IAS topper interacts with students at LSR college

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 28 2016 | 8:57 PM IST
Girls should develop a thick skin and should always be ready to fight back anyone who wants to overpower them, was the message given by Tina Dabi, the 2015 IAS topper, to students at her almamater Lady Sri Ram College.
Dabi, the first Dalit girl to have topped the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations was invited by the Delhi University college to commemorate her achievement and to allow her to interact with the students.
The Political Science graduate, who was in the news recently when she didn't get posted in Haryana, her state of choice, said that "the Child Sex Ratio (CSR) in Haryana is poor and as a woman I wanted to work in the field of girl child education, especially after the implementation of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana."
"But due to a lack of vacancy, I was allotted Rajasthan. which was my second choice," she said adding, she is hopeful of improving the education institutions and in the implementation of government schemes.
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First Published: Jul 28 2016 | 8:57 PM IST

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