ATUL Chaturvedi, 66,
was born in a family of civil servants. His father, PN Chaturvedi, was a PCS
who was coopted into IAS. His father’s elder brother, BS Chaturvedi, was an
IPS. His grandfather, Harcharan Chaturvedi, also a PCS, retired as Collector of
Faizabad. His great grandfather, Visheswardayal Chaturvedi, was a Provincial
Civil Services Officer as well. Yet, Atul, born in Jhansi, had no inclination
to join the civil services until the day when KK Sharma, his father’s chief and
Commissioner of Bareilly division, made a bonfire of his selection letter as
senior management trainee. “It was in the winter of 1972. I had been selected
as senior management trainee in Hindustan Unilever. My father was then
Collector in Bareilly. His senior, Commissioner KK Sharma had come to our
residence for dinner. I showed my selection letter to him. He threw it into the
fireplace and told me to sit for Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam.
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