Deepak Bara, son of an auto driver of Sundargarh district, with his determination and hard work, has cracked the Odisha Civil Service (OCS) examination in his first attempt with 192 rank
Bara hails from Damposh village under Kutra block of Sundargarh district. His father Paulus has an auto rickshaw and drives the auto himself. Mother Pramila is a vegetable seller at Rajgangpur market.
Bara did his schooling from Kukuda mission primary school near his village, till his 7th class. Thereafter, he studied in Lanjiberna Shramik High School, Bihaband and completed his matriculation there in the year 2011. After matriculation, he went to Kerala and joined a religious congregation at Wayanad at Kerala, to become a Christian
Roman catholic priest. Bara studied +2 in Kerala.
Later, Bara did his Batchelor in Arts in English literature in Government Autonomous College, Rourkela and PG in English literature in Revenshaw University, Cuttack. While he was in his 2nd year post graduation, he qualified for Odisha Civil Services main examination in his first attempt.
“As I am from a poor family, I used to borrow books from friends and return to them within a few days. I used to buy old books because latest edition books were very expensive. Ravenshaw University has a very rich library from where I used to take a lot of materials and handouts,” said Bara, whose optional papers in OCS examination were English literature and Sociology.
"I am proud of my son. He has cracked OCS exam due to his determination and hard work," said Paulus, father of Bara.