IAS officer Tina Dabi appointed BRICS panel honorary advisor

Jaipur: IAS officer and Ganganagar Zila Parishad CEO Tina Dabi has been appointed honorary advisor to the BRICS CCI Young Leaders (India) Steering Committee. She is the only IAS officer to have been given the role of an honorary advisor to the committee.

Dabi, topper of 2015 UPSC civil services examinations, will hold the post for three years (up to 2023). BRICS CCI is a registered body under Societies Registration Act 1860, Government of India, and empanelled with NITI Aayog (highest policy-making body of Govt of India) and recognized by United Nations.

“BRICS CCI has launched a young leaders’ initiative to connect the youth of the five countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. In order to conduct various activities, they have formed a steering committee and I have been given the role of an honorary advisor,” said Dabi. “I look at it as a wonderful opportunity since it is with regard to youth leadership programme, which was launched on July 15. They took me on board on July 17. The initiative is one of a kind because rarely had such initiatives been taken up at international level. Moreover, all these countries are developing countries who are trying to boost their economies and collective contributions to GDP. Since youth is the future, we are tapping into huge potential. So, let’s see how it pans out,” she added.