UPSC Success Story: The relationship of friendship is not less important than the relationship of family. If you make good friends, they take you to the heights of success. Today we have brought for you the success story of three such friends – EPS Saad Miyan Khan, IAS Vishal Mishra and IAS Gaurav Vijayram Kumar, who together Cleared UPSC exam and became an administrative officer.
Saad Miyan Khan is at the top of his friends in terms of rank. He secured 25th rank in this examination. Saad is from Bijnor and did his BTech from HBTI Kanpur with Vishal Mishra. They became friends in 2007 and completed their graduation in civil engineering in 2012. After this, both of them met Gaurav amidst the preparation of civil service in Delhi.
After doing BTech, Vishal studied MTech from IIT Kanpur, while Saad started his preparations. During this, even after separating, the conversation between the two continued. Gaurav Kumar on the other hand completed his BE Honors – Mechanical Engineering from PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh. After that he went to Delhi to prepare for UPSC CSE.
UPSC preparation and success
Saad Khan appeared in UPSC CSE four times from 2013 to 2017 and qualified in his fifth attempt and secured AIR 25. Gaurav Kumar told that I used to discuss all the plans, issues and questions with my friends. He helped me strategize better. Gaurav did not get success in the first three attempts. After this he secured AIR 34 in UPSC 2017. At the same time, Vishal Mishra hails from Uttarakhand and studied at HBTI Kanpur with Saad Mian Khan. He is an engineer by profession. He secured AIR 49 in UPSC CSE 2017.
where are both friends
Vishal Mishra is a 2018 batch IAS officer. Presently Vishal Mishra is Joint Magistrate Rudrapur in District Udham Singh Nagar of Uttarakhand. At the same time, Saad Mian Khan chose IPS and he has been kept in the UP cadre. Gaurav Kumar has been appointed as the Joint Magistrate of Azamgarh.