As a strategic thinker and an innovative leader, he won several awards and nominations. Thereafter, he served as Secretary, School Education and Literacy where he attempted to foster public private partnership to improve quality of school education. During the final years of his career, he served as Secretary in the Ministry of Coal where he handled the aftermath of the coal scam.

As a civil servant, he held various assignments within both the State (UP) and Central Govt. Honesty does pay in the end, as some of Anil Swarup’s stories also illustrate. Although Arjuna and Duryodhana were more skilful warriors, honest and compassionate Yudhishthira is the real hero of the Mahabharata.

Integrity is not revealed in words but in a single action. He won Director's Gold Medal at the LBS National Academy of Administration amongst the officers of his batch. point about attitude throughout his book and summarises it at the end. Before joining the IAS in 1981, he served the IPS for a year. The memoir records the travails and tribulations of Anil Swarup as a decision maker and as an internal observer of the system. About the Author:During his career spanning 38 years, Anil Swarup attempted to 'make it happen'. This memoir is a deeply personal reckoning of a man who attempted to make-things-happen with the hope to inspire others to do the same. The book is a culmination of Swarup's initiatives and intense engagement with various contentious issues both at the state and at national level. It also lays bare the understanding of administration by a bureaucrat. He describes his triumphs and his disappointments, both public and private, narrating his story as he has lived, in his own words and on his own terms. The memoir records the travails and tribulations of Anil Swarup as a decision maker and as an internal observer of the system. His career, spanning 38 years, revolved round tackling myriad of issues that ranged from dealing with corruption in the state of Uttar Pradesh to coal mafias, witnessing the aftermath of Babri Masjid demolition to handling education mafias. He invites readers into his world chronicling the experiences that shaped him from growing years as a student to his years of rigorous training as a civil servant and finally managing crisis, both man-made and otherwise, that confronted the government. Not Just A Civil Servant drafts the journey of Anil Swarup, a civil servant who survived despite being politically incorrect.

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