New Delhi
Relatives, friends and neighbours have been pouring into the small house of Tanvir Ahmad Khan in village Nigeenpora of Kulgam in south Kashmir since the news about his clearing a top national examination spread on Friday.
Tanvir has secured the second rank in Indian Economic Services (IES) 2020 examination that gives him an entry into the Planning Commission and other financial policymaking bodies of the government of India to make a career.
“I was informed by a friend about the result. And since then my home has remained abuzz with the visitors," Tanvir told the local newspapers.
Tanvir’s success story has spread hope and cheers around as he comes from an ordinary background with his father being a small time farmer who goes to Amritsar and pulls a rickshaw there during winter to make ends meet.
He is perhaps the first person from Jammu and Kashmir to clear the coveted examination that is equivalent to the civil services.
Congratulation him Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha said:
Congratulations to Tanveer Ahmad Khan of Nigeenpora Kund,Kulgam for getting AIR-2 in Indian Economic Service(IES)2020.I have always believed that the youth of J&K are inherently capable & full of potential.His feat will inspire &motivate our youngsters.I wish him a bright career. pic.twitter.com/PaCryiZQ6Y
— Office of LG J&K (@OfficeOfLGJandK) July 31, 2021Tanvir’s life took a turn when he was attending a workshop in Kolkata last year during his M.Phil studies in Economics from the Institute of Development Studies.
"During the workshop, a friend informed me about Rathees Krishnan, who guides the IES aspirants and stays in touch with them on a WhatsApp group," he said.
Krishnan is a professor of chemistry at a Kerala college.
He called up Krishnan and got his number added to his WhatsApp group.
Krishnan told him that he should try this time just to get the idea about its pattern. However, Tanvir managed to clear it in his first attempt.
He studied for at least 10 to 14 hours a day. “Actually 6 to 8 hours are sufficient to make it to the final selection list,” he says, looking back. He had to put in extra hours because he had started late.
Tanvir had just 84 days to prepare for the mains after clearing the first round. His hard work during his MA course at the University of Kashmir helped him clear it.
Tanvir had also qualified NET-JRF and has since submitted his dissertation in the M.Phil course while he was preparing for the IES examinations.
