What We Know About The IAS Couple Tina Dabi Pradeep Gawande's Engagement

The Indian Administrative Service officer Tina Dabi is all set to get married to fellow officer Pradeep Gawande. The couple shared a picture together via their Instagram handles announcing the engagement. The two will be reportedly getting married on April 22 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, however, no official announcement regarding their wedding date has been made as of yet.

Dabi, who is currently posted as the Joint Secretary of Finance (Tax) to the Government of Rajasthan, shared a picture on social media giving her over one million followers a snippet of the engagement ceremony. In the picture, she and Gawande are wearing colour coordinated red outfits and smiling.

Tina Dabi Pradeep Gawande Relationship

Dabi shared the picture with the caption, "I'm wearing the smile you gave me (emoji) #fiance." After the comments section of her post was flooded with congratulatory messages from well-wishers, Dabi shared another picture with Gawande on Instagram thanking everyone.

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She wrote, "Would like to thank everyone for all the wishes we have received today on calls, messages and social media. (emoji) The amount of love and warmth we received in the last 24 hours has been overwhelming, especially from Maharashtra. Really grateful (emoji), best regards (emoji)."

Even Gawande has shared many pictures with Dabi on his social media after announcing the engagement. For the engagement picture, he captioned it as "together, is my favourite place to be!" He also posted a couple of images showing celebrations with the family and then a monochrome image of the two.

Dabi is one of the most talked-about bureaucrats on Instagram. She has been in news for being the youngest and first Dalit UPSC topper in 2015. She has also received President's gold medal in 2018 and secured the first rank in the Order of Merit.

Hailing from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, she was initially married to a fellow IAS officer Athar Aamir-ul-Shafi Khan in 2018 but they got divorced in 2020.

Her husband-to-be Gawande is an IAS officer, who cleared the civil service examination in 2013 and is now the Director of the Archeology and Museum in Rajasthan. He is also a certified doctor, who got an MBBS degree before clearing the civil examinations.

Reportedly, Dabi and Gawande have an age gap of 12 years. It's also been reported that the two had been dating each other for four months before making the relationship public.