Apurva Dubey had cleared the India’s toughest examination by clinching All India Rank 19th in UPSC Civil Services Exam 2012 and has brought laurels to her family.

Apurva Dubey said “she was really fascinated with career in Civil Services and whenever, she saw anyone contributing as an IAS officer or was a part of other services, she felt motivated and inspired.”

Marks Obtained

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Family Background

Her father Dr. Sanjay Dubey is an Additional Director General (A) at Prasar Bharati Secretariat in New Delhi. Her mother is a house maker and imbued her great confidence and sister were a source of emotional support. And her friends wished well for her and helped her in many ways.

Educational Background

Apurva Dubey did her schooling from Vivekananda Kendriya Vidyalaya, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh and got graduated from Venkateswara College (DU) in English Honours. She was pursuing Law from Delhi University. She completed her PGDM in Human Resources from Institute of Technology and Management. It was during her college days in Delhi where she got attracted towards career in Civil Services and she had finally made up her mind to immerse in CSE.

Attempts by Apurva Dubey

Apurva Dubey cracked UPSC Exam in her second attempt and came out with flying colors securing 19th rank. In her very first attempt she could not clear the Mains Examination.

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Optional Paper

Apurva Dubey opted for Law and Public Administration as her optional paper. Law was something she was pursuing from Delhi University Law Faculty, and so she chose this subject. And she opted for Public Administration because of its general nature.

Success Strategy

Every day Apurva tried to go through both optional subjects and at least a single topic of General Studies. This regularity somehow helped her in managing time well.

She had been reading IAS toppers interviews and for that matter every interview in certain way motivated her. It was certainly a planned decision. It was not her parent’s wish; yet, they really supported her throughout her journey.

Tips for Young Aspirants

• Be focused, patient and determined.
• Work hard and it will surely yield the results.
• Cracking CSE is not that difficult and candidates should not take too much of stress.
• Passion and experience from previous attempts assert success.
• Syllabus is comprehensive as well as explicitly defined so, you don’t need to get confused.

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Abhijeet Kaplish who always dreamt of reaching the zenith of excellence in Civil Services Examination has come true by securing the 15th Rank in the year 2014 at the age of 25 years.

Love for slum children and to do something for the social cause inspired Abhijeet Kaplish to opt for the IAS. He thinks that being an administrative officer, he can achieve what he had thought. Abhijit also taught slum children while he was pursuing his engineering from a private institute near Kharar.

Abhijit Kaplish said, “If you have that feeling to serve social cause and community, then one must aspire to be an IAS officer. This way we can contribute to eradicate corruption from the society”.

Marks Obtained

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Family Background

Abhijeet Kaplish stayed in Chandigarh with his parents. His grandfather, A C Sharma, was a Joint Secretary with the Punjab Government and is a retired IAS officer. His father Raman Kaplish is serving as Chief Manager with HAFED. His mother is an associate professor at government college. Abhijit said that his entire family inspired him but the major inclination was towards his grandfather and it was the dream come true for his father.

Educational Background

Abhijeet Kaplish completed mechanical engineering from Rayat Bahara University and he also pursued LLB from Punjab University and made the tricity proud by securing 15th rank. After competing his engineering in mechanical stream, he started preparing for the UPSC Exam.

Optional Paper

Abhijeet Kaplish optional subject was Sociology and since this is a subject which extremely passionated him and he enjoyed throughout his whole preparation. He found syllabus of Sociology very crispy and short and concerned about social issues which were quite beneficial for writing an essay.

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Attempts by Abhijeet Kaplish

Abhijeet Kaplish cracked UPSC Exam in his second attempt. After he failed to make it his first attempt he took it as a challenge to make it to the Civil Services. Though he had done well in his Mains Exam in 2013, but he had failed in qualifying the hindi exam.

Preparation Strategy

Abhijeet Kaplish never took any type of coaching and made it to the IAS entirely based upon self-study. He always wanted to be an IAS officer as it was his father and grandfather’s dream. He was happy that he could make them proud today. He used to study at least for six hours. His IAS interview was not factual, but mainly theoretical; it went well. He was expecting a good result, but rank 15 was a pleasant surprise.

