NOIDA: UP govt announced a late-night reshuffle on Monday, assigning new district magistrates for Noida and Ghaziabad. Medha Roopam, a 2014-batch IAS officer, became the first woman DM of Noida. Currently the DM of Kasganj, she will replace Manish Verma, who has been transferred to Prayagraj.Medha is no stranger to the district of Gautam Budh Nagar, having served as additional chief executive officer of Greater Noida Authority from Feb 2023 to June 2024, when she handled major infrastructure and planning projects.An economics graduate from St. Stephen’s College of Delhi University, Roopam began her career in Bareilly and has since held key administrative positions in Meerut, Unnao, Lucknow, Barabanki, Hapur, and Kasganj. A national-level rifle shooter, she won three gold medals in the Kerala State Shooting Championship before securing an all-India rank of 10 in the 2014 UPSC exam.
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Her tenure in Hapur saw focused immunisation and Ayushman Bharat campaigns. In Kasganj, she made headlines for driving a tractor through flooded areas of Gangagarh to monitor rescue efforts.Medha is the daughter of retired Kerala-cadre IAS officer and current chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Her husband, Manish Bansal, is the DM of Saharanpur.Also See: IAS Medha Roopam: St. Stephen’s Alum & Shooting Champ Becomes NOIDA’s First Woman DMThe reshuffle also brought changes to Ghaziabad, where Ravindra Kumar Mandar — a 2013-batch IAS officer and former DM of Prayagraj — replaced Deepak Meena, who moved to Gorakhpur. Mandar, who is from Jaipur, is known for his low-profile yet high-impact administration.As DM of Rampur, he launched ‘Mission Samarth’, enabling surgeries for 61 children with disabilities, and led a large-scale pond restoration project under the Amrit Sarovar scheme. Earlier this year, he oversaw the Kumbh Mela as Prayagraj DM.Both Roopam and Mandar were unavailable for comment at the time of filing this report.Manish Verma, the outgoing Noida DM, took charge in Feb 2023 and steered several initiatives around law and order, infrastructure approvals, and investor outreach. Meena, who served as Ghaziabad DM since Jan, recently managed the high-footfall kanwar yatra, ensuring round-the-clock coordination among police, municipal, and disaster management teams.
