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IAS Ishita Rathi Appointed Jammu ADC Close to Husband Ravi Sihag
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News18•16-10-2026, 08:32
IAS Ishita Rathi Appointed Jammu ADC Close to Husband Ravi Sihag
- •IAS Ishita Rathi secured AIR 8 in the UPSC 2021 exam and has taken charge as Additional Deputy Commissioner Administration in Jammu.
- •Prior to her Jammu posting she served as the District Collector in Karaikal Puducherry.
- •Her husband IAS Ravi Sihag got his cadre changed to AGMUT on marriage grounds and is posted as ADC in Rajouri just 3.5 hours away.
- •Ishita Rathi comes from a Delhi Police family with both her parents serving in the police force and an uncle in the CBI.
- •She cracked the UPSC exam without any coaching after completing her Economics Honours from Lady Shri Ram College.
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IAS Ishita Rathi has officially taken charge as the Additional Deputy Commissioner (Administration) in Jammu. Prior to this new assignment, she was serving as the District Collector in Karaikal, Puducherry.
Initially allotted to the Madhya Pradesh cadre, IAS Ravi Sihag applied for and received a cadre change to the AGMUT cadre based on marriage rules. He is now posted as an ADC in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, which is just 140 kilometers or a 3.5-hour journey away from Jammu.
Ishita Rathi earned an Economics Honours degree from Lady Shri Ram College followed by a Master's degree from the Madras School of Economics, clearing the UPSC exam on her third attempt without any coaching to secure All India Rank 8.
