Karan Satyarthi (25), a resident of Dhanbad in Jharkhand clinched ninth position and Megha Bhardwaj from Ranchi bagged 32nd rank in the Civil Services examination conducted by Union Public Service Examination (UPSC) 2015 in his second attempt.
A native from Gaya, Bihar Satyarthi has been living in Dhanbad since 2001. Satyarthi has completed her academics from De Nobili School, Dhanbad and took BTech degree in mining engineering from IIT- Kharagpur in 2014.
However, denying several lucrative offers from multinational companies and private firms, Styarthi decided to join the elite services. He started his career after completing internship from KPMG based in Bengaluru.
“You get immense opportunity in Government sector, as one is directly linked with people and works at grassroot level. After exploring the current scenario, my aim will be to work on gender and caste discrimination. However, I want to devote five to six years in learning and understanding the basic function of Government and hurdle which comes across. Moreover, I never wanted to serve private firm, as it confines individual potential," said Satyarthi.
Hailing from the middle class family, Satyarthi's father is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at BIT, Sindri and his elder sister is in medical professsion. Giving credit of his success to both family members and teachers, Satyarthi said, “My family supported my decision and encouraged me to pursue my dreams. When I denied private firms offer, all family members supported me.” Notably, Satyarthi bagged the offer from EXl services during the campus recruitment.
Satyarthi opted for Political Science and International Relations for Mains examination. Nevertheless, he missed his chance in first attempt after clearing Prelims and Mains paper in 2014. "Just by 19 marks, I was not able to crack the examination in first attempt. As far as mains subject is considered, I found Political Science syllabus interesting and comparative and following International Relations is my hobby.
Satyarthi suggested the aspiring candidates to read and explore things as much as possible. “Focusing on goals, exploring subject matters helps the candidates to fetch decent marks in mains exam and also increases analysing power of candidate,” he said.
Meanwhile, Megha Bhardwaj from Ranchi bagged 32nd rank in the UPSC 2015 examination. Megha has completed her schooling from Bishop Westcott Girls' School and DAV KapilDev School in Ranchi. She did her BSc from St Xavier's College, Ranchi and Msc from Delhi University. Megha's father works with Vijaya Bank. She had bagged 6th rank in the Indian Forest Service Examination in 2014.