IAS officers Tina Dabi, Pradeep Gawande blessed with baby boy

IAS Tina Dabi welcomed her first child with husband and fellow IAS officer Pradeep Gawande on Friday.

The couple met during the Covid-19 pandemic when they were tasked with ensuring supplies.

They got married on April 22 last year.

The 2015 batch IAS topper was the first female district collector of Jaisalmer before she sought a non-field position in Jaipur because of her impending pregnancy earlier this year.

In July, Tina Dabi wrote a heartfelt message bidding goodbye to the Jaisalmer district as she leaves for her maternity leave.

“Alvida Jaisalmer! Truly blessed to have got an opportunity to serve this wonderful district for one year as its District Collector and Magistrate,” she wrote in the caption.

She was earlier posted in Jaipur as the Joint Secretary of Finance (Tax) to the Rajasthan government.

Before becoming the district collector of Jaisalmer, Tina Dabi was the joint secretary in the Rajasthan finance department. 

Pradeep Gawande, a 2013-batch IAS officer, hails from Maharashtra's Latur. He completed his MBBS at Ghati Hospital in Aurangabad. He cleared UPSC in 2013 and is now an IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre.