Samaan Shekhar (B. Chandrashekhar) is one of the youngest to enter IAS in his very first attempt in 2002, with Public Administration as an optional. Having served as SubDivisional Magistrate, CEO ZP, Collector & District Magistrate (in six districts), Commissioner, MD of a few state PSU, Secretary to State Government, Vice Chancellor of State Medical Science University, etc., he has the first hand experience of being part of the Public Administration and practising it. With his educational degrees in diverse disciplines such as Engineering, Law and Economics, he brings interdisciplinary understanding to Administration. He writes fiction and non-fiction and has kin interest in wildlife photography and fitness.