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Uttar Pradesh IAS Officer Divya Mittal Resigns After 13 Years

Uttar Pradesh IAS Officer Divya Mittal Resigns After 13 Years
UP cadre IAS officer quits after 13 yrs amid ‘political entry’ buzz · thehansindia.com

Divya Mittal is an Indian government officer who worked in the Indian Administrative Service.

She said she was leaving after 13 years of service.

She studied at IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore and later worked in London.

She returned to India because she wanted to help her country.

She became an IAS officer after passing the civil services examination.

She worked as a district magistrate in three Uttar Pradesh districts.

She later became a special secretary in the state Revenue Department.

Mittal said nothing specific caused her resignation and that she had been feeling for months that she was finished with the job.

Some reports suggested she might enter politics, but she has not confirmed any future plan.

Key facts

Civil services batch
2013
Education
BTech from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Bangalore
Earlier career
She worked at JPMorgan in London after completing her MBA.
Civil services record
She qualified for the Indian Police Service in 2012 and secured 68th rank in the 2013 examination.
District magistrate postings
Sant Kabir Nagar, Mirzapur and Deoria in Uttar Pradesh
Last reported posting
Special secretary in the Uttar Pradesh government’s Revenue Department
Resignation status
The Uttar Pradesh government had not formally received her resignation when the reports were published.

Quotes

Divya Mittal

2013-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre

“Nothing has triggered me. It’s just that, for the past few months, I have been thinking that I am done with this job. I have not planned anything for the future. I will speak about it when the time comes.”
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“Deoria taught me that standing with what is right is not an option, but a duty. Mirzapur taught me that ‘impossible’ is not a fact, but just an opinion.”
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