2015 IAS toppers Tina Dabi and Athar Shafi got married at a ceremony held in Phalgam on Sunday. Tina had topped while Shafi stood second in the civil service exams.
Tina is from Delhi, Khan is from Mattan. She is graduate from the Lady Shri Ram College of Delhi University. Tina had said it was love at first sight. The two met during the 2016 felicitation ceremony in North Block’s DoPT office
However, the couple also faced some criticism for their decision.
‘I must admit that I get very disturbed when I read stuff about us. We have stopped googling our names and reading news about ourselves. I think it is a small price to pay for being in the public eye,’ Tina had said during a media interaction in 2016.
The couple visited Shafi’s ancestral village on Sunday. While Shafi had opted for his home state cadre and Dabi for Haryana, both got Rajasthan cadre of the IAS.
