New Delhi: Celebrated IAS officer Tina Dabi, who was the topper of UPSC batch 2015, is going for her second marriage.

Seven months after her divorce from her first husband Athar Khan, Tina is now in a relationship with IAS Pradeep Gawande. Pradeep is the director of the Archaeological Department of Rajasthan.

Tina had shared several dreamy pics with fiance Pradeep Gawande on her social media handle a few days back. The lovestruck pictures had the internet talking about the much-anticipated wedding.

Dabi and Gawande will are set to tie knot on April 20 this year. A grand reception will be held in Jaipur on 22 April.

Previously, Tina had said in an interview that, “He (Pradeep) belongs to the SC community like me. Not only this, like Pradeep, my mother is also Marathi. My mother and they are all from the same caste”.

The wedding invitation card for this marriage has also surfaced now.

For the unversed, Tina Dabi’s first marriage with Athar Aamir Khan had also made headlines. Athar was the second topper of 2015 UPSC batch.

Athar is a native of Anantnag in Kashmir. He has studied electrical engineering at IIT Mandi, after which he started preparing for UPSC.

The two met for the first time in Mussoorie where both came to complete their IAS training. In an interview, Tina had told that she had fallen in love with Athar at first sight. The due got married by the end of their training in 2018. However, this marriage did not last long.

Tina also responded to users’ comments in an Instagram post regarding her relationship with Pradeep. She wrote, ‘Hi All… Hope you all are well. I would like to thank all of you wholeheartedly for the well wishes. Now we are moving towards a happy future.

“Also we are quite happy with the illogical and immature comments of the trollers here. It’s laughable that they believe their imagined opinion matters even a little to us.’