Roopa Mishra

Roopa Mishra
Born	9 June 1977 (1977-06-09) (age 34) Angul, Orissa, India
Residence	Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
Alma mater	D.A.V. Public School, Unit VIII, Convent School, Cuttack Ravenshaw College, Cuttack BJB College, Bhubaneswar Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
Occupation	Indian Administrative Service (2004 - Present)
Spouse	Anshuman Tripathy
Children	Aadarsh Tripathy

Roopa Mishra (Oriya: ରୁପା ମିଶ୍ର; born 9 June 1977) is an Indian bureaucrat who topped the I.A.S. Exam as a woman for the first time in Orissa in 2004.

Personal background

She was born in Angul, Orissa state on 9 June 1977 and went to various schools in Orissa. She completed her schooling from St. Joseph's Girls High School at Cuttack before studying in DAV Public School at Bhubaneswar. She went on to Ravenshaw College to study Science at the Intermediate Level before doing her Graduation in Commerce from Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College, also known as BJB College College in Bhubaneswar in 1998. She used to score more than 90% throughout her academic career and used to be a good debater as well.

Daughter of bureaucrat Shri. Dandanirodh Mishra and academician Dr Usha Mishra, Ms. Roopa Mishra is the sixth All India Civil Service Examinaton topper from the state of Orissa. The other five toppers have been Sitakanta Mohapatra(in 1961),Purna Hota(in 1962),Lalit Mansingh(in 1963), Hrushikesh Panda (in 1979) and Prafulla Chandra Mishra (in 1982). Roopa says she grew up in a very encouraging environment where she interacted with "leading people from every walk of life." Her husband Anshuman Tripathy, who was a student of the IIM Calcutta, encouraged her to take the examination after two years of marriage, which took place in 2000, after which Ms. Mishra had worked at the Directorate of Distance & Continuing Education of Utkal University for over a year before she decided to quit job and start preparing for this national level examination.

An Odissi Dancer since her childhood, Ms. Mishra achieved this feat in her first attempt itself and that too by having absolutely two new subjects (Psychology & Public Administration) for the examination.

She was blessed with a son (Aadarsh Tripathy) on the 8th of July, 2008.

Professional background

In 2004, Roopa Mishra became the First Oriya Lady ^[1] as well as the First Married Lady of the country to top All India Civil Service Examination of 2003. Roopa Mishra, an MBA from Utkal University in Bhubaneshwar, had topped the 2003 Civil Services examination while Ms. Ashima Garg from Delhi University had stood second amongst the three lakh candidates who had applied for the 2003 Indian Civil Service Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.^[2]

She has been selected in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in her home cadre of Orissa. She underwent her district training (2005–2006) as Assistant Collector at Mayurbhanj under Shri. V.K.Pandian, IAS, the District Magistrate and Collector of the district. She had also worked in the capacity of Block Development Officer of Khunta and as Tahsildar of Baripada during 1 year district training.

She brought back laurels again by winning the "Director’s Shield for being First in order of Merit of the IAS 2004 Batch" at [10] Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration. This is an achievement for the best performance based on the marks obtained in the UPSC Examination, Foundation Course Written Examination and Assessment, Phase-I Written Examination and Assessment, Phase-II Assessment and District Training. [11]

She was posted as the Sub Collector of Khurda/ Khordha from September, 2006 to May, 2008. She was then posted as the Deputy Secretary in Home Department of the Government of Orissa from May 2008 to July 2009. She got promoted as the District Magistrate and Collector and her first posting was in Nabrangpur district of Orissa from July 2009 to May 2010. During her stint as DM & Collector of Nabrangpur, she had taken prompt and stern action against few School authorities allegedly involved in molestation of female students of the school.^[3] She had also done commendable job in the health care sector for the poor in the district ^[4] toiled hard for successful implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Scheme (MGNREGS) ^[5] and worked towards industrialization within the district by working towards establishing a processing complex for processing of the abundant maize produced in the district ^[6] during her brief stint in this district.

