Meditation, Reading Poetry Helped Me Stay Focused: IRS Officer Jaskaran

I have kept my life very simple and will continue to do so in the future as well Aditya Vikram Agarwal

- IHT Correspondent

ROHTAK: Aditya Vikram Agarwal, a resident of Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar, has brought laurels to the state by securing AIR 9 in the UPSC 2024 examination the results of which were declared on Tuesday.

He graduated from Moti Lal Nehru Institute of Technology, Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh and worked for a year in Tata Motors company also. His father Ram Avatar is a retired employee of a company from Bahadurgarh and mother, Madhu Agarwal, is a housewife.

Talking to media persons at his house in Bahadurgarh Sector 2, Aditya Vikram Agarwal said that this was his fifth attempt, and he appeared in the UPSC interview for the third time.

"After facing undesirable results in the last two years, I continued meditation and physical workout to overcome the stress. I followed my daily routine of going to the library in the morning and returning home in the evening. I owe my success to my parents, friends and teachers. I kept my life very simple and will continue to do so," he added.

25-year-old Shivani Panchal of Panipat's Bhodwal Majri secured AIR 53 in the UPSC exam. Last year, she cracked the Haryana Civil Services (HCS) exam, and she served as trainee HCS officer at Jhajjar. Shivani had lost her father at the age of five years and her mother Savita Devi is an Anganwadi worker. She completed her graduation in engineering from NIT, Kurukshetra in 2021 and worked in JSW (steel) company at Gurugram for two years. She had first cracked the HCS exam while working in the steel company and now secured AIR 53 in the UPSC exam while working as trainee HCS officer.