| 1. Tina Dabi was born in Bhopal and later moved to Delhi during 7th standard. |
| 2. Both her parents successfully passed the UPSC Indian Engineering Services – IES Exam in the past. |
| 3. She made history as the first Scheduled Caste (SC) woman to achieve 1st rank in the IAS exam. |
| 4. Tina Dabi and Athar Aamir Khan met in 2015 at an IAS felicitation event in Delhi and fell in love during training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy for Administration in Mussoorie. |
| 5. Her aspiration is to become the Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India. |
| 6. She topped her college Lady Shri Ram College for Women and was recognised as Student of the Year. |
| 7. During training at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie, she was awarded the Director’s Gold Medal as the best trainee officer. |
| 8. She studied for 7 hours daily while preparing for UPSC and read newspapers daily to stay updated with current affairs. |
| 9. She deactivated her Facebook account during UPSC preparation but maintained social balance by shopping with friends every 15 days. |
| 10. She focused on studying smart rather than hard, leveraging her strength in political science while managing her weaker areas. |
| 11. On 29 June 2018, she won the prestigious President’s Gold Medal for her two-year training program at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie. |
| 12. She was the Vice Speaker of the Youth Parliament in 2012. |
