Telangana IAS officer Smita Sabharwal received a legal notice from Cyberabad Police on Wednesday about her AI-generated image sharing of a 400-acre Kancha Gachibowli plot situated near University of Hyderabad UoH.
Officials at Cyberabad Police issued a notice to obtain details about social media content which spreads false information regarding this particular area. On March 31 Smita Sabharwal reposted an X picture which originated from AI-generated visual content showing excavating equipment and including two deer with a peacock.
Student protesters from The University of Hyderabad Students’ Union organize demonstrations against the Telangana government’s planned auction of this important ecological space to develop urban areas with an IT park. Environmental activists together with student organizations resist this plan because the proposal threatens to damage ecologically precious territory.
Under the leadership of Revanth Reddy the government declared 400 acres of Kancha Gachibowli land belonging to the state administration. Official tribunals about this matter are currently processing the case at the Telangana High Court alongside the Supreme Court of India.
Who Is Smita Sabharwal?
As principal secretary for tourism and culture in Telangana Smita Sabharwal holds her current position. Under new leadership, Smita Sabharwal received the appointment to become Secretary to the Government for Youth Advancement, Tourism & Culture on November 11, 2024.
As an IAS official who hails from a 2001 batch of the then Andhra Pradesh cadre Smita Sabharwal was born on June 19, 1977. Her maiden name is Smita Das. Smita Das was born into her Bengali family which resided in Darjeeling at the time when West Bengal was its home. Colonel Pranab Das served in the Indian Army while Purabi Das remains her mother.
According to the ICSE examination Sabharwal achieved first place when she finished her studies at St. Ann’s High School in Secunderabad. Her education for commerce included a degree at St. Francis College for Women in Hyderabad. She achieved the fourth position nationally when she became 22 years old in the UPSC Civil Services Examination of 2000.
The district training became her next step after completing her administrative education at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie which she attended in 2001.
She started her professional career by taking a position as sub-collector in Madanapalle Chittoor before handling her duties in land revenue management and district administration. She later served the rural development sector by leading the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) in Kadapa as its Project Director.
Through her leadership as Warangal municipal commissioner she launched the “Fund your City” program to build public facilities including traffic junctions and bus stops and foot-overbridges and parks with support from private entities. After Visakhapatnam she took up a position as the deputy commissioner for commercial taxes.
