Son of a farmer in Poonch Monday cracked the prestigious UPSC 2021 examination along with nine others from Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. Hailing from a remote village of Bachianwali in Haveli Tehsil of frontier Poonch district Mohd Shabir Gorsi has come a long way before climbing the ladder of success in his third attempt.
Parth Gupta from Jammu cracked the examination by securing AIR 70 while the only girl candidate Shivani Jerngal, daughter of a police officer, figured in the list at AIR 300. Other successful candidates who made it to the final list are Pankaj Yadav (107), Asrar Ahmed Kichloo (287), Namneet Singh (436), Dwarka Gaadhi (412), Mohd Shabir (419), Anjeet Singh (530), Tenzin chonzom (584) and Anwar Hussain (600) from Ladakh.