IAS officer and 2008 All-India Topper. A life in public service, shaped by the belief that how we live matters more than what we achieve.
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About Shubhra Saxena
Leadership across different sectors and all levels of governance - policy making, policy implementation, & constitutional regulation.
15+
Years in Service
Across grassroots administration and national office
District Magistrate
Field Leadership
Across multiple districts in Uttar Pradesh
Currently Serving as
Director
Election Commission of India
Leadership at India's constitutional election body
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Essays on public service, meaningful living, and the quiet questions that shape who we become.
Her Story
From an All-India rank to fifteen-plus years in public service, the record and the beliefs behind it.
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Writing and Ideas
Essays and short pieces on conscious living, growth, and the work of becoming.
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Conversations and essays across national publications, on leadership, public service, and the questions worth sitting with.
In Conversation
The Evolving Meaning of Success
A conversation with Mid-Day on leadership, empathy, and rethinking success, from the vantage point of a career spent in public service.
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Perspective
A Shared Responsibility
Writing for Hindustan Times on why suicide can't be understood as an individual's private failing, and what shifts when we see it as a collective one instead.
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Viewpoint
Not Just a Student's Problem
An essay for ABP Live arguing that distress and the need for support don't stop at any particular age, and why prevention has to be built for everyone.
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Notebook
The Shape of an Endless Day
An essay for BW People on the infinite workday, and why more flexibility hasn't made rest feel any more like rest.
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Now open for pre-orderA book about the quiet decisions that shape a life, and why the things we overlook every day are often the ones that matter most.
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“Everyone achieves victory at their own pace. Self-growth is among the most important responsibilities each of us carries.”
Shubhra Saxena
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