UPSC Cracks Down, Says Puja Khedkar Faked Identity, Parents’ Name, Address

New Delhi: The UPSC has issued a notice to cancel selection of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who was being investigated for lying about visual and mental disabilities and faking her identity (including changing the names of her parents) to clear the Civil Services entrance exam. A notification issued Friday afternoon said Ms Khedkar “fraudulently

“Someone Must Have Doubted…”: Senior Doctor On Trainee IAS Officer’s Disability Claim

Puja Khedkar is a 2023-batch IAS officer (File). Pune: Trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar – under scrutiny over claims she lied about mental and visual disabilities to clear the Civil Services exam – was sent by the UPSC, the government’s recruiting body, for a medical check-up because “someone must have doubted” her claim of infirmities,

Trainee IAS Officer Puja Khedkar Applied For Medical Disability. Doctors Said…

Puja Khedkar was a 2023-batch IAS officer from Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar (File). Mumbai: Puja Khedkar – the trainee IAS officer facing allegations of lying about mental and visual infirmities to qualify for the Civil Services, and then abusing her position – applied for a disability certificate from Pune in August 2022 but was shot down by

‘Please Get It Done Before I Join…’: IAS Officer Puja Khedkar’s Messages

Puja Khedkar was a 2023-batch IAS officer (File). Mumbai: Puja Khedkar, the on-probation civil services officer under scrutiny after allegedly lying – about visual and mental disabilities and her OBC background – to secure a range of perks not allowed for junior staffers, exchanged multiple WhatsApp messages with the Pune Collector’s office before her posting