Haulianlal Guite cleared the 2010 Union Public Service Commission Examination by securing All India Rank 33rd in the Civil Service Examination. Guite is a 23 year old young lad and emerges as the youngest among toppers of the state and sees potential in Manipur in producing toppers in good ranks.

Haulianlal Guite disclosed that if he were given the opportunity in Manipur, he expressed his desire in preserving the ecology of Manipur and arranging alternative livelihood for those whose activities is threatening it. Besides, encouraging animal husbandry and improvement of road connectivity.

Haulianlal Guite further suggested the need of introducing logical reasoning which he sees as a helpful tool in studies and appearing in competitive examinations and asserted that he does not believe in ‘punishment’ and such but productive measures to encourage students. And most importantly, lamented on the lack of Library facilities in the schools of Manipur. “These things are vital, my success and experiences is the testimony” Guite said.

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Marks Obtained

Family Background

Haulianlal Guite comes from Churachandpur district of Manipur. The 23 year old IAS topper Guite, is the eldest of the four siblings of Dr. Thangchinkhup Guite (father) MHA, USA and Dr. Dr. Paozachiin Guite, an eye specialist. Haulianlal Guite has one brother Lalgoumang Guite  and two sisters Jammanlian and Lianching.

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Educational Background of Haulianlal Guite

Haulianlal Guite completed his schooling till six standards from St. Joseph School, Churachandpur. After class sixth he was shifted to another school for his futher studies at the St. Paul institute, Churachandpur, and completed his matriculation from there. After completing his class 10 and for higher secondary studies he studied at Air Force School, New Delhi. After completing his schooling he graduated in Philosophy from St. Stephen College, Delhi University.

Haulianlal Guite received a most lucrative offer from an American University to study and work as a research student. Fortunately or otherwise, this offer he had to forego as his dad has bigger plans for him.

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Optional Paper

Haulianlal Guite, who cleared the 2010 Union Public Service Commission Examination opted for Sociology as his optional subject. 

“I feel that we have devastated, may be unconsciously, our forest resources, especially in term of plantation, jhum cultivation and, unless we can protect our environment, take measures towards this direction,” said Guite. Guite wishes to work on preserving forests and ensuring that ecological balance is maintained. Besides that he also observed the need of reformation of Education system in the state especially the Matriculation. He mentioned that the syllabus is somewhat narrow when compared to other boards.

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Attempts

Haulianlal Guite asserted that this was his second attempt and also revealed that he was confident of going through the exam but was expecting within 300 positions. His out most desire was to become a philosopher, which was developed in him after finishing his twelve standards, but somehow landed in appearing Civil Service owing to his father’s suggestion.

Preparation Strategy

Responding to his preparation strategy the young topper, Haulianlal Guite maintained to spend 4 to 5 hours a day on reading on regular basis. For Prelims Haulianlal Guite said he prepared his notes by himself based on previous papers and college notes and took coaching for Mains exams, and also read his academic books.

Haulianlal Guite also reads newspaper which includes The Hindu and The Times of India. However Haulianlal Guite disclosed that he enjoyed reading The Times of India. The names of some of the books he used while preparing himself for the examinations included Indian Polity Chronicle, Pratiyogita Darpan, Science and Technology-Spectrum publication etc.

Haulianlal Guite is a strong believer of God and determination, he gives his credits of success to God and his parents. “God help those who help themselves”, said Guite.

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A Hyderabad based Bengali beauty Smita Sabharwal of 2001 batch IAS officer cleared the UPSC Exam at 23 years of age and was among the toppers’ list being All India Ranked 4th in the country. Smita Sabharwal is popularly known as “Peoples Officer”. She has become the country’s first lady IAS officer to be appointed to Chief Minister’s Office.

Smita Sabharwal is the current District Collector of Karimnagar district in Andhra Pradesh. She became a collector for the first time in her career when she was posted to Karimnagar in April 2011. Smita Sabharwal have set an example before the youngsters to ensure success through hard work and devotion, and also assures to be a good human being.

