey a message to Durga that she should remain under the limit imposed by the
corrupt political and business system of Uttar Pradesh.
Current Posting of Durga Shakti Nagpal
Durga is
currently the DM of Banda.
She had worked as an Officer on Special Duty in the Union Agriculture
Ministry. The Ministry led by BJP leader Radha Mohan Singh decided to relax
some rules to let her work on this crucial assignment. She has been appointed
in the Union Agriculture Ministry in January. 2015, and since then she is working
there.
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