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Gen Z IPS Annu Tatu Changes Cadre to Gujarat for Husband Gautam Vivekanandan
- •Gen Z IPS officer Annu Tatu transferred from the Assam-Meghalaya cadre to the Gujarat cadre to live and serve with her husband, IPS Gautam Vivekanandan.
- •Annu Tatu hails from Bhartun village in Rajasthan and cracked the UPSC exam in her third attempt with All India Rank 591 through self-study without expensive coaching.
- •She comes from an accomplished family of officers and doctors, including an IPOS officer sister and a medical doctor brother.
- •Her husband, IPS Gautam Vivekanandan, belongs to Valsad, Gujarat, and secured All India Rank 211 in the 2022 UPSC examination.
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Annu Tatu relied completely on self-study from her home, creating her own study notes and revising them rather than attending expensive coaching institutes in Delhi. She successfully cracked the UPSC Civil Services Examination in her third attempt, securing All India Rank 591 in the 2021 exam.
Annu Tatu transferred to the Gujarat cadre to be reunited with her husband, IPS officer Gautam Vivekanandan, who was allocated to Gujarat. Following their marriage and the approval of an inter-cadre transfer by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, she bridged a distance of about 2,700 kilometers to serve alongside him in the same state.
Annu Tatu comes from a family deeply rooted in public service and administration. Her father, G.R. Meena, served as an Assistant Manager at Saras Dairy, while her elder sister Jyoti Meena is an IPOS officer and her brother-in-law Shailendra Bamania is an IPS officer. Additionally, another sister and her youngest brother, Rishikesh, are both medical officers and doctors.
