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LBSNAA Love Story: Punjab's Sahila, UP's Nitin, Met, Married, and Posted in Bihar.
- •The love story of IAS Sahila Heer and IAS Nitin Kumar Singh, both 2018 batch officers, began at LBSNAA.
- •Sahila Heer, from Jalandhar, Punjab, is currently the DM of Buxar; Nitin Kumar Singh, from Varanasi, UP, is Director of Secondary Education.
- •Sahila, with a B.Tech and post-graduation in Event Management, secured AIR 572 in her fourth UPSC attempt, initially allotted Tripura cadre.
- •Nitin Kumar Singh, an IIT Kanpur Chemical Engineering alumnus, became a Bihar cadre IAS officer in the 2018 batch.
- •In December 2025, Sahila became DM of Buxar, and Nitin became DM of Kaimur, later transitioning to Director of Secondary Education.
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IAS Sahila Heer and IAS Nitin Kumar Singh are a married couple from the 2018 batch of civil services officers who first met during their training at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) in Mussoorie. Sahila is originally from Jalandhar, Punjab, while Nitin hails from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
Sahila Heer serves as the District Magistrate (DM) of Buxar district. Nitin Kumar Singh is handling responsibilities as the Director of Secondary Education at the state level, following an administrative reshuffle in August 2026.
Sahila Heer completed her B.Tech from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology in Patiala and a post-graduation in Event Management. After facing failure in her first three UPSC attempts, she cleared the exam on her fourth attempt with an all-India rank of 572 to become a 2018-batch IAS officer.