In June 2010 she was transferred as the District Magistrate and Collector of the Kalahandi district of Orissa. During her tenure over here, she was instrumental in the bringing back normalcy to the power distribution machinery (the district used to have close to 16 hours of power cut everyday) and hence establishing faith of common people in the Government machinery,^[7] establishment of the Civil Judge court in Bhawanipatna,^[8] being one of the early adopters of the online grievance cell launched by Government of Orissa (e-abhijoga),^[9] addressing the environmental issues to help in a fair decision ^[10] of the Vedanta Resources’ alumina refinery and power plant at Lanjigarh in Orissa,^[11] and playing an active role as Director of the Lanjigarh Project Area Development Foundation (LPADF) [12] in advising, supervising, monitoring and implementing various Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of the Vedanta Resources group for the development of the people of Lanjigarh/ Kalahandi in particular and Orissa in general. [13]

In August 2011 she was transferred from Kalahandi to the Khurda/ Khordha district of Orissa as the District Magistrate and Collector. She had earlier worked as the sub-collector of one of the sub-divisions of the same district. This was her third transfer and third stint as a District Magistrate and Collector in 3 years in various districts of Orissa since July 2009.

Trivia

• Star sign is Gemini
• Shares the same Birthday of 9th June with Kiran Bedi (the 1st woman IPS officer of India), Ameesha Patel (Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood movies), and Sonam Kapoor (Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood movies and daughter of Bollywood Icon Anil Kapoor)
• Her son, Aadarsh Tripathy, shares the birthday of 8th July with Sourav Ganguly (former Indian cricketer, and captain of the Indian national team)

See also

• Indian Civil Service
• Indian Administrative Service
• Orissa
• Cuttack
• Bhubaneswar
• IIM Calcutta
• Odissi
• Union Public Service Commission
• All India Service
• Indian Police Service
• Indian Forest Service
• Indian Foreign Service
• Indian Revenue Service

References

1. ^ Government of Orissa (May 15, 2005). "Orissa Reference Annual 2005". [1]. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/cronological.pdf. 
2. ^ Tripti Nath and Geetanjali Gayatri (May 15, 2004). = 2010-10-15 "Way to the top". [2]. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040515/windows/main1.htm = 2010-10-15. 
3. ^ PTI (Mar 4, 2010). "Orissa school headmaster arrested for raping students". [3]. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Orissa-school-headmaster-arrested-for-raping-students-/articleshow/5640570.cms. Retrieved 2010-10-15. 
4. ^ Editor (Mar 25, 2010). "Health Camp at Nabarangpur in Orissa gets great response". [4]. http://www.merinews.com/article/health-camp-at-nabarangpur-in-orissa-gets-great-response/15802063.shtml. Retrieved 2010-10-15. 
5. ^ Express News Service (May 6, 2010). "Nabarangpur to spend Rs 100 cr under NREGS". [5]. http://expressbuzz.com/states/orissa/nabarangpur-to-spend-rs-100-cr-under-nregs/171109.html. Retrieved 2010-10-15. 
6. ^ Business Standard Reporter (Jan 6, 2010). "Rs 150-cr maize processing complex in Nabarangpur soon". www.business-standard.com. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/rs-150-cr-maize-processing-complex-in-nabarangpur-soon/381779/. Retrieved 2010-10-16. 
7. ^ Kasturi Ray (July 16, 2011). "The promise keeper". www.expressbuzz.com. http://expressbuzz.com/education/The-promise-keeper/294164.html. Retrieved 2011-08-21. 
8. ^ Bikash Khemka (May 6, 2010). "CJ inaugurates Civil Judge court in Bhawanipatna". [6]. http://www.dailypioneer.com/284235/CJ-inaugurates-Civil-Judge-court-in-Bhawanipatna.html. Retrieved 2010-10-15. 
9. ^ Correspondent (August 1, 2010). "Online remedy at a click - Orissa portal to redress grievances". [7]. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100801/jsp/orissa/story_12754902.jsp. Retrieved 2010-10-15. 
10. ^ Correspondent (July 10, 2010). "Vedanta in for longer wait". [8]. http://www.tathya.in/news/story.asp?sno=4301. Retrieved 2010-10-15. 
11. ^ Nageshwar Patnaik (Sep 2, 2010). "Vedanta stops Orissa plant ops after attack by workers". [9]. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods-/-svs/metals--mining/Vedanta-stops-Orissa-plant-ops-after-attack-by-workers/articleshow/6477370.cms. Retrieved 2010-10-15. 

External links

• [14] Civil List

Persondata
Name	Mishra, Roopa
Alternative names
Short description	Indian Bureaucrat
Date of birth	09 June 1977
Place of birth	Angul, India
Date of death
Place of death