Doctor, IAS officer: All you need to know about Tina Dabi's fiancé Pradeep Gawande
India Today
Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Tina Dabi has shared a picture with her fiance Pradeep Gawande on Instagram. Here's all you need to know.
Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Tina Dabi is set to marry again and she took to social media to share a picture with her fiancé Pradeep Gawande, who is also an IAS officer from the 2013 batch.
Dabi first hit the headlines when she topped the civil services exam in 2015. Later, her marriage with Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan, who came second in the 2015 IAS examinations, piqued people’s interest. However, the marriage was short-lived as the couple got divorced in 2021.
Pradeep Gawande was a doctor before he became an IAS officer. At present, he is serving as Director of the Archeology & Museums, Rajasthan. He is reportedly 13 years older than Tina.
Gawande hails from Maharashtra and was married before. Pradeep and Tina were seeing each other for four months prior to the announcement of their wedding.
In 2015, Tina Dabi became the first person from the Dalit community to top the prestigious civil services examination. Dabi and Khan first announced their relationship on Facebook in 2016 and later their marriage in 2018. The couple officially announced their separation in 2020.