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Personal Life

Smita Sabharwal was born in West Bengal. Her father Colonel Pranab Das served in the Defense Department and her mother Purabi Das is a housemaker.

Though, Smita Sabharwal never wanted to enter Civil Services till graduation, her father’s encouragement inspired her to join Civil Services. She got inspiration from her mother. She used to say her one quote which inspired her a lot. “Everything becomes relevant once you put your heart into it”. Smita Sabharwal got married to Dr. Akun Sabharwal, IPS and is blessed with two children, Nanak and Bhuvis.

Her fans and supporters say she is “Hyderabadi at Heart”. She confides that it was because of her father’s initiation and encouragement that she is here.

Educational Background

The Bengali beauty Smita Sabharwal, who is basically from Darjeeling, has done most of her schooling in various parts of the country because of her father who served in the Indian Army. When he settled in Hyderabad then Smita completed her class 12th from St. Ann’s, Marredpally, Hyderabad. She got the first rank in the all-India ICSE Class 12 exams as she had taken the Commerce stream. She later graduated in Commerce from the St Francis Degree College for Women in Hyderabad.

Immediately after her graduation, she started preparing for the Civil Services Exams. She is a trained athlete and she also learnt Hindustani classical music, and she sings.

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Optional Paper

Smita Sabharwal had chosen Anthropology and Public Administration as her optional subjects for the UPSC Exam. She is one of the youngest to have cracked the Union Public Service Commission exam securing All India 4th rank and opted for the IAS.

Attempts

Smita Sabharwal failed to clear her Prelims in her first attempt, however, in the next chance, She clinched the All India 4th Rank. “It’s incredible! … After the grilling interview session, I expected maybe the 50th rank, but definitely not the 4th rank” she told in an interview to a newspaper then.

Preparation Strategy

Smita Sabharwal used to study only for six hours a day and play for at least an hour. “It is wrong to think that one can get through the Civil Services only by studying very hard. In the final round, your interests and hobbies are also taken into account for selections”, she says.

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Career Achievement of Smita Sabharwal

Smita Sabharwal is a true inspiration to many women and is a much-loved youth icon. She is the leading IAS officer of all times and has left all the others far behind. With 14 years of experience, she hates corruption, irresponsible staff and illegal activities.

Fund Your City

During her stint as Municipal Commissioner at Warangal, Smita Sabharwal introduced “Fund your City” scheme where a large number of public utilities such as Traffic Junctions, Foot-overbridges, Bus-stops, Parks were created with Public-Private Partnership(PPP).

Amma Lalana and Praja Vaani

In 2011 when Smita Sabharwal took charge as District Collector of Karimnagar district, she made a significant contribution in the Health and Education sector. Also with the help of Public Representatives, Karimnagar Town underwent a facelift in the form of wider roads, scientifically planned traffic junctions, Bus-stops, Toilets and other public utilities. Karimnagar district was awarded the best district in PM’s 20 Point Programme for 2012-2013.

Smita Sabharwal was Medak District Collector during the General Elections 2014 and successfully conducted free and fair polls.

Smita Sabharwal has always given Public Health and basic Education high priority, not to forget her hard work in upgrading the Government Hospitals. She has also been monitoring the Government Doctors over Skype calls and this has changed the face of Pubic Health drastically.

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Neha Prakash, a girl from Patna did the city proud by securing AIR – 22 in the Civil Services Examination conducted by Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) in 2011.

Neha Prakash has become a role model for the Civil Services aspirants as she did not go for any coaching. She advises them, “Firstly, they should shed the notion that the Civil Services Examination is too tough to qualify rather than they should have full faith in their abilities.” She also says what matters is smart strategy and putting it into practice.

Marks Obtained by Neha Prakash

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Family Background

Neha’s father Jai Prakash is employed in Union Ministry of agriculture and posted in Bihar, and mother Priti Prakash is a house maker. Neha Prakash got married to Vaibhav Srivastava IAS of West Bengal cadre, 2009 batch.

