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Dr. Rahul Fating is a low-profile IAS officer. He was appointed as the Collector of Barwani district on January 30, 2023. He belongs to a middle-class family in Chandrapur, Maharashtra. Born on March 24, 1985, Dr. Fating completed his MBBS degree from Government Medical College, Yavatmal. After that, he was selected for the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 2011. Dr. Fating succeeded in his next attempt and was chosen for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 2012.
During his posting in Madhya Pradesh, Dr. Fating has served as Assistant Collector in Rewa district, SDM in Anuppur district, and Chief Executive Officer of the District Panchayat in Shivpuri district, as well as Executive Director of the Madhya Pradesh Mineral Corporation, Deputy Secretary in the Mineral Resources Department, Additional Collector in Jabalpur district, Additional Commissioner in MGNREGA, Government of Madhya Pradesh, and Director of Watershed and Collector of Seoni district.
After serving as the Collector of Barwani district, he is currently the Commissioner of the Madhya Pradesh Housing and Infrastructure Development Board in Bhopal.
After his posting in Barwani district, Dr. Fating made education, health, malnutrition prevention, women empowerment, and public welfare his top priorities and initiated several innovations. These innovations included Mission Bal Shakti, Warloo Commando, tribal health service providers treating with traditional medicinal plants (Tribal Healers Training), Mission Foundation, Mamta Brigade, as well as strengthening institutions related to social justice and disability – Asha Ashray and the hostel for girls with special needs (CW SN), and organizing world record-level massive blood donation camps for the health and nutrition of pregnant women and children.
These programs have led to improvements in health, nutrition, education, and agriculture-related indices in the tribal-dominated district.
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