UPSC Civil Services 2016: Try, try, try again was this Kashmir officer's motto who came 10th
The father in him credits his success to his seven- month-old daughter, Mariam.
In the tenth position of the UPSC Civil Services 2016 final exam results was Bilal Mohiuddin Bhat from Kashmir. For this forest officer from the Valley, it was nothing but a dream come true.
Words
can
hardly
describe
my
feelings.
I
feel
on
top
of
the
world
today,"
Bhat
said.
Bhat,
who
had
appeared
for
the
examination
four
times,
would
have
in
November
this
year
crossed
32,
the
cutoff
age
for
appearing
for
the
elite
services.
"I
believed
in
this
quote
--
Try,
try,
try
again.
I
have
been
trying
from
2010,"
Bhat
said,
his
voice
choking
with
emotion.
Bhat, who belongs to the remote border district of Handwara in North Kashmir, completed his schooling and college from Srinagar before studying Veterinary Sciences in Jammu.
The product of a government college, he cleared the Kashmir Administrative Services (KAS) and later the Indian Forest Services.
My aim was the IAS and now I am sure that I will get my home cadre," Bhat said. I have had to sacrifice every comfort to achieve my goal, Bhat, who has three brothers and a sister, added.
His father, who was also a KAS officer, was "elated" by his son's success. "He is longing to see me back in my home state so that I can serve my people," Bhat said.
The father in him credits his success to his seven- month-old daughter, Mariam. "After she was born in September, I cleared my preliminaries. And since then there has been no looking back," he said.
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