Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Four Inspiring Success Stories, For IAS Aspirants
4. Rashmi Zagade – The Only Lady IAS Officer from Pune in 2010
Rashmi Siddharth Zagade from Pune began her
IAS saga in 2003 and clicked it in 2010 to become the only lady IAS officer
from the whole of Pune City in the same year. Inspiringly, after making four
unsuccessful attempts before, the 29 year old finally bagged 169th rank among more than 800 candidates and
proudly gave the credit to Siddharth Zagade, her school drop-out husband!
Despite seeing a great deal of failure previous to her success,
that is, four consecutive failed attempts, Rashmi did not give up, and went on
with determination and support from her husband. And after making it to the
interview stage the fourth time, she took a year’s break to prepare further and
never looked back. Rashmi dropped geography and opted for history before
reappearing this time when she ultimately did it. Why she credited her husband
for her success was because it was he who prodded her to appear for IAS, even
when, being a science graduate, she had no idea what this exam was all about!
3. Gopala Sundara Raj and R.V. Karnan – The Rank-holders
Who Dodged all the Hurdles
In the year 2012, Gopala Sundara
Raj and R.V. Karnan secured the 5th and the
158th ranks respectively in the Civil Services Exam
results. Raj comes from Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu and R.V. Karnan
hails from Karaikudi city of Sivaganga district of the same state.
Raj’s parents, who couldn’t study beyond primary school in their
childhood, always wanted to put him in English medium background of school but
had to drop the idea just because of bad financial conditions. However, they
could not believe it when their son cleared IAS despite not having studied in a
sophisticated environment, proving that poverty can never be an obstruction in
the way of success if you are dedicated to your dreams.
R.V. Karnan, who was the national topper in the IFS examination
in the year 2007, is one of a few civil services aspirants who believed and
proved that coaching centers and medium of instruction are not compulsory to
clear these top exams. His father works as a librarian at a college and mother
is a sub-registrar in their home town. Karnan always gave more weight coaching.
2. K. Jayaganesh – from Waiter to an IAS Officer
If you don’t believe in the mantra of trying again and again
regardless of how many times you’ve already failed, maybe you ought to go
through K. Jayaganesh’s journey of becoming an IAS officer. The man hails from
a poor family in Tamil Nadu and did many odd jobs, including working as a
waiter, before make his dream come true.
Setting an example for IAS aspirants,
Jayaganesh secured 156th rank the
seventh time (his last chance) and got selected for Indian Administrative
Services after failing the civil service exam for six times! Krishnan,
Jayaganesh’s father worked as a supervisor in a factory, brought him up in
Vinavamangalam, a small village in Vellore district. Jayaganesh is the eldest
of his siblings (a brother and two sisters) and completed his schooling after
studying in the village up to the 8th standard.
1. Govind Jaiswal – The Son of a Rickshaw Puller
Born in dismal poverty in Varanasi, Govind
achieved 48th rank in 2007’s civil services results. Govind
spent childhood in a rented, congested room that he’d to share with three
sisters and his parents, with no scope of time and the right setting for study
at all. He began to aspire to become an IAS officer when his father and mother,
a rickshaw puller and a housewife respectively, sent him to a school in
Varanasi.
Even though Govind wanted to go for the civil services through
school, IAS always seemed beyond reach, mostly because of poverty. The
condition of the family became even worse when his father got a serious leg
injury and could no long pull rickshaws. Govind still managed to find room for
his dream and became an IAS officer at an age of 23.
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