Trainee officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) 2013 met Governor Balramji Dass Tandon at Raj Bhavan here on Thursday.
Governor Tandon while interacting with the trainees said that the Indian Administrative Service is one wherein youth of various educational backgrounds like Engineering, Management, Medical, Commerce and others are selected for serving the nation.
He said that selection into the service is just the first test, but they will actually succeed when they will be able to discharge all their responsibilities associated to their designation. The Governor said that the trainees should be determined to consider national interest as paramount while discharging their duties.
He suggested the trainee officers to be sensitive and empathetic while redressing public grievances. Tandon extended best wishes to the trainees for their upcoming responsibilities. The trainees introduced themselves to Governor and told about their training activities. It is noteworthy that two of the trainee IAS officers are from Chhattisgarh. Vineet Nandanvaar belongs to Bastar district (Jagdalpur) and Jagdish Sonkar is a resident of Durg district.
Ajit Basant has been posted as Assistant Collector of Surguja district, Gaurav Kumar Singh has been posted as Assistant Collector of Raigarh district, Vineet Nandanvaar as Assistant Collector Bilaspur, Inderjeet Singh Chandrawal as Assistant Collector Korba district, Jagdish Sonkar Assistant Collector of Kanker district, Namrata Gandhi as Assistant Collector of Rajnandgaon district, Rajendra Kumar Katara as Assistant Collector Bastar district. On the occasion, Principal Secretary to Governor Sunil Kujur, Chhattisgarh State Administrative Academy Director MK Tyagi and Faculty member Pradeep Shukla were also present.