Educational Background

Neha completed her higher and secondary schooling from Notre Dame, Patna. She did Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Scince from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. She completed her Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM-Lucknow. Before cracking UPSC Exam she was working at Deloitte Consulting.

She said, “Working with a multinational corporation, and making profits for a foreign corporation does not provide her an opportunity to work for the people of her country, which the Civil Services would do. So she decided to join it.”

Optional Paper

Neha Prakash opted for Sociology and Management as her optional paper. She picked up Sociology as it was her liking and Management was her own subject as she did MBA. Every candidate should have their own liking and capabilities to choose the optional subjects. Interest in a subject and one’s exposure is must to be the only guiding factors to fetch good marks.

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Attempts

This was Neha’s 1st attempt and she was fully confident about her preparation. She qualified it at the age of 29 years and expressed delight at her achievement.

Success Strategy

Time Management is one of the key factors of success and the best TM is to utilize every second rather than every minute. She attributed her success to her parents who were always by her side and their diehard attitude, supported her wholeheartedly in her efforts.

Tips for Young Aspirants

• Believe in yourself. Have confidence in everything you do.
• Extensive reading of newspapers is a must for every aspirant.
• Self study with full confidence can help you better than any coaching.
• Refine, Refresh and Revise the topic gained over a period of time.

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V.P. Jayaseelan from Tamil Nadu became State Topper by securing All India Rank 45th in the Union Public Service Commission Examination at the all India level. He expressed the hope that he would get a chance to work in Tamil Nadu cadre and his thirst towards Tamil took him to the pinnacle of fame.

V.P. Jayaseelan says, “one can express his thoughts very clearly and lucidly when he writes the examination in his mother tongue and command over English as well as Tamil was necessary while taking the competitive examination”.

Marks Obtained

Family Background

V.P. Jayaseelan comes from Genguvarpatty, a small village at the foothills of Kodaikanal near Periyakulam in Theni district. His father Palanichamy is a clerk in a Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society. His Mother P. Pandiammal is a housemaker and his elder brother P. Vijaya Raghavan is a post graduate engineer and another brother P. Jagadeesan is an M.Tech. degree holder.

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Educational Background

V.P. Jayaseelan completed his High Schooling from Hindu Nadar Matriculation and after that he did his Higher Secondary Schooling from Pattiveeranpatti in Dindigul district. He got graduated in Agriculture from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai. Later, he did his post graduation in Tamil Literature at Periyar University. After that he was pursuing his Ph.D. in Government College from Namakkal.

Optional Paper

V.P. Jayaseelan has taken Tamil Literature as his optional subject.

V.P. Jayaseelan says, “he holds PhD degree and wrote the civil services examination in Tamil. It’s not because he don’t know English well enough, but because he felt he could express himself well in Tamil and to show others preparing for the exams that somebody from a Tamil medium school can clear the exams. This is a victory for Tamil. Language is not a barrier to success in Civil Services Examination“.

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Attempts by V.P. Jayaseelan

V.P. Jayaseelan achieved his life-time dream in his third attempt.

V.P. Jayaseelan was determined to become an IAS officer. Though he was selected for the Indian Revenue Service in his second attempt and posted as Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, he tried hard to become an IAS officer. Perseverance and hard work brought him laurels.

Preparation Strategy

V.P. Jayaseelan said the inspiration to become a top government official hit him when he was in Class 11, when he saw the efforts of Dr J Radhakrishnan during the 2004 tsunami. And Dr. Karthikeyan, who gave up practicing medicine at Apollo Hospitals’ Velachery emergency unit, said he was inspired by the respect the district collectors commanded in Gobichettipalayam.

It was his father who had motivated him to handle these competitive exams in mother-tongue.

“Tamil has all the ingredients for delivering success. He loved preparing in Tamil and he is proud at his success. I never lost confidence” a proud V.P. Jeyaseelan said.

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