Tips for Young Aspirants

• Belief in yourself and do hard work.
• Utter dedication and clear thinking can make achieve one’s goal.
• Do regular self-study.

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Saloni Sidana, a medico, has cracked UPSC Civil Services Examination, the most prestigious exam in 2013 and has secured 74th rank and has produced brilliant result.

Saloni says, “Being an IAS in first attempt was not a cakewalk; but, it was neither like climbing a mountain. It’s difficult a little but if one gets goods guidance, does smart work, be persistent and does not lose hope, then it can be achieved beautifully and easily. As she did, one should enjoy the process and predating journey as much as the final destination”.

Marks Obtained

Family Background

Saloni Sidana’s father Anish Sidana is a rice mill owner in Jalalabad. Her mother is a housewife, she have one elder sister and a younger brother and they all live in Jalalabad. They always believed in her dreams and gave her freedom to choose whatever she wanted to do; and the way she wanted to.

Her father being engaged in social services was always an inspiration and mother was a motivation to achieve what she aspire. Her brother and sister always supported her for her dream and helped her to accomplish it.

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Educational Background

Dr. Saloni completed her MBBS from Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals College Of Nursing, Delhi in the year 2012. She also got gold medals in Biochemistry, Physiology and Forensic Medicine.

Attempt by Saloni Sidana

Saloni Sidana cleared her UPSC Civil Services Examination in her very first attempt and achieved 74th rank in 2013. She has set an example that with proper guidance and by putting in hard­work, anyone can achieve the goal.

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Optional Paper

Being a doctor, she has produced brilliant result with Law as optional subject and has accomplished her dream of being IAS.

Reacting to why career in civil services after being a doctor, Saloni said, “she realized that Civil Services can provide her a broader platform and a chance to work in many areas affecting people’s lives.”

Tips for Future Aspirants

• Its a tough process but its a beautiful journey to travel.
• Read regularly Newspaper and be updated with the current events what is going on.
• Revise the notes thoroughly that is made by you.
• Always be dedicated, be patient and have self-confidence within yourself.

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Varun Ranjan had cleared the India’s toughest examination by clinching All India Rank 38 in UPSC Civil Services Exam 2013 and has brought laurels to his family. He got Married to Nancy Sahay IAS.

Varun Ranjan is a proud Indian Civil Servant committed towards inclusive and speedy development of India. An Engineering & MBA graduate having an excellent Mathematical and Analytical Skills. He holds deep knowledge and interest in Public Policy, Strategy, Technology, Policy Development and Risk Management.

Marks Obtained

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Test Scores of Varun Ranjan

In Common Admission Test (CAT) he scored 99.24 percentile and 99.5 percentile each in Quantitative Aptitude and Data Interpretation Section.

In FMS Entrance Examination he scored 99.67 percentile in 2010.

In AIEEE (All India Engineering Entrance Examination) he scored All India Rank of 3702 ( among more than 4 lakh candidates) and State Rank of 137 in 2004.

Educational Background

Varun completed his higher secondary schooling with English, Mathematics, Science, Social Science and Sanskrit in 2002 from DAV Kapil Dev Public School, Ranchi. He secured 3rd Rank in Ranchi District in Class 10th Board Examination. He is also a Gold Medalist at State Mathematics Olympiad. He achieved AIR – 94 at National Science Talent Search Examination (NSTSE).

Varun Ranjan finished his senior secondary schooling with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English and Computer Science in 2004 from DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali. He secured AIR – 22 at National Science Olympiad
Selected for prestigious CPYLS ( Youth Leadership in Science), organized by CSIR and was awarded Pratibha Samman for outstanding academic achievment.

Varun completed did his B Tech in Electronics and Communication from Birla Institute of Technology in 2008. He was awarded Institute Scholarship for consecutive 5 semesters among the top 100 Indian Coders at ACM UVa Programming Contest Site.

Varun also did MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi in 2013.

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Experience

Varun Ranjan was an Application Developer at Oracle Corporation for 3 years. He Developed Enterprise Business Solutions for Oracle’s Fusion Financials product,and a next generation ERP Suite with revenue upwards of USD 1 Bn.

He was Awarded fast track promotion within a year, for professional excellence in part of recruitment team. In Oracle he was given the responsibility of interviewing new candidates for recruitment.

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