Jaipur, Oct 14 (IANS) Rajasthan’s bureaucracy has witnessed a notable milestone in women’s representation, with two pairs of biological sisters now serving in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).
Following in the footsteps of Tina Dabi and Riya Dabi, sisters Manju Rajpal and Anju Rajpal have emerged as another prominent sibling duo in the state’s administrative circles.
Anju Rajpal, the younger sister of senior IAS officer Manju Rajpal, has been promoted from the Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) to the IAS.
She secured the fifth position on the list of 16 officers promoted to the IAS from the state service, released by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in Delhi.
Anju currently serves as Joint Secretary in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO). Manju Rajpal is a senior IAS officer currently serving as Principal Secretary. Her younger sister, Anju Rajpal, has now joined the IAS cadre following her promotion from the RAS, marking a significant milestone for the family.
Anju’s elevation places the Rajpal sisters alongside Tina Dabi and Riya Dabi, the well-known IAS siblings who have established their own identities in public administration. The development has also drawn attention to the growing presence of women in Rajasthan’s administrative services.
Tina Dabi and her younger sister, Riya Dabi, are both IAS officers of the Rajasthan cadre who entered the service through direct recruitment.
Tina Dabi secured All India Rank 1 in the 2015 Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Riya Dabi also achieved a notable result in the Civil Services Examination, securing All India Rank 15 in 2020.
The sisters have become familiar names in India’s administrative landscape, with their achievements inspiring many aspiring civil servants, particularly women.
With Anju Rajpal’s promotion, the Rajpal sisters now join the Dabi sisters as another pair of biological sisters serving in the IAS in Rajasthan. Anju Rajpal secured the fifth position in the list of officers promoted from the Rajasthan Administrative Service to the IAS.
Her current posting as Joint Secretary in the Chief Minister’s Office places her in an important administrative role. Her promotion represents a significant professional achievement and adds another milestone to the Rajpal family’s administrative legacy.
Together, the sisters’ careers highlight different routes into the IAS: Manju Rajpal’s established career as a senior IAS officer and Anju Rajpal’s elevation from the state administrative service.
The promotion order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training included 16 officers from the Rajasthan Administrative Service who were elevated to the IAS. Among the officers named in the list were Ummed Singh, Vivek Kumar, Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Dr Bhagchand Badhal, Aslam Sher Khan, Narendra Kumar Bansal, Poonam Prasad Sagar and Gopal Ram Birda.
The promotions are expected to strengthen the state’s administrative machinery by bringing experienced state-service officers into the IAS cadre. The emergence of the Rajpal sisters alongside the Dabi sisters has added a new dimension to Rajasthan’s administrative landscape.
While their professional journeys have followed different paths, both pairs exemplify the growing visibility of women in senior public-service roles.
As Anju Rajpal begins her journey in the IAS, the Rajpal sisters’ achievement offers another noteworthy example of professional advancement and women’s participation in public administration.
–IANS
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