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| Achievers of Civil Service Exams | | 2 Jammu youth attribute success to relentless efforts, hardwork | | ARTEEV SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 7: If Dr Shah Faisal hailing from remote township of Kupwara has made the entire state proud by topping the list of All India Civil Services Examination, there are few youth from Jammu region who after relentless efforts for some years have been able to make it this time. The success story of two of them, already KAS officers will surely inspire many youth aspiring to become civil servants.
Udham Dass' success story is inspiring not only because he moved on without losing heart despite failure in the first attempt but also because he comes from a very poor background in a village in Sunderbani. Although he studied to be a KAS officer, he was discouraged by many asking him to join ReT, much before realizing his dream of becoming an IAS officer.
A simple and sober man, Udham belongs to a farming family having roots in a remote village, Pukharni in Sunderbani tehsil, about 100 Kms from Jammu. Due to lack of road connectivity, people of this village still walk two kilometers to access any mode of transportation.
Born on March 25 1979, this 31-year-old KAS officer has in a way accomplished the dream of his college to get through the country's most prestigious examination. Presently, he is serving as Deputy Registrar Cooperative Societies."Job satisfaction, decent salary, covetted post and serving the people at large inspired me for this job. Besides, this job is an instrument through which one can bring changes in the society," he said.
Udham has done his 12th standard from Government Higher Secondary School Sunderbani and later took admission in Medical Stream in Government Gandhi Memorial Science College Jammu. It was in College he came to know about the country's most prestigious examination and made up his mind to achieve this goal. For this, he first preferred to complete his Post Graduation in subject of Arts stream. He opted for Post Graduate in History subject and became gold medalist in 2003. Presently he is pursuing Ph.D in History from University of Jammu. He also has qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) examination.
"Though my father is a farmer and mother, being illiterate, is a housewife, yet they encouraged me and supported morally and financially at crucial junctures of life. I cannot express the feeling of my mother whose dream has come true today," an elated Udham said.
"When I had started my preparation for this prestigious examination, I set my target like Arjuna in Mahabharata who pierced the eye of fish by looking downward in a bowl full of oil," Udham said while speaking about his determination and focused attitude that brought him success. Not one to feel complacent about it, he says that his struggle has not ended here."In fact my journey has begun just now as fulfilling the expectations of the people would be the biggest challenge for me," he said.
"It is my dream to serve the people particularly backward areas and work for their betterment,", Udham added. He attributes the credit of his success to various factors including family support and encouragement, destiny, his friends etc.
Like Udham, Vinod Kumar , another achiever has a reason to feel upbeat and elated about his hard earned success.
"Uncertainty level in this prestigious examination is very high and it's a matter of a click to achieve your goal. Your consistent hard work, intelligence and patience is the main mantra of your success," says an upbeat Vinod Kumar, a KAS officer presently posted as Commercial Taxes Officer who also qualified coveted All India Civil Services Examination (Indian Revenue Services), the results of which were declared yesterday.
Kumar, who qualified this examination on sixth attempt, belongs to a remote area of Hiranagar tehsil in district Kathua. Born on January 6, 1978, he did his schooling from Government Primary school Gurah Beldaran, a remote village in tehsil Hiranagar.
After 5th standard, his parents admitted him in Government High School Gurah Mundian where he completed his Class 10th examination. He did his 12th standard from Government Higher Secondary School Hiranagar in 1996. Later, he completed his B.SC from Choudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishwa Vidyalya, Palampur district Kangra from 1996 to 2000.
He has done his M.SC in Horticulture from 2000 to 2002 after qualifying prestigious Junior Research Fellowship from Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) Pusa institute, New Delhi. Later, he qualified the entrance examination for Ph.D degree and completed it in the year of 2007.
He had also cleared Kashmir Police Service (KPS) Examination in 2004. Continuing with his strenuous efforts, he again qualified the KAS examination in 2008 and posted as Child Development Project Officer (CDPO).
His father is a retired Accounts Officer while his elder brother is an IAS officer of 2003 Maharashtra cadre. His mother is a housewife and sister is a government teacher.
Quite apparently, he attributes his success to his family members, who according to him, has always supported and encouraged him.
"No doubt hard work with intelligence is a necessity but patience is a key for this cprestigious exam. Besides, you must have the courage to sacrifice various things to achieve this goal. As uncertainty level is very high in this exam, it's a matter of click to supersede this Herculean task," he says, while giving a word of advise to the aspirants of this examination.
Undeterred by his repeated failure to beat the interview jinx, he said, "I qualified the main examinations five times but could not qualify interview as I always missed it by a margin of 10 to 15 marks. Now, it's a matter of satisfaction for me and if I could have not done it, I would have regretted it for whole of my life."
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