Indian Masterminds - Stories of Bureaucrats, PSUs, Changemakers

Featured Stories

The NEET Bottleneck: How India Is Manufacturing Its Own Doctor Shortage

1 July 2026

Vijay Shankar Pandey

Former IAS officer Vijay Shankar Pandey argues that India's doctor shortage is a result of flawed medical education policies, not a lack of talent, and...

Beyond Headlines

Checking Indian Schooling System:Scale, Growth and the Crisis Beneath

1 July 2026

Yash Chaturvedi

India has expanded school access on an unprecedented scale, but persistent learning deficits, widening...

Video Interview

The 5 am IAS Officer Who Transformed An Entire City

30 June 2026

Sharad Gupta

When he was appointed Municipal Commissioner of Moradabad – notoriously dirty and chaotic city - in 2024,...

Beyond Headlines

Omkareshwar Temple Offers VIP Darshan for Blood Donation; Khandwa Collects 1,800 Units

30 June 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Read how IAS Rishav Gupta's Omkareshwar blood donation initiative helped Khandwa collect 1,800 blood...

Beyond Bureaucracy

From 73 Kg to Peak Fitness: How Chhattisgarh IAS Awanish Sharan Rebuilt His Body, Health and Mind Through Relentless Discipline

30 June 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

2009 batch IAS officer Sharan transformed his body and health through discipline, strength training,...

Must Read

India Appoints Prem Chand as Ambassador to Cabo Verde, Muanpuii Saiawi as High Commissioner to Samoa | Know Them

24 June 2026

The Curious Case of UPSC PwBD: Supreme Court Backs UPSC, Complaint Seeks Probe Into Nayab Tehsildar Shubham Agarwal's Appointment in UP

23 June 2026

Mahesh Dixit Appointed New IB Director: Meet the Doctor-Turned IPS Officer Leading India's Top Intelligence Agency

Who is IPS Dr Mahesh Dixit? Veteran Intelligence Officer Appointed as India's New IB Chief; Succeeds Tapan Deka

26 June 2026

Videos

Igniting National Pride Through Moradabad’s Trishul War Museum

27 June 2026

Sharad Gupta

From History to Heroism: How NDA's First Women Cadets Changed the Academy Forever

26 June 2026

Pallavi Priya

Anurag Dhankar: The Investigator Who Travelled from Kosovo’s Conflict Zones to the Command of Tripura Police

24 June 2026

Bhakti Kothari

PSU News

DFCCIL Signs MoU with IISc, FSID and L2M Rail for AI-Based MVIS Plus to Enhance Freight Train Safety

1 July 2026

NLC India Signs ₹21.40 Lakh CSR MoU with Auroville Foundation for Electric Vehicles to Promote Green Mobility

1 July 2026

RailTel Secures ₹107.61 Crore Order from Mahanadi Coalfields for MPLS VPN Network Project

1 July 2026

IREDA Appoints Dr Bijay Kumar Mohanty as Interim CMD After Pradip Kumar Das Retirement

1 July 2026

GAIL Appoints Satish Kumar Sinha as Director (Finance) & CFO After R K Jain Retirement Effective July 1, 2026

1 July 2026

HUDCO Q1 FY27 Results: Loan Sanctions Jump 93% to ₹65,485 Crore, Disbursements Rise 28%

30 June 2026

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd

GRSE Announces Major Senior Management Restructuring, Promotes 8 Senior Officials and Appoints New GM (Technical)

30 June 2026

HUDCO Concludes 62nd ITEC Leadership Programme for Women, Trains 24 Professionals from Iraq

30 June 2026

Defence News

Indian Army to Modernise Warfare With Drone Fleet Expansion and Baaz Battalions

30 June 2026

Who is Dr Jagannath Nayak? Distinguished Scientist Appointed DRDO Director General of Missiles & Strategic Systems

30 June 2026

India's Biggest Indigenous Air Defence Deal? ₹30,000 Crore Anant Shastra QRSAM Explained

30 June 2026

The Baton Passes: General Upendra Dwivedi Bids Farewell After Four Decades; General Dhiraj Seth Takes Over as Army Chief

30 June 2026

Judiciary News

Explained: Why the Supreme Court Stopped Changes to Ethanol Supply Allocation for 2025-26

