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A user on Reddit shared their experience with UPSC. They left their job out of a desire to help people and prepared for UPSC, but failed.

Rajasthan’s Purvi Nanda is a writer and an IRS officer. She embarked on her UPSC journey to realize her father’s dream. Remarkably, she cleared the exams in her first attempt solely through self-study, achieving the rank of an IRS officer.

Among lakhs of aspirants, only 1016 candidates achieved success in UPSC. Aditya Srivastava from Lucknow made history by clinching the top spot in UPSC CSE 2023 exams.

IAS Surabhi Gautam is one of the youngest IAS officers in India. She qualified for the USPC Civil Service Exam (CSE) at the young age of 21. Having attended a Hindi-medium school, she faced challenges with English. However, this did not deter her from achieving her dream. 

A tragic accident changed Pranjal Patil’s life entirely, but she refused to give up on her dreams. In the year 2017, she cleared the UPSC exams with an impressive 124^th rank, becoming an inspiration for lakhs of aspirants.

Sonal Goel, an IAS officer from 2007 batch, shared her UPSC Mains marksheet on her social media handle @sonalgoelias, inspiring lakhs of aspirants pursuing civil services.

Medical aspirants are eagerly awaiting the NEET PG 2024 examinations. As per the new rules, medical colleges will be required to disclose fees for each syllabus in advance. Admission to PG in medicine will be conducted through common counselling.

Tina Dabi topped the UPSC exams in the year 2016. Pari Bishnoi is a young officer from Rajasthan. She became an IAS in 2019. She recently made headlines for her engagement to a BJP MLA from Haryana.

Ahinsa Jain, a resident of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, appeared for UPSC exams 6 times, and could only achieve her dream of becoming an IAS officer in her very last attempt. She gives the credit of her success to her parents and feels grateful for their constant support.

IAS Mudra Gairola’s father had once dreamed of becoming an IAS officer. Due to some reasons, his dreams remained unfulfilled. Mudra made it to the interview rounds in 2018 and 2019 UPSC exams. However, she could not succeed in any of them. She accomplished her ultimate goal in 2022 by becoming an IAS officer.

IAS Vijay Wardhan is a resident of Sirsa district of Haryana. He appeared for 30 competitive exams but was not selected in a single one of them. He failed in his first four UPSC attempts and became an IPS officer in 2018. Vijay Wardhan did not stop there and appeared for the exams again in 2021. This time, he accomplished his dream of becoming an IAS officer.

Anirudh Devgan is a computer scientist and an alumnus of IIT Delhi. He is the CEO of Cadence Design Systems, a software company with a market capitalization exceeding $62.14 billion as of August 2023. According to salary.com, Anirudh Devgan’s annual salary was approximately Rs 2,200 crore in the year 2022.

A student of Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology, Aradhya Tripathi received a placement offer from Google with an annual package of Rs 52 lakh. She gained immense experience from her internships at various companies that helped her bag this package at one of the top companies of the world.

Tanu Jain is an IAS officer from 2014 batch. She completed her schooling from Cambridge School, Srinivaspuri, Delhi. Tanu pursued a BDS degree from Subharti University, Meerut. She received immense support from IAS Vatsalya Pandit and cleared the UPSC 2014 exams by securing 648^th rank. Tanu Jain established a coaching centre named ‘Tathastu IAS.’ She makes short videos and reels and shares study tips with UPSC aspirants.

Harshita Singh worked at a law firm in Delhi. She achieved 27^th rank in MPPSC-J exams and then appeared for the UPPSC-J examinations and came out shining by securing a rank 6th in the exams.