Success Story: Kumar Gaurav Rejected CRPF Assistant Commandant Job, Finally Scored AIR 5 in UPPSC PCS

Kumar Gaurav is a resident of Umri Bhavani village in Ambedkar Nagar district (Photo: News18 Hindi)

In the year 2016, when Kumar Gaurav was doing PhD in Hindi Literature from Delhi University (DU), he was selected as Assistant Commandant in CRPF. But he turned down the job to complete his studies

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) has released the UPPSC PCS 2022 Result. Shahjahanpur’s BSA Kumar Gaurav has made it to the top 10 in the exam and secured the 5th rank in the UPPSC PCS exam.

His life has always been full of ups and downs. He had earlier turned down the job of Assistant Commandant in CRPF. After rejecting this job, his next three years were very difficult. He made several attempts to get a job but without success. However, he did not give up and kept trying.

Kumar Gaurav is a resident of Umri Bhawani village of Ambedkar Nagar district. His father’s name is Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, who is a retired Village Development Officer (VDO) and his mother is Shakuntala Devi, a homemaker. Gaurav has done his schooling from the village. Later he did intermediate from Indaipur Inter College and graduated from Allahabad University. He then completed his post graduation from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

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In the year 2016, when Kumar Gaurav was doing PhD in Hindi Literature from Delhi University (DU), he was selected as Assistant Commandant in CRPF. But he turned down the job to complete his studies. For the next three years, he worked hard to get a government job, but was unsuccessful. Finally, after three years, he was selected for the post of Naib Tehsildar. Even before Gaurav came to the post of Naib Tehsildar, the result of PCS had come. After the results, he left the post of Naib Tehsildar and accepted the post of BSA in Shahjahanpur.

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) declared the final result of Combined State or Upper Subordinate Services Examination 2022 on April 8, 2023. There are eight women in the top-10 list of UPPSC PCS 2022 exam. Divya Sikarwar of Agra secured the first position, Pratiksha Pandey of Lucknow secured the second position and Namrata Singh of Bulandshahr secured the third position.

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