Archive · 10 Nov 2025
IPS Niharika Bhatt Left US FDA Job to Crack Civil Services
Niharika Bhatt was working a good job as a scientist in America for the US Food and Drug Administration.
She was researching important things like how tiny particles affect our health.
But she felt like she wanted to do something else, something more meaningful for her home country, India.
So, she gave up her job and came back to India.
She studied hard and took a very difficult test called the UPSC Civil Services Examination.
She did so well on her very first try that she got a great rank and became an IPS police officer.
She chose to become an IPS officer because she wanted to serve and protect people in India.
IPS officer Niharika Bhatt, from the AGMUT cadre (2015 batch), previously worked at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
She resigned from her research position at the FDA to pursue a career in civil services in India.
Niharika Bhatt is a native of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and holds an M.Tech from the University of Michigan, USA.
She achieved an all-India rank of 146 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination on her first attempt.
Her motivation for changing careers was an inner calling to serve her country.
- Who
- Niharika Bhatt, a 2015 batch IPS officer
- What
- Left her job at the US FDA to pursue a career as an IPS officer and cracked the UPSC Civil Services Examination on her first attempt.
- When
- Returned to India in 2014 and cleared the UPSC Civil Services Examination in the same year.
- Where
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (hometown); USA (previous employment and education); India (current service)
- Why
- An inner calling to serve her country.
- Name
- Niharika Bhatt
- Cadre
- AGMUT
- Year of Selection
- 2015
- UPSC Rank
- 146
- Previous Job
- Research Scientist at US FDA
- Education
- M.Tech from University of Michigan, USA; B.Tech from Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow