Published on: Oct 08, 2025 10:15 am IST

IAS officer Sanskriti Jain acquired a royal farewell from her employees and colleagues as she left Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh for her new posting in Bhopal.

IAS officer Sanskriti Jain acquired a royal farewell from her employees and colleagues as she left Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh for her new posting in Bhopal. The Seoni collector officer was carried out on a golden palanquin in the course of the farewell ceremony.

IAS Sanskriti Jain was carried on a palanquin at her farewell ceremony in Seoni.

She was accompanied by her two younger daughters as she sat on the golden-coloured, elaborate palanquin. The ceremony, which came about over the weekend, was organised to welcome the district’s new collector, Sheetala Patle, and to bid farewell to Sanskriti Jain, Aaj Tak reported.

Visuals shared on-line present the 2015 batch IAS officer sitting on the palanquin that was shouldered by her colleagues.

Jain, who served as collector of Seoni district, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC). She has additionally been appointed Additional Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (further cost).

More about IAS Sanskriti Jain

IAS officer Sanskriti Jain was born on 14 February 1989 in Srinagar. Her mother and father served within the Indian Air Force — her father as a fighter pilot and her mom within the medical division. Because of their postings, Sanskriti studied in six completely different faculties throughout the nation.

She graduated from BITS Pilani (Goa campus) and joined the LAMP Fellowship.

Initially planning to pursue a PhD, she determined to take the UPSC examination on a good friend’s suggestion. She cleared it on her first try, turned an IRS officer on her second, and joined the IAS in her third try, securing an All India Rank of 11 within the 2014 Civil Services Examination.

She additionally scored the very best marks in Philosophy, her non-compulsory topic, within the 12 months 2014, in response to Skyskool.

A 2015-batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, Sanskriti Jain has served in numerous administrative roles together with Commissioner of Rewa Municipal Corporation, Additional Collector of Satna, SDM of Mauganj, and CEO of the District Panchayat in Alirajpur and Narmadapuram.