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Meet IAS Saurabh Katiyar: UP Board Topper and IIT Graduate Given Key Role Amid MPSC Controversy
- •IAS Saurabh Katiyar is a 2016-batch Maharashtra cadre officer who has been given the additional charge of Secretary of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission amidst paper leak controversies.
- •Originally from Kanpur Dehat in Uttar Pradesh, Katiyar secured the third rank statewide in the UP Board Class 12 exams before completing his BTech and MTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur.
- •After working briefly in Bengaluru for a technology company, he cracked the UPSC civil services examination without any coaching, initially joining the Indian Revenue Service before becoming an IAS officer.
- •His extensive administrative career in Maharashtra includes serving as Assistant Collector in Dahanu, CEO of Akola Zilla Parishad, Collector of Amravati, and Collector of Mumbai Suburban District.
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Amid protests over alleged paper leaks and examination irregularities in the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC), the Maharashtra government has assigned IAS Saurabh Katiyar the additional charge of Secretary of the Commission following Mahendra Harpalkar's transfer.
Saurabh Katiyar secured the third rank in the UP Board Class 12 exam, earned BTech and MTech degrees in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, and cleared the UPSC civil services exam without coaching. He was initially selected for the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in 2014 before clearing it again to become a 2016-batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre.
Before taking on his role with the MPSC and serving as the Collector of Mumbai Suburban District, Saurabh Katiyar worked as the Assistant Collector in Dahanu, CEO of Akola Zilla Parishad, and Collector of Amravati district.
