Nikhil Dubey

 

 

 

 

‘Where there is a will there is a way’, this saying stands correct for Nikhil Sudhakar Dubey, a serving Indian Information Service (IIS) officer who has qualified for the prestigious Civil Services Examination second time with better rank than earlier here on Tuesday.

 

Nikhil who hails from Nagpur cracked the civil services examination first time in 2018 with 926th rank all over the country. He took the entrance again and cracked the exam with 733rd rank this time. “It was my seventh attempt but I am happy that my rank improved this time. It is difficult to say that which service I am going to get,” said Nikhil to The Hitavada. Determination and hard work were his simple mantra, he said, adding he never gave up hope. Despite a hectic work schedule which he enjoyed a lot, Nikhil took out time to prepare for achieving his ultimate goal to score better rank in the examination.

 

“I took a year-long leave from my office for preparation which helped me a lot in last 2-3 months when I sacrificed every thing for this examination,” he added. Talking about his family, Nikhil said his father Sudhakar Dubey is a retired Assistant Commissioner in Fisheries Department while his mother is a homemaker. Nikhil’s elder sister Neha is a Civil Engineer. Nikhil’s two cousins who are serving Indian Police Service (IPS) officers inspired him to achieve the goal. Nikhil did his SSC from Centre Point School, Katol Road and Class 12 from Shivaji Science College. He completed his Engineering from Ranchi and then MBA from Delhi.

 

While talking about Pre-IAS Training Centre (PITC), Nagpur, He said, “The training centre helped me to groom. The educational atmosphere, library and the students are the best part of it.” For civil services aspirants from Nagpur, Nikhil advised that candidates should prefer Delhi and Pune for preparation of UPSC instead of Nagpur. He has a mantra for all civil services aspirants also: never stop chasing your dream no matter how difficult it is to get there. “Keep trying,” he said.

 

 

Six students of Pre-IAS Training Centre (PITC), Nagpur have been selected for Civil Services here on Tuesday. Total 42 students of PITC appeared for UPSC’s Main exam 2019, in which 17 students were found eligible for interviews. After the interview of 17 candidates, six got selected for Civil Services.

 

Based on the result of the written part of Civil Services Examination, 2019 held by the UPSC in September, 2019 and the interviews for Personality Test held in February-August, 2020, the Commission has released the list in order of merit, of candidates who have been recommended for appointment to: Indian Administrative Service; Indian Foreign Service; Indian Police Service and Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’.

 

Prasad Sitaram Shinde (Rank 287), Ashit Namdev Kamble (Rank 651), Pragya Kailash Khandare (Rank 719), Nikhil Sudhakar Dubey (Rank 733), Sumit Sudhakar Ramteke (Rank 748) and Swaroop Ravindra Dixit (Rank 827) are the successful students of the PITC Nagpur this year. Nikhil Sudhakar Dubey is the only student from Nagpur while Sumit Sudhakar Ramteke and Pragya Kailash Khandare are from Chandrapur.

 

Around 120 students are given admissions in PITC Nagpur every year. The admission process starts from September. The applications for admissions are done online and all the details are available on the website preiasnagpur.org.in.

 

With an object to accelerate the participation and success of the students of Maharashtra in civil services examination, the Department of Higher and Technical Education of Government of Maharashtra, has established six training institutes at Nagpur, Mumbai, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Nashik and Amravati. These institutes provide guidance and impart training of UPSC examinations for free.

 

Number of students of PITC cleared UPSC in last three years

2017    117                 37             15             06

2018    116                 23             05             00

2019    114                 42             17             06