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Up and Close with IAS Officer Ms Sonal Goel

In the third and concluding part of interview series, the 2008-batch IAS officer Ms Sonal Goel has revealed a different side of her personality.
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Everybody knows Ms Goel as one of he UPSC toppers of 2008-batch, as an efficient officer of Tripura cadre, as a Tedx speaker and a mentor for scores of UPSC aspirants. However, there is much more to her personality than being an efficient bureaucrat. Does anyone know that she doesn’t like watching moies?

For the first time, Ms Goel has revealed some details about her personal life. In the concluding part of interview she describes how is a normal day for her, her exercise regimen, her family and her hobbies.

She told Indian Masterminds how she met her husband and how she maintained a long distance relationship with him while she was posted in Tripura and he was in Delhi. Ms Goel also disclosed how her husband, Mr Aditya, decided to appear for the UPSC exam and ultimately both are civil servants now.

Please watch the interview here..


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