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JNU students shine in Civil exams
Parul Sharma NEW DELHI: As in the past, several students of Jawaharlal Nehru University here have achieved good ranks in the Civil Services (Main) Examination-2008 whose results were announced on Monday.
Leading the pack is Ramvir, who has achieved an all-India 15th position.
Ramvir, who belongs to Jhajjar in Haryana, has done his M.A. and M.Phil. from JNU. He is currently doing his Ph.D. on “European Union’s Role in Middle East Peace Process”.
The son of a Delhi Transport Corporation employee, he had cracked the examination in 2007 as well, and had been selected for the Customs service.
“This is my fourth attempt. I was keen on the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) as I have a rural background and have seen the working of the administration from close quarters. I want to bring about a change in that,” says Ramvir.
Ranked 47th, Priyanka Das, who is enrolled at JNU for M.Phil., is happy about accomplishing her father’s dream in her very first shot.
“I decided in Class X that I wanted to join the Civil Services. I chose my subjects accordingly. There is this general notion that students from West Bengal don’t make it to the UPSC as most of them make a career in the Sciences. I wanted to explode that myth,” says Priyanka who feels she is better suited for the IAS. “I am quite thrilled to see my friends’ response to my result. They are so happy for me,” she says.
Another M.Phil. student, Ziaul Haque, who hails from Gopalganj in Bihar, had reached the interview stage in his second attempt but it was not until his fourth attempt that he broke into the first 200 ranks.
“I just wanted to see my name in the list. My first preference is the IAS, but I think I will get the IPS. I am satisfied,” says Ziaul, son of a primary school teacher.
Gaurav Sharma, currently enrolled for a Ph.D. programme, studied Political Science and Law at Delhi University before going to JNU. “I did not take any specific coaching for the exam. I shared notes from my hostel mates. On an average I studied around 12 hours each day, which even went up to 20 hours during the exams,” he adds.
Another Ph.D. student, Ashutosh Singh, who is due to submit his thesis on “Federal Reforms Introduced by Putin” this July, was relieved to achieve his goal in his fourth attempt. Several others like Mukesh Kumar, Neha Pandey, Sudhi Choudhary, Rachna Bhagat, Pallabika Dutta have also cleared the exam.
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