Puja Khedkar

Although Puja Khedkar secured 841st rank, she was allotted IAS, India's premier civil service, due to the caste quotas.

As per information given by Arvind Bhore, Director of Shrimati Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital, Puja had secured a seat for the MBBS course in the college through the Association of Management of Unaided Private Medical and Dental Colleges of Maharashtra (AMUPDMC) entrance test and had scored 146 marks out of 200. She was enrolled in the college's first batch in 2007.

As per reports, the Audi car of Puja Khedkar is registered in the name of a private company. A notice was issued from the Pune RTO to the owner of the car to immediately present to car to the RTO for document verification. Following the notice, the driver of the Khedkar family visited the traffic division of Chaturshringi police station in Pune and handed over the keys to the officials.

Puja Khedkar, a 2023-batch IAS officer from the Maharashtra cadre, has faced allegations of abusing her authority as a civil servant.