Rohini Sindhuri
Rohini Sindhuri(born 30 May 1984) is an Indian civil servant. She is an Indian Administrative Service officer of Karnataka cadre, from the 2009 batch.[1] Rohini Sindhuri secured the 43rd rank in the UPSC exam.[2] She has been working in various departments in her career as an IAS officer.
Rohini Sindhuri | |
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Deputy commissioner, Hassan, Karnataka | |
Assumed office Since:17-7-2017 | |
Chief executive officer, Zilla Panchayat, Mandya, Government of Karnataka | |
In office 31 May 2014 – 15 September 2015 | |
Director of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department, Self Employment Project(SEP), Bangalore. | |
In office 10 August 2013 – 31 May 2014 | |
Commissioner of the urban development department of Tumkur | |
In office 31 August 2012 – 31 December 2012. | |
Assistant commissioner in Tumkur | |
In office 29 August 2011 – 31 August 2012. | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rohini Sindhuri 30 May 1984 Telangana, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Spouse(s) | Sudhir |
Education | B. Tech, Chemical engineering |
Occupation | Civil servant |
Early life
Rohini was born on 30 May 1984 in Telangana. She studied B. Tech., Chemical engineering. She has been selected as an IAS officer of the 2009 batch. Rohini married to Sudhir reddy, a Software Engineer from Andhra Pradesh and they have a son and a daughter. She is fluent in several languages, including Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and English.
Career
Rohini's first posting as a civil servant was as the assistant commissioner in Tumkur from 29 August 2011 to 31 August 2012. In the same period she was incharge Commissioner of the urban development department of Tumkur and continued in the post till 31 December 2012. As commissioner she had computerised tax collection at source, was able to take possession of 42 acres of corporation land at Ajjagondanahalli village which was pending since 2006, auctioned shops of the corporation which were lying vacant, generating revenue worth 10crore for the corporation, was instrumental in removal of encroachments on Horpete road, J.C.road and kyathsandra main roads. She is fondly remembered by Tumkur people for removing encroachments on M.G.Road and completing the road work in the busiest road of the district.
She has then worked as the Director of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department, Self Employment Project(SEP), Bangalore from 10 August 2013 to 31 May 2014. The next she posted as the Chief Executive officer of the Mandya Zilla Panchayat where she worked for more than one year.
As Chief Executive Officer of Mandya ZP
On 31 May 2014, Rohini posted as the CEO of Mandya ZP. Rohini launched a drive to provide individual toilets to 1.02 lakh households during 2014–15. And, since July last, it had constructed 1,00,000 individual toilets across the district which made the district No. 1 in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in the state and 3rd in India.[3][4] Rohini successfully utilised the Central government's grant of 65 crore for drinking water and by using this grant, Rohini and her team instituted 100 pure drinking water units across the district. Union government recognized this and provided 6 crore extra for the same purpose. As Mandya is an agricultural district growing mainly sugarcane and paddy, she started the program of identifying 100 farmers and educating them on Integrated farming practices and providing bank linkage to them to encourage sustainable farming practices.[5][6] She also took a serious view of female foeticide in the district and organised the health department and ASHA workers in reporting such incidents and educating parents against this practice.[7][8] In a first of its kind project in the State, as CEO of Mandya Zilla Panchayat she had launched a mobile app for downloading property documents which would help many people to get their property documents without running around offices[9][10]
- Munjaane programme:
She used to meet villagers early morning to promote to have individual toilets. This programme called Munjaane and it received good response and well appreciated.[11][1]
Recognized by the central government
Rohini's performance in implementing the Swatcch Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) in Mandya District, got recognized in the country and she got selected by the Union Government as one of the three resource persons to train DCs in New Delhi in 2015.[12]
KFCSC
Rohini served as the Managing Director of Karnataka Food & Civil Supplies Corporation Limited (KFCSC), Bengaluru, since from 16 September 2015.
As District Collector of Hassan
Rohini Sindhuri was posted as district collector of Hassan on July, 2017. Here she was first tasked with works of Mahamastakabhisheka, the ceremony of anointing the 57-foot monolithic statue of Bahubali at Shravanabelagola.[13] Which she successfully conducted.
In 2019 Hassan District stood first in SSLC results because of the importance she gave to education.[14] In 2017 when she came to district it stood 31 in the state which was just 2 places above the last district.In two years she gave lot of importance to education sector.[15]
She also controlled the Sand mafia which was very prevalent in the district. She conducted many raid and confiscated lot of illegal equipments[16][17] because of which she was transferred many times.[18]
- Spandana Online Portal :
She also launched Spandana,[19] an online grievance redressal system which was first in the state on 1 January 2019.[20][21] Here one can submit their grievances online easily by logging on to the portal to register their grievances. As the system helps in maintaining transparency, it becomes easy to assess the problems on priority and take necessary measures
Controversial Transfer
Rohini was issued a transfer in January 2018, just seven months into her job as the district collector (DC) of Hassan, after being appointed on July 2017. The transfer was due to the pressure from the local politician, then she approached the High Court, which directed to stall the transfer. Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy reappointed her as a Hassan DC.[22][23][24]
References
- SOLUTIONS, A. CUBE CAREER. "ROHINI SINDHURI DASARI 2008 43 IASPassion.com IAS PASSION | CSAT | UPSC | Civil Services | Preparation | IPS | IRS | IFS | IAS Toppers". IASPassion.com. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- B. R., Rohith (25 February 2015). "Mandya model is buzzword for clean India drive". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- R, Chetan (7 January 2015). "CEO powers a 'toilet revolution' in Mandya". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- Kumar, M. t Shiva (28 July 2015). "Farmers told to adopt integrated farming methods to enhance productivity". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- Kumar, M. t Shiva (15 July 2015). "Farmers called upon to promote sustainable farming". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- Kumar, M. T. Shiva (26 November 2014). "Work to bring down female infanticide". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- Kumar, M. T. Shiva (7 March 2015). "Infant deaths in Mandya: officials to book cases against parents". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- "An app to access property documents". Deccan Herald. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- Kumar, M. T. Shiva (23 July 2015). "ZP launches M-Aasthi app to issue land records". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- Kumar, M. t Shiva (12 March 2015). "Mandya ZP CEO selected to train DCs in Delhi". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- Kumar, M. T. Shiva (11 March 2015). "CEO selected to train DCs in New Delhi". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- "Shravanabelagola to be ready for Mahamastakabhisheka by month end". Deccan Herald. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- 1 May, Deepthi Sanjiv | TNN | Updated; 2019; Ist, 9:44. "Hassan catapults 30 places in two years to top Karnataka | Bengaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 September 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- Reporter, Staff (1 May 2019). "SSLC results: How Hassan worked its way to the top in Karnataka". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- "DC seizes equipment worth crores at a illegal mining unit | Mega Media News English". Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- "Check Illegal mining activities: Hassan DC tells officials". Deccan Herald. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- 24 Jan, Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Updated; 2018; Ist, 04:00. "DC has refused to fall in line". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 26 September 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Public Grievance Redress System Hassan".
- 2 Jan, TNN | Updated; 2019; Ist, 10:31. "Spandana helps dispose thousands of applications | Mysuru News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 September 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- "Now, people can air public grievances through 'Spandana'". Deccan Herald. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- "'It was not easy to fight against the government': Rohini Sindhuri IAS tells TNM". www.thenewsminute.com. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- "IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri Dasari wins battle against Karnataka government". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- "Rohini Sindhuri Dasari: The tough IAS officer who took on the mighty mafia, netas". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 September 2019.