Want to work for women empowerment: CS topper
May 10, 2016 21:49
Citing less number of working women in Haryana, Civil Services exam topper Tina Dabi on Tuesday said she wants to work in the neighbouring state to contribute in empowerment of fairer sex there.
"I always wanted to work in a challenging state. That is why I chose Haryana. We all know the sex ratio of girl and boy child is quiet less and that is why I would like to contribute my efforts for the empowerment of women there," she said.
Twenty two year old Tina has graduated from Lady Shri Ram college in New Delhi, topped the 2015 Civil Services exam in her first attempt.
"My mother is my role model. She wanted me to study political science. I chose it and got through in the examination. It was one of my main subjects," she said, crediting her mother, a former Indian Engineering Service
officer, who took voluntary retirement from the job.
Tina's father Jaswant is a serving Indian Telecom Service officer. "It is the best day of my life," he said.
Tina was born in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. She did her schooling from Carmel Convent School there.
Elaborating more on her choice of Haryana as preferred state to work in, she said women should be given more chance to work in administration.
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