30 June 2026

Kerala High Court Prison Monitoring Committee

Kerala High Court Gives State 2 Weeks to Set Up Prison Monitoring Committee

30 June 2026

Kerala HC Seeks Time-Bound Action on 491 Pending Prisoners' Release Applications

30 June 2026

Who Was Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu? Punjab & Haryana High Court Judge Passes Away at 59

29 June 2026

CSR News

NLC India Signs ₹21.40 Lakh CSR MoU with Auroville Foundation for Electric Vehicles to Promote Green Mobility

1 July 2026

NTPC Dadri Wins Multiple National Awards 2026 for CSR, Sustainability, Fly Ash Use and Rajbhasha Excellence

27 June 2026

NMDC Distributes 1,613 Fruit Saplings in Chhattisgarh Under CSR Drive to Boost Rural Livelihoods

24 June 2026

RECPDCL Extends ₹1.25 Crore CSR Support to Kargil to Boost Education, Healthcare and Water Infrastructure

20 June 2026

Opinion

Features

The NEET Bottleneck: How India Is Manufacturing Its Own Doctor Shortage

Vijay Shankar Pandey

Features

Should the Indian Army Revisit Its Stand on Anonymous Complaints?

Pallavi Priya

Cartoon of the Week

Civil Services Day: CARTOON OF THE WEEK

CARTOON OF THE WEEK

Beyond Bureaucracy

From 73 Kg to Peak Fitness: How Chhattisgarh IAS Awanish Sharan Rebuilt His Body, Health and Mind Through Relentless Discipline

30 June 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

2009 batch IAS officer Sharan transformed his body and health through discipline, strength training,...

Make In India Defence: Imports Are Now the Exception, Says Defence Secretary

24 June 2026

Anil Kumar

Defence Secretary RK Singh speaks on India's defence modernisation agenda and the drive to raise defence...

New Age Warfare: Drones, Missiles and Layered Defence Dominate India’s Military Planning

20 June 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

Defence analyst Nitin Gokhale explains how drones, missiles, theatre commands and indigenous weapons...

UPSC Stories

From a Farmer's Daughter to BPSC Rank 1: How UP's Shraddha Pandey Topped Bihar Through Self-Study & a Smart Strategy

28 June 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

A daughter of Uttar Pradesh, Shraddha transformed setbacks into success, clearing UPPSC and then topping...

From Village to Victory: Viral Sharma Cracks UKPCS with Rank 7, Clears BPSC, Reaches UPSC Interview & Refuses to Stop Chasing IAS

26 June 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Despite multiple setbacks, the NIT Allahabad graduate never gave up. Preparing largely from his village...

How Nikit Singh Cracked Civil Services, Wrote a Book, and Faced the Exam Hall Bleeding

26 June 2026

Bhakti Kothari

From preparing in Indore to securing AIR 491 in UPSC CSE 2025, Nikit Singh’s journey is a story of grit,...

Social Media

Odisha IPS Officer Calls for Accountability, Says Indians’ Conduct Abroad Could Affect Visa Policies

1 June 2026

‘Visa Rules Getting Tougher’: IPS Officer Arun Bothra Warns Against Indians’ ‘Uncouth’ Behaviour Abr...

IIT Roorkee Alumnus and IFS Officer Himanshu Tyagi Explains Why Tigers Sleep 16–20 Hours a Day

9 May 2026

“Tigers Understand Calorie Math Better Than Humans,” Says 2020-Batch IFoS Officer Himanshu Tyagi

“We Will Pay a Heavy Price”: IFS Officer Warns as Bengaluru Faces Unusual Heat

28 April 2026

Bengaluru Heatwave Sparks Concern as IFS Officer Flags Deforestation and Urbanisation Impact

Book Reviews

Colour My Grave Purple (And Other Stories) Book

Haunted by History, Carried by the Brahmaputra: An Anthology That Bridges Assam's Many Worlds

28 June 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

Shehnab Sahin's Colour My Grave Purple (And Other Stories) is reviewed by Yauvanika Chopra as an ambitious...

Rahul Pandita’s Haunting Tale of Exile, Love, and Loss

20 June 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

A powerful review of Rahul Pandita’s novel exploring exile, fractured identities, fleeting love, and...

Sita Was Never Silent: How Sita’s Veil Reimagines the Goddess as a Symbol of Strength

13 June 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

Blending mythology, philosophy and feminism, Sita’s Veil reclaims Sita as a figure of strength, agency...