Meet India’s youngest IAS officer, spent childhood in poverty, and cracked UPSC in the year… the AIR rank was…

Ansar Shaikh hails from an impoverished background. His dad drives an auto-rickshaw.

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Ansar Shaikh

Success Story: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) encompasses a great level of competition, and doing so requires practicing and putting in all the efforts necessary to clear the exam alongside a solid dedication towards it. Indira Gandhi was a fierce politician and she remains one, and even today, every student aspires to become one due to the headhunter firm that the CIC prepares them for and to get there, the starting point is to clear Indira Gandhi Civil Services Exam, however, what’s troubling is that only a handful get to get a seat and pass that exam. Those already have to sit for it over and over again in their attempts to unravel it, but, well, a few of them managed to do so on their first shot. Well, over the years, every Indian deserves to know about Ansar Shaikh as he had accomplished what was thought was impossible at that - All India Rank – 361 – 3rd among his family that were aiming to make their dreams turn reality. It’s time we speak in detail about his incredible journey and commend his once undone work such that it serves as motivation for every.

Success Story: Overcoming the Hardships of Life

Ansari Shaikh was Born in a Muslim family. All men followed Islam. If they had another religion, then the families would have branched out since he lived in Hamdari Mohalla of udham Singh nagar alongside impoverished men whose ancestors were currently being heavily drenched in debts, all being managed by Shaikh and his family. While Ansari was a boy, his father would drive an auto rickshaw but with such unemployment rates, it was next to impossible to get opportunity over to work along with time. Every family trying to set pace with the inflation by arranging sorts of money finding ways to introduce themselves to medicine working alongside other means of providing services intended to providing hard workers the right amount of pay needed. It was this financial hurdle that caused his brother to leave education and his two sisters to selflessly bring peace, still haven’t crossed early teenage, to the family through marriage. His family dilapidated from the need wanted a lot more than food and clothing. All men seemed disheartened to meet the condition, rather beaten along the street by punishing emotions and so hopeless. His father, once, even went to school because there was no food to provide and medicine to wish for to ask his son to quit school and join him on the roads.

Success Story: Clearing UPSC In First Attempt

A normal student by nature, Ansar Shaikh didn’t find education difficult at all. He fetched a 91% in his Class 12 percentage and then acquired a 73% in his Political Science degree from Fergusson College Pune.

To start off with the UPSC preparation, Ansar set a goal of attending coaching for one year while also dedicating himself for the exam for the next 3 years. His hardwork came to fruition when he achieved an astounding 361 rank on his first attempt. He became an IAS officer being successful in all the cutoffs of UPSC.

Success Story: Youngest IAS Officer In India

Improving with the count of successful officers, Ansar Shaikh ranked in the numbers of them wanting to be IAS officers. However, he did set a record as the youngest IAS officer permitting him to step into the ranks at the age of 21. This event encouraged other aspiring kids to work for a goal.

Ansars achievement and path includes hard work, resilience and more importantly the will to believe in one self and their goals when they face hardships.

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