The Journey of Rishi Raj: Rank 27, UPSC CSE 2017

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The Journey of Rishi Raj: Rank 27, UPSC CSE 2017

Every year UPSC conducts civil services examination for the recruitment of various civil services like Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indian Police Services (IPS), and Indian Revenue Services (IRS) etc. The result of UPSC Civil Services Examination was declared in May. This year result came with some interesting stories of toppers.

Anudeep Durishetty an IRS Officer secured 1st rank & becomes the topper of CSE 2017. 2nd rank is secured by Anu Kumari who started her career after her marriage. Sachin Gupta has secured 3rd rank with his dedication & hard work.

Rishi Raj has secured 27th rank in CSE 2017. So let’s begin his journey.

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About Rishi Raj

Name: Rishi Raj
Age: 24 Years
Hometown: Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh
Rank: AIR 27
Year: CSE 2017
Roll No.: 0730471
Optional Subject: Electrical Engineering
Medium: English
No. of Attempts: 2
Educational Qualification: B. Tech from (IIT) ISM Dhanbad
Nationality: Indian

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Early Life

Rishi was born and brought up in Madhya Pradesh. He belongs to a small city where people do not have a lot of resources for the preparation. His father is a manager at NTPC Dadri, UP. His mother is a housewife. He has a younger brother also who had done electrical engineering and currently doing a job. He did not have a lot of money to come to Delhi for CSE preparation but he used the technology for the preparation. He used all the online sources available for the CSE preparation like IAS baba, Neo Stencil and Insights.

Educational Qualification

He has completed his schooling from a school at Madhya Pradesh. After completing his schooling he started preparing for IIT JEE as he wants to pursue engineering. He had done his B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from (IIT) ISM Dhanbad.

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Reaction

When media person asked him about his reaction after seeing his name in the top rankers. He got a call from his friend at 7 pm and his friend congratulated him and told him that he has secured 27th rank in the civil services examination. But he felt that it was a prank made by his friend. So he went through UPSC website, he confirmed it about 4 to 5 times with his name and roll no. and then finally after checking a lot of times, he was at peace that the person at 27th rank is the only. And he found himself totally out of this preparation cycle. He gives the credit of his success to his family and God.

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Inspiration

It was not his childhood dream to become an IAS officer but an incident inspired him to become an IAS officer and do something for the country. When he was pursuing his graduation in Dhanbad in Jharkhand, he had seen many females getting harassed at public area. At that time, he used to feel bad that he couldn’t do anything and no one in the administration who can address our issues. That is why after that incident he decided to go for civil services and do something for the women safety. Women security was the prime influencer to prepare for UPSC CSE.

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Struggle

He started the CSE preparation when he was in college. He first attempted the CSE in 2015 at that time he was able to clear the prelims as well as mains. That was good but he didn’t make it to the interview and he did not get selected for civil services. At that time he felt very bad that all of his hard work is wasted now as he cleared the mains but still not able to go for civil services.

He never gets disheartened by the failures. According to him, failure is the first step towards learning. Then again in 2017, he gave the exam, with a different strategy and better preparation. He cleared the prelims and mains. He was waiting for the interview result. After seeing himself on the 27th rank was something very inspiring and surprising for him. Finally, he achieved what he dreamt of and only because of his hard work. So, never stop doing hard work and do not focus on the results.

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Optional Subject

You have to choose your optional subject smartly, always choose an optional subject which you are comfortable with. He opted for electrical engineering as his optional subject. This is the biggest advantage to him as he had done electrical engineering before which made him much stronger for the optional preparation. He didn’t take any coaching for the optional subject preparation. He was a gold medalist from IIT so he was able to handle the subject very easily. He has a stronghold on this subject which helped him a lot in the entire preparation.

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Prelims Paper 1: General Studies

History Ancient: Old Ncert
History Modern (Freedom Struggle): Spectrum
Culture and society: Ncert class 11 book
Polity (theory + current): M. laxmikanth, current affairs compilation
Economy (theory + current): Mrunal videos, current affairs compilation
Science (theory + current): current affairs compilation
Environment (theory + current): Shankar Ias book, current affairs compilation
Geography physical: Ncert class 11 book
Geography India: Ncert class 11 book
Geography world: Ncert class 11 book
Schemes, Policy & Filler Stuff: current affairs compilation

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Answer Writing Strategy

While writing an answer in mains you must consider the following points:

Read questions quickly & carefully.
Mark out questions you know least about.
Keep the introduction & the conclusion limited. 2 lines for each thing should be fine.
Includes facts & figures in your answer. Mentioning facts is the smartest way to start an answer in General Studies.
Use keyword & adjectives in your answer.
Draw diagrams wherever possible.
Write the answer body in bullet points.
Highlight the important points of your answer.
At the end give suggestions & sum up your answer.

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List of 2017 Toppers

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The Journey of Rishi Raj: Rank 27, UPSC CSE 2017