Despite leaving school, he became India’s Young IAS – this son’s story will touch every heart.

UPSC IAS Ansar Shaikh Success Story: With strong determination and the spirit of never giving up, a person can move mountains. For Ansar Shaikh, who comes from a poor family of Maharashtra, passing the UPSC Civil Services Exam was no less than a mountain to climb. Due to poverty, his father was once forced to withdraw his son from school. He even went to the school to expel him from the school. But today the success story of Ansar Shaikh is no less than an inspiration for the youth.

His father was an auto-rickshaw driver and mother worked as a farm labourer.

Ansar Shaikh was born in Jalna, a small village in Marathwada district of Maharashtra. His father used to drive an auto-rickshaw and his mother worked as a laborer in the fields. The family of five people, including brother and sister, barely managed to survive. Despite this, Ansar never left studies. He has performed well in studies since the beginning.

Father forced him to leave school

It was difficult to feed five people by driving an auto-rickshaw. They felt that they could not even educate their children. The decision to discontinue Ansar Shaikh’s studies was taken out of compulsion. Finally the day came when his father reached Ansar’s school. He had made up his mind to withdraw his son from school, but a teacher convinced him. The teacher said, “Your son is very good in studies.” The father changed his mind after listening to the teacher.

I will never forget my brother’s sacrifice

The father had decided that there would be no problem in Ansar’s studies, but how? Then his elder brother made a sacrifice. He left his studies for Ansar, who was in 7th class at that time. After leaving studies, he started working in a garage to help the family financially.

Ansar lived up to his father’s expectations, scored 91% in class 12th.

Ansar did what his teacher advised and his father expected. Understanding the condition of his family, he completely focused on his studies, believing that this was the only way to fix everything. He scored good marks in school and then college. Ansar passed the 12th board exam with 91% marks, after which he did graduation in Political Science from Fergusson College, Pune, in which he got 73% marks. Did many jobs during UPSC preparation.

After graduation, Ansar started preparing for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination. Along with preparation, he also worked at many places. Considering his financial problems, the coaching institutes had also waived his fees.

In 2015, Ansar applied for the UPSC Civil Services Examination for the first time and made his family proud by clearing the three difficult stages of Prelims, Mains and Interview in one go.

India’s youngest IAS officer

Born in poverty, Ansar Shaikh is today India’s youngest IAS officer. At the age of 21, he passed the UPSC Civil Services Examination, one of the most prestigious and difficult examinations in the country. This was his first attempt. With the support of family, friends and coaching institutes, he passed the UPSC Civil Services Examination in 2015. He achieved 361st All India Rank (UPSC AIR) in his very first attempt.