Meet IAS officer Shubham Gupta, who once worked in a shoe shop to earn his livelihood
Shubham Gupta, who secured the sixth rank in the UPSC exam 2018, is currently a collector in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.
IAS Success Story: Recently a web series named Aspirants depicted the story of three friends preparing for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams. Also known as the Civil Services exam, this is one of the toughest in the country. Therefore, we are telling you the story of Shubham Gupta, who passed UPSC after facing many difficulties. Shubham Gupta, who lives in Jaipur, Rajasthan, is an inspiration in himself. Shubham, who secured the sixth rank in the UPSC exam 2018, is currently a collector in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.
Shubham Gupta was born in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan and studied up to the seventh standard from here. Due to financial troubles, Shubham's family moved to a small village in Maharashtra. (Photo Source- Shubham Gupta, Instagram)
According to Jagran Josh's report, there was not a single Hindi or English medium school in the village and it was difficult for Shubham to study in Marathi. After this his father got him admitted in Vapi, Gujarat and from there he completed his studies, from 8th to 12th. The school was far away from home, so he used to go to school with his sister by train. For this, he had to catch the train at 6 in the morning and could come back home only after 3 o'clock. (Photo Source- Shubham Gupta, Instagram)
To run the house, Shubham Gupta's father opened a shoe shop near Dhanu Road in Maharashtra. After finishing his schooling in Vapi, Shubham started working at his father's shop. However, due to this, his studies were never affected. He worked even hard. (Photo Source- Shubham Gupta, Instagram)
After 12th, Shubham Gupta came to Delhi and completed his B.Com and M.Com, from Delhi University. After this, he started preparing for UPSC in the year 2015, but could not succeed in the first attempt. (Photo Source- Shubham Gupta, Instagram)
In the year 2016, Shubham Gupta gave UPSC exam for the second time and secured 366th rank by clearing prelims, mains and interview. After this he was selected in the Indian Audit and Accounts Service. (Photo Source- Shubham Gupta, Instagram)
Even after getting a government job, Shubham Gupta continued to prepare for the UPSC exam. Tried again in 2017, but this time he could not clear the prelims exam. In the year 2018, he attempted for the fourth time and secured All India Rank 6. After this, Shubham got Maharashtra cadre. (Photo Source- Shubham Gupta, Instagram)
Shubham Gupta had started installing Wi-Fi in all schools of Parola taluka of Jalgaon district, to run online classes properly. Recently, his tweet informed that this work has now been completed and 113 schools have got Wi-Fi connection. After this, he was highly praised on social media. In one of his tweets, he had said, “During the BDO charge, I had decided to install Wi-Fi connections in all government schools. Unfortunately, it was not completed on my time. I have received these pictures from the education officer sometime back and have been told that the work is done. This is really heart-wrenching.” (Photo Source- Shubham Gupta, Instagram)