Perseverance with strong determination bears fruits only. An example of this has been set by a farmer’s son, Kumar Biswaranjan, who ranked 182th in the UPSC examination, results of which were declared on Tuesday.
Born in a poor family in Beruan village of Jaionkanti gram panchayat in Jagatsinghpur district, Biswaranjan had experienced adversity during childhood. However, his parents never wanted the financial constraint to be an obstacle in their children’s studies. To give them good education, mother Minati came to Bhubaneswar with her children in 2003. Staying in a rented house in the Niladri Vihar area, Minati started tailoring work to support her husband Benudhar, a farmer, to make ends meet.
Inspired by his parents, Biswaranjan worked hard and went on excelling in his studies.
A student of Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir, Niladri Vihar, Biswaranjan had ranked sixth in the HSC examination and eighth in Plus Two Science examination. He started preparation for Civil Service during his BTech days in the IIT Guwahati. In November 2016, he went to Delhi to collect study materials and had been dedicatedly preparing for the UPSC exam.
Earlier, he had also secured 391st rank in the Civil Service exam in 2018 and worked in Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS). Another proud son of the district, Anup Das of Naugaon village, also secured rank 120 mark in the most prestigious examination.
A son of former railway employee late Nrusingha Das and Madhusmita Das, Anup had completed his Matriculation in Central School, Paradip and Plus Two in the BJB College in Bhubaneswar before moving to New Delhi for perusing higher studies. He cracked the Civil Services Examination on a third attempt.
Family members, villagers, relatives and people of the entire regions have felt of proud of the two.