are his parents interestingly his younger daughter manju who studies law also aspires to become an ias officer like him yet another interesting facet is his love for languages kannada was among the first few new languages he learnt he has a collection of books in almost all languages now its not that i know all these languages but i sure plan to learn to read most of them he says currently hes also doing his diploma in french and spends his free time reading french literature however his new assignment as bbmp commissioner has kept him away from it in the last few days the best jobhes been in many departments in the past the ones at kptcl and bescom being his longest stints he was first posted as a clerkcumcoin note examiner in 1980 at the rbi head office in mumbai he then moved on to various other areas including tourism mass education and ministry of steel he has also been a housing commissioner and was principal secretary of the social welfare department before he was given charge of the hot seatask him about his best posting and pat comes the reply all my jobs so far have been the best i always believe its not the post but the individual who should make a differencefond memoriesi come from a family thats doesnt have a very good educational background and women hardly stepped out of homes but today times have changed my daughters are doing what they want to even back home in the village women and girls now get an education surely times are changing for the good much of it needs a mental transformation and children also learn values from their parentsup close and personalrole modelinspiration parents freedom fightersfavorite food dal baati rajasthani specialhobbies learning languages reading mainly nonfictionstressbuster playing tennis and yogafavourite movies sholay munnabhai mbbsfavourite place mainly nature loves wildlife safarifield of specialization rural development international affairs social issuesa typical day in his lifehe wakes up early sometimes as early as 430 am to clear files an hourlong tennis session follows and 45minutes of compulsory yoga after a quick breakfast he heads to work weekends are spent with family but ever since he took over as bbmp commissioner his schedule has changed ab to sundays bhi bahar as his wife jagani puts it in a nutshell