INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF IAS RISHAB JAIN

Hello everyone,Iam Rishab Jain, i secured All India Rank 23 in UPSC CSE 2018.

I'll tell you my story. Let me know if I'm an average or below average person

1. Failed for the first time in a subject in my tenth standard
2. Studied in TN state board. Got 85.2% in tenth
3. In twelfth, got 84.66%. Again only state board.
4. During my twelfth I had heard of AIEEE but not IIT JEE. I had no idea that IIT’s even exists. (Poor me). When I thought of appearing in AIEEE, one of my chemistry teacher said, ‘AIEEE is based on CBSE syllabus, we read state board syllabus, hence its not of much use’. So didn't apply for AIEEE
5. Got admission in a college in Chennai due to someone's recommendation in Electronics and Communication Engineering.
6. One of my friend had called me to a cultural in IIT-M. That's for the first time I had stepped into IIT and felt I missed studying in such a huge campus.
7. First sem, 7 GPA with one backlog
8. Second sem, 6 point something with one backlog. Could only clear the backlog in my 4th sem
9. Third sem, 4 backlogs. Don't ask me about my gpa
10. Fourth sem, 4 backlogs.
11. Could sense my academic record is going in a downward projectile never to return back
12. Fifth sem, cleared all backlogs and got qualified to appear in the placement drive
13. Sixth sem, got placed in Infosys
14. Friends appeared in GATE, GRE, GMAT etc. Never really had courage to appear in those exams because you know about my engineering knowledge
15. Infosys. Generic training : Java - Third and last attempt, DBMS - Second attempt, HTML - First attempt
16. Stream training : Java - First attempt
17. UPSC : Failed in Mains twice (2016, 2017)
18. In 2018, got AIR 23.
19. Just believe in yourself. Do all the hardwork. Don't look back on your past academic records. It doesn't really matters. When someone took my interview they asked me, ‘how was your UPSC Preparation different from the IIT or GATE’. I replied to them, ‘Frankly, during my school or college days I never really had much idea about those competitive exams, forget preparing for that. UPSC is the first competitive exam that I had ever attended, and got succeeded with a good rank. I had pushed back IITians, IIM grads, US grads etc to come to this place. For this I had put a lot of hardwork and I'll keep on working hard in future’.
20. I firmly believe that we decide our future. NISHKAM KARMA.

When i was in school ,There were teachers who used to say that I can't do anything big in life. When I got 85% in my 10th my Geog teacher was pretty much surprised. He always used to say that I'm not sharp, active etc. Basically demotivate me. It was fun when my school felicitated me and he was standing there to welcome me. Just a smile, enough, everything was understood.

In my college, as I said, I wasn't the most bright person. Was perennially a back bencher and an outstanding student. So when I got placed in Infosys, my departmental staffs, especially my class advisor was surprised. After the declaration of results, she called me to congratulate. She was the one who made me stand out of Practical lab courses for not completing the record book. I still don't understand what good that completing record work brings when all we do is copy from last year book. Okay, that discussion for another day. I've been invited for my college Convocation as a Guest of Honor. The same place from which I graduated in the year 2014 when many doubted that can I pass all the subjects within the 4 year course period.

LIFE COMES A FULL CIRCLE.

Believe in yourself and work hard. No one knows you better than you and no one can motivate you better than you. You can either take the positivity around you or the negativity around you. I opted for the former. Its always our decision in life. Whatever we aspire the universe will help us in achieving it.

All the best guys.