UPSC

"I don’t find any reason not to join. It’s exciting, honourable and glorious. You get a chance to serve the country the best possible way. The salary is good."

These achievers prove that no financial crisis, hardship, and adversity can be a deterrent from attaining their goals because they were willing to do everything it took. They gave it their best shot, and the results are out for everyone to see!

The rate of success reflects in the steady rise of the number students who cleared the personality interview from 84 students in 2016 to over 93 this year.

While most aspirants shut themselves from the world, apply for sabbaticals from their day jobs, and spend hours in libraries pouring over books, Sreenath continued doing his job and made time to study through it as well.

For 27-year-old Abhishek Surana, a resident of Bhilwara in Rajasthan, the results have brought in some much-needed cheer as he has secured the 10th rank in the examination.

Kindness of strangers and a mother's hard work fuelled the success of Gujarat's 22-year-old Hasan Safin, who recently cracked the UPSC exams with the all-India rank of 570.

He lost his father and his family had severe financial troubles, but he refused to give up.

After completing his degree in 2004, he was offered a job in Europe, where he worked for four years. After that, he worked in New York when his annual salary was a whopping 50 lakh!

This Friday, this son of an alcoholic father who fought all odds to pursue his education cracked the UPSC civil services examination 2017 and secured the 101st rank among 990 who made the cut.

While on the one hand, every city and even townships in India have plenty of coaching centres springing up everywhere, Anudeep and Anu are aspirants who have never stepped foot into a coaching centre.