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Anunay Jha Appointed New Moradabad DM: IIT Roorkee Engineer, Cracked UPSC Twice, Family Legacy in Civil Service.
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News18•22-09-2026, 17:23
Anunay Jha Appointed New Moradabad DM: IIT Roorkee Engineer, Cracked UPSC Twice, Family Legacy in Civil Service.
- •Anunay Jha has been appointed as the new DM of Moradabad, replacing Rajendra Painsia.
- •A 2015 batch IAS officer, this is Anunay Jha's third consecutive district command after Maharajganj and Hardoi.
- •He holds an Electrical Engineering degree from IIT Roorkee and a Master's in Public Management from JNU.
- •Anunay Jha cracked the UPSC exam twice, first securing IRS and then becoming an IAS officer with a 57th rank.
- •His family has a strong civil service background: his maternal grandfather was Bihar's DGP, and his parents were also civil service officers.
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Anunay Jha has been appointed as the new DM of Moradabad, succeeding Rajendra Painsia who served for four months.
Anunay Jha completed his Electrical Engineering from IIT Roorkee in 2012 and a Master's in Public Management from JNU. He cleared the UPSC exam twice, securing the 145th rank in 2013 and the 57th rank in 2014.
Anunay Jha comes from a family with a strong civil service background; his father Nityanand Mishra was an IRS officer, his mother Alka Jha served in the Indian Civil Service, and his maternal grandfather Balveer Jha was the DGP of Bihar from 1994 to 1997.
