Archive · 31 Aug 2026
Divya Mittal’s Husband Also Left Civil Services in 2022
Divya Mittal recently left India’s administrative civil service after 13 years.
Her husband, Dhillon, had already left his government job in 2022.
He had worked in the Indian Trade Service.
After resigning, he returned to financial-market work.
Dhillon studied engineering at IIT Delhi and management at IIM Bangalore.
He also worked for financial companies in Singapore and London.
Mittal similarly moved from a job at JPMorgan in London to government service in India.
She said that living abroad made her feel a responsibility to serve the country.
Divya Mittal resigned from the Indian Administrative Service on Sunday after a 13-year career.
Her husband, Dhillon, resigned from the Indian Trade Service in 2022 while serving as Joint Director General.
Dhillon later returned to financial markets and is associated with Neuracap as an algorithmic trader.
He studied at IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore and previously worked at BNP Paribas and Citigroup.
Mittal joined the IAS in 2013 after working at JPMorgan in London and served as district magistrate in three Uttar Pradesh districts.
- Who
- Divya Mittal and her husband, Dhillon, who both previously worked in India’s civil services.
- What
- Mittal resigned from the IAS, while Dhillon had resigned from the Indian Trade Service in 2022.
- When
- Mittal resigned on Sunday; Dhillon resigned in 2022.
- Where
- Mittal served in Uttar Pradesh, while Dhillon worked in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
- Why
- Mittal said living abroad made her feel a responsibility toward India; the articles do not state Dhillon’s reason for resigning.
- Mittal’s IAS tenure
- 13 years
- Dhillon’s resignation
- 2022
- Dhillon’s government position
- Joint Director General in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- Dhillon’s current association
- Neuracap, as an algorithmic trader
- Dhillon’s civil-service entry
- Joined the Indian Trade Service in 2011 after clearing the 2010 Civil Services Examination
- Mittal’s IAS entry
- Joined the IAS in 2013
- Mittal’s district postings
- Deoria, Mirzapur and Sant Kabir Nagar