For IAS officer Dr Samit Sharma, singing comes naturally. He had been seen on many an occasions specially in Independence Day and Republic Day, singing patriot songs. But crooning a melodious romantic song from Kumar Sanu's era, gave a rare delight to ears of music aficionados.
Sharma, a 2004 batch officer of Rajasthan cadre is currently serving as secretary to animal husbandry, fisheries and Gopalan department.
Similarly, another video of a former IAS officer Kashish Mittal singing a soulful melody has been going viral on social media, having racked up lakhs of views in coupe days.
Mittal, 2011-batch IAS officer who resigned from the civil service in 2019, is a trained Hindustani classical singer who cracked the country's toughest exam to become an IAS officer.
An alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Mittal joined Microsoft as a Principal Research PM and stayed at the tech firm for five years. In March 2025. However, Mittal left Microsoft to launch Disha AI, marking the start of his entrepreneurial journey.
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