Dr. Puja Khedkar is an IAS officer from Maharashtra. She was studying in a regular school, but her hard work and determination helped her succeed. Puja always did well in her studies and received support from her family and teachers.
Puja Khedkar Biography
Full Name
Pooja Khadekar
Nickname(s)
Dr. Puja Khadekar
Profession
Indian Administrative Officer
Date of Birth
16 January 1990
Puja Kedkar Age
34 years old (As of 2024)
Birthplace
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Nationality
Indian
Hometown
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Religion
Hinduism
School
Not Known
College/University
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik, Maharashtra
Education Qualification
M.B.B.S
Puja Khedkar Age
Puja Khedkar was born on January 16, 1990, in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India.
Age
34 years old
Date of Birth
16 January 1990
Puja Khedkar Husband & Affairs
Marital Status
Unmarried
Marriage Date
Not Known
Affairs/Boyfriend
Not Known
Puja Khedkar Family
Husband
Not Known
Children
Son:- None Daughter:- None
Parents
Father:- Dilip Khedkar (Politician & former civil servant) Mother:- Manorama Khedkar (Sarpanch of a village in Maharashtra)
Puja belongs to a family of bureaucrats and politicians from Pathardi tehsil in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.
In 2022, she got a rank in the UPSC exam and became an IAS officer. She was first posted as an Additional Collector in Pune.
In 2022, Puja approached CAT for directions to provide reservations for the persons with disability for A (visual impairment) and D (mental disability) categories as provided under section 34 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016.
After she was admitted to the services, she was asked to appear for additional medical exams; however, she skipped her medical exams.
On 22 April 2022, she was asked to appear for a medical exam to confirm her disabilities; however, she refused to attend it saying that she was COVID-19 positive.
On 26 May 2022 and 27 May 2022, she was again asked to appear for her medical examination at the Safdarjung Hospital but she did not appear for the examination.
In September, she was called for an MRI of her eye disability at AIMS, Delhi, but she did not appear for the examinations despite many calls from the Duty officer at AIIMS.
Later, she submitted her reports claiming that she was disabled from a private hospital.
She came into the limelight after she made unreasonable demands and privileges like a separate office, house, car, and staff (including a constable). These facilities are not given to any officers on probation.
Later, several reports claimed that she got her demands fulfilled because of her father’s influence as he is a former IAS officer.
There were more allegations claiming she allegedly faked mental illness and visual impairment to secure a disability certificate and appear for the UPSC exam.
There were more complaints claiming that she used Pune Additional Collector Ajay More’s office, while he was away. She also removed his nameplate and furniture from the office.
She was also accused of faking her caste certificate to clear the civil services exam.
In 2024, an RTI activist Vijay Kumbhar demanded a thorough investigation into Puja Khedkar’s recruitment in the service which revealed that although she claimed to belong to an OBC caste, her family combined owned assets worth more than R. 40 crores.
Vijay also questioned how she managed to be posted in her hometown when it had never happened before.
On 15 July 2024, her mother was booked in a land dispute case after a video surfaced in which she was allegedly threatening some persons with a gun at Dhadwali village in Pune’s Mulshi tehsil. On 17 July 2024, her mother was arrested by police from Mahad in Maharashtra’s Raigad district.
