Vishakha Yadav: From an Engineering Job to Becoming an IAS officer
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Vishakha Yadav: From an Engineering Job to Becoming an IAS officer

Who is Vishakha Yadav?
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Who is Vishakha Yadav?

Vishakha Yadav was born in Delhi. She holds an Engineering degree from Delhi Technological University. 
 

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Job in Bangalore
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Job in Bangalore

Post the completion of her graduation, Vishakha Yadav worked in Cisco, Bangalore, for two years. 
 

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UPSC preparation
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UPSC preparation

Vishakha Yadav aspired to become an IAS officer. In the year 2017, quitting her high-paying job, she pursued UPSC.
 

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Dedication

For more than three years, Vishakha maintained a distance from social media. She enrolled in coaching classes for a year and spent a lot of time studying in libraries. 
 

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Overcoming failures

Vishakha Yadav failed to clear the preliminary examination in her first two attempts.
 

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Achieving success

In the year 2019, Vishakha appeared for the UPSC exams for the third time and successfully secured an impressive 6th rank.
 

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To avoid stress, Vishakha created Sudoku puzzles, and solved them.

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IAS Vishakha’s family

Vishakha’s father, Rajkumar Yadav is an ASI, and her mother, Sarita Yadav is a homemaker. 
 

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Family's support

Vishakha shares that despite her friends getting married, her parents never pressured her into marriage and instead inspired her to do better professionally.

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