PATNA: The likes of Anna Hazare appear to be inspiring our bureaucrats-in-making. Take, for instance, Danish Ashraf of Sasaram who vows war on corruption and crackdown on crime as an IAS official.
Ashraf has ranked 145th in the Union civil services examination the results of which were declared on Wednesday. "I will certainly get IAS this time... have opted for home cadre," said the 24-year-old who has also applied for reservation benefit as an OBC candidate.
"Besides, I would love to work for the common man's daily needs -- education, hygiene and medicare," he told TOI over phone from Kolkata where he is undergoing on-the-job training for Indian Revenue Service to which he made it last year.
Son of lawyer Mohd Chand Ashraf, Danish was schooled in Sasaram before he moved to Patna to complete his Class XII from Ram Mohun Roy Seminary and graduation from Patna College. An MA in history from Delhi University's Hansraj College, he took coaching for general studies in a Delhi institute.
Probably a first from his community in Rohtas district to get into the coveted IAS, Ashraf Junior dedicates his success to work and worship. "I believed in perseverance. My family and friends have been my greatest source of strength throughout," he said.
He was confident about bettering his rank in the second attempt -- with history and geography as his optional subjects -- at the civil services examination. "I religiously worked on my weak points," he said and advised civil services aspirants to develop an analytical mind and make good use of informative internet sites. They should also devote time on marks-fetching areas. "I have been a regular reader of English dailies though I was a Hindi-medium student at school," he said.
The young achiever has a word of caution for civil services aspirants: do keep a second option in hand because the setback of rejection in this examination is at times "psychologically very damaging".
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