To crack the country’s top examination, one needs to be honest, industrious and have confidence in oneself and faith in God. Vivekanand Sharma, resident of Rajgangpur area of Sundargarh district, who qualified the Civil Services Main Examinations and got 211 rank this year has this mantra for the aspirants who are preparing for the exams.
He is going to join the Indian Police Service (IPS) and is happy that he has been able to be police officer. Even though three candidates of the district cracked the civil service exams, the results of which were declared on Thursday, Vivekanand secured the highest rank among the trio.Vivekanand’s father Subash Chandra Sharma is a business man and his mother Sumitra Devi Sharma is a housewife. He did his Class 10 schooling from Rajasthan-based Birla Public Boarding School.
Thereafter, he completed his 12th examination from BRCM Public School, Haryana. later, he went on to complete his Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from NIT, Nagpur in Electrical and Electronics stream.After completing his engineering, Vivekananda had joined Coal India limited as a Management Trainee in 2009 and there he worked till 2011.
With the dream to join Civil Service, he left his job in 2011 and started preparing for the competitive examinations. With his sheer hard work and dedication, he finally hit his target.“I am happy that I have been able to fulfil my dream. I want to join the Indian Police Service so that I can maintain law and order and ensure equity among all sections of the society by which I can contribute to the development of the nation,” said Vivekanand.