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Anmol Sher Singh Bedi: AIR 2, UPSC CSE 2017, Strategy and Journey
If you secured AIR 2 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination, most people would assume you walked away with IAS. Anmol Sher Singh Bedi chose IFS instead.
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If you secured AIR 2 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination, most people would assume you walked away with IAS. Anmol Sher Singh Bedi chose IFS instead.

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Most aspirants treat a fourth unsuccessful attempt as a signal to stop. Nandini K R treated it as preparation for a fifth. That fifth attempt made her the top-ranked IAS officer in the entire country in 2016.

· 12 min read
She was not studying in a library with eight uninterrupted hours ahead of her. She was preparing for UPSC around her toddler’s nap times, meal schedules, and bedtime routines.

· 11 min read
She did not start preparation with the goal of topping India. She started with the goal of clearing the exam. That one distinction, between chasing a rank and chasing competence,

· 9 min read
An IIT Bombay graduate, working as a software engineer in South Korea, quit a comfortable international career to attempt UPSC for the first time. He came back as India’s top-ranked IAS officer of 2018.

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When UPSC CSE 2023 results came out on April 16, 2024, Aditya Srivastava was already in uniform. He had cleared UPSC CSE 2022 with AIR 236 and was serving

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She holds a Computer Engineering degree with a 9.21 CGPA. She chose Sociology as her optional subject. She cleared GPSC at Rank 55 while still preparing

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An engineering graduate from a small town in Madurai. Seven years of preparation. Two government exams cleared. And on March 6, 2026, AIR 2 in UPSC CSE 2025,

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Akansh Dhull spent four years finding out. Four attempts. Three documented results. A steady, measurable climb that ended with AIR 3 in UPSC CSE 2025, declared in March 2026.