son of auto Rickshaw driver, IAS Govind Jaiswal has been an inspiration to many as he has struggled a lot to reach where he is now. Govind Jaiswal, a resident of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, is currently posted as Director in the Department of Health and Family Welfare. Here is his inspiring story.
Mother was suffering from brain haemorrhage
Govind’s father and sisters have a great contribution in making Govind reach this point in life. His father Narayan Jaiswal also made many sacrifices to complete Govind’s studies.
In the year 2005, IAS Govind Jaiswal’s mother Indu died of brain hemorrhage. After which Govind’s father, who owned a rickshaw company with 35 rickshaws, had to sell his company for the treatment of his wife. In the treatment of his wife most of his rickshaws were sold and the family became financially unstable. At that time Govind was in seventh grade.
At that time the entire family of Govind lived in a cell in Alipura, Kashi. Many times in those days Govind, his three sisters and their father used to end their day by eating only dry roti. However, Govind’s father left no stone unturned to provide proper education to his children. After completing his daughters’ education, Govind’s father also sold his remaining rickshaws for the marriage of his three undergraduate daughters.
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used to teach tuition to save money
Govind did his early education from a government school located in Osmanpura. After that he did his graduation in Maths from Harishchandra University, Varanasi. In 2006, Govind came to Delhi to prepare for the UPSC exam. Govind started driving a rickshaw with his father to earn some money.
After Govind moved to Delhi, he started taking tuitions. Even then he could not save enough. So to save money, he stopped one-time tiffin and tea. Finally, after all the struggles, in the year 2007, he secured 48th rank in his very first attempt.
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