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 from Orissa in 2004.

Personal background[link]

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[link]

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 Khurda 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[link]

Star sign is Gemini. Shares the same Birthday of 9 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 8 July with Sourav Ganguly (former Indian cricketer, and captain of the Indian national team)

See also[link]

• 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[link]

External links[link]

• [14] Civil List

Roopa Ganguly
Born	Roopa Ganguly (1966-11-25) November 25, 1966 (age 45) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Spouse	Dhruba Mukherjee (1992-2009) (divorced)

Rupa Ganguly or Roopa Ganguly (Bengali: রূপালী গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়, rupali gônggopaddhae) (born 25 November 1966) is an Indian actress and National Film Award Winning female playback singer in the Hindi and Bengali language film industry, as well as television^[1] She became popular after playing Draupadi in the hit Television series Mahabharat (1988), and in film is most known for her roles in films like Padma Nadir Majhi (1993) by Gautam Ghose, Yugant (1995) by Aparna Sen, and Antarmahal (2006) by Rituparno Ghosh.^[2]

Early life and education[link]

Rupa Ganguly was born in Kalyani near Kolkata, West Bengal, India. She grew up in a joint family.^{[citation needed]}

She passed her Madhyamik Exam from Beltala Girls' High School^{[citation needed]}

She graduated from the Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated undergraduate women's college of the historic University of Calcutta, in Kolkata.^[3]

Career[link]

Rupa Ganguly debuted in the Anil Kapoor starrer, Saaheb 1985, after her graduation from Calcutta. Her second role was in Malayalam film, Ithile Iniyum Varu (1986), with Mamoothy as lead. Though her first role as a lead actress, was the pivotal role of Draupadi, in B.R. Chopra's mythological TV series, Mahabharat (1988), which immediately got her attention,^[4] and also lead to a role in Mrinal Sen's, Ek Din Achanak (1989).

Her other notable works are in award-winning film, Padma Nadir Majhi (1993) by Gautam Ghose, Yugant (1995) by Aparna Sen, Abar Aranye (2003) by Gautam Ghose, Antarmahal (2006) by Rituparno Ghosh, apart from these film appearances she has done, numerous television series, both in Bengali and Hindi, including Sukanya (1998) etc.

After working in a few Hindi films, she shifted to Kolkata, and after appearing in numerous Bengali films through the 1990s, shifted based to Mumbai in 2007, with an English film called, Bow Barracks Forever (2004), directed by Anjan Dutta,^[5] and continued to act in Bengali films. She started working in Hindi TV series, with Karam Apnaa Apnaa (2007), moving on to Love Story (SAB TV series) (2007), and more recently in Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo (2009). She recently won National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for rendering her voice in the bengali film Abhosheyshey.^[6]

Personal life[link]

Rupa Ganguly was married to Dhruba Mukherjee, a Mechanical Engineer, since 1992. After 14 years of marriage the couple separated in 2007, and later formally divorced in January 2009.^[7] They have a son named Aakash.

She lived with her singer companion, Dibyendu, 13 years younger than her, in her Mumbai flat. Rupa has since split with Dibyendu.^[8][9] Her appearance in the concluding episode of STAR Plus's hit reality show, Sacch Ka Saamna (2009), the Indian adaptation of the British reality show, The Moment of Truth, created media stir.

Filmography[link]

• Saaheb (1985)
• Mahabharat (1988 TV Series)
• Ek Din Achanak (1989)
• Kamla ki Maut (1989)
• Pyaar Ka Devta (1990)
• Bahaar Aane Tak (1990)
• Meena Bazar (1991)
• Inspector Dhanush (1991)
• Saugandh (1991)
• Virodhi (1992)
• Nishchaiy (1992)
• Janani aka Mother (1993
• Padma Nadir Majhi (1993)
• Gopalaa (1994)
• Yugant (1995)
• Vrindavan Film Studios (1996)
• Sukanya (1998 TV Series)
• Bariwali (2000)
• Abar Aranye (2003)
• Mahulbanir Sereng (2004)
• Bow Barracks Forever (2004)
• Shunyo E Bukey (2005)
• Ek Mutho Chabi (2005)
• Krantikaal (2005)
• Nagordola (2005)
• Antarmahal(2006)
• Karam Apnaa Apnaa (TV series) (2007)
• Love Story (SAB TV series) (2007)
• Waqt Batayega Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya (TV series) (2008)
• Luck (2009)
• Kasturi (TV series) (2009)
• Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo(2009)
• Sacch Ka Saamna(2009) (TV series)
• Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil(2011) (TV series)
• Jaani Dyakha Hawbe(2011)
• Abasheshey (2012)
• Barfee (2012)
• Aashbo Aar Ekdin (2012)
• Na Hanyate (2012)

Awards[link]

2012:Won, National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer-Abhosheyshey(Bengali).

References[link]

External links[link]

• Rupa Ganguly at the Internet Movie Database

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