Ashok Khemka ('88), Haryana cadre IAS officer: 53 transfers in 28 years
CNBC TV18 (December 26, 2019)
Ashok Khemka: 53 transfers in 28 years but still going strong
As of November 2019, Khemka has been transferred 53 times in 28 years by state governments as he has continued to pursue his favourite hobbyhorse--exposing corruption in government offices.
"I am not a quitter. I am part of this system and will stay in it. I am proud of it. I have only been doing my duty as an officer," he says of his career.
At a time when the senior bureaucracy in the country is perceived to be increasingly compromised, Ashok Khemka ('88) is the last man standing.
In November 2019, this feisty Haryana cadre IAS officer, an IIT-Kharagpur alumnus, was transferred to the state archives department. He was, until then, Principal Secretary of Haryana's Science and Technology department.
Transfers should normally be considered routine in a civil servant's life, but for the fact that this happened to be Khemka's 53rd in the last 28 years of service! It is a record most officers would like to stay clear of. (Read More)