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The founder of Drishti IAS, Dr Vikas Divyakirti is known for simplifying complex topics on current affairs in colloquial Hindi. Here’s what UPSC CSE aspirants shared on Quora about one of India’s most revered UPSC teachers.

Lokesh Sharan, a teacher from Samastipur in Bihar, converted the porch of his house into a makeshift classroom where he teaches school children for just Re 1

Born to specially-abled farm labourers, IRS officer Vishnu Auti from Maharashtra grew up amidst poverty and famine but that did not stop him from cracking UPSC CSE without any coaching.

IAS D. Krishna Bhaskar from Rajanna-Sircilla district of Telangana undertook various water conservation measures to make the region drought-free

IAS officer Devansh Yadav is helping bright minds of Arunachal Pradesh to pursue further studies in Delhi University through crowdfunding 

“Despite being an ‘outsider’, they made me feel at home. That’s what has inspired me to go above and beyond the call of duty,” says Dr. Pritpal Kaur Batra,” a dentist-turned IPS officer.

“For survival, our people would literally scale mountains and carry several litres of water over their shoulders. But, things are changing for good now.”

“The way we are going, in the next 2 to 3 years, we will successfully be able to contribute 70 to 75 per cent of the total makhana production in the world.”

Amazingly, all of this was done by spending as little as Rs 15 Lakh, and the right mentality.

IRS Avadh was aware of challenges and at no point was he delusional of the fact that he may have to reappear multiple times before cracking it.