Bhubaneswar: No matter how hard your life is, if you have set your goal and make endless efforts to achieve it, then no one can stop you. This statement actually signifies an Odia lad Kumar Biswaranjan (28), son of a tailor, who overcame massive odds to emerge successful in the Civil Services Examination in the third attempt. Biswaranjan has ranked 182 in the civil service exam 2019 in all India level.
Born in a poor family in Beruan village of Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, Biswaranjan had experienced adversity during childhood. However, his parents never wanted financial constraint to be an obstacle in their children’s studies.
To give them a good education, mother Minati came to the capital city Bhubaneswar with her children in 2003. Staying in a rented house in Sector-3 of Niladri Vihar area in Bhubaneswar, Minati started tailoring work to support her husband Benudhar, a farmer, to make ends meet.
Speaking about his journey Biswaranjan said," It was long but not an easy exam. The one year 's hard work get paid off when you cracked it and that gives you the feeling of accomplishment. During this journey, I came across many hurdles at the same time my personality got several positive modifications as well."
Biswaranjan said that his parents, despite the monetary problems, never made him realise of the hardships by slogging day in day out so that his dreams could turn into reality one day and the day has arrived.
The young achiever expressed that he learned very early in his life to toil hard for success and that nothing comes easy. He pursued his Electrical Engineering from IIT Guwahati after which he worked in the IT sector for two years.
Biswaranjan had made it to the list last year as well with a rank of 391 but was not satisfied with the service preference and hence continued to prepare hard to achieve what he has today.
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He has managed to better his last year's performance by a huge margin with a rank of 182 after months of sleepless nights and mental grit. He quit his job in 2016 to completely dedicate himself towards the UPSC examinations preparations.
"During this time of Pandemic the entire business has shut down and that brought financial crisis for the family but we have never ever made our sons realise our economic crisis," said Biswaranjan's mother Minati
“Given the condition and status of our family, it wouldn’t have been possible for him (Biswaranjan) to crack the exam without strong determination and hard work,” said an overjoyed Benudhar.
Speaking about his personal interview experience that took place in March earlier this year he said," I was asked about the KBK region development, railway connectivity, Assam wildlife etc and I answered the panel confidently. It went well."
For the UPSC exams, Biswarajnan put in 10-12 hours of study time consistently for six months before the exam.
Biswaranjan said, "I was confident about my success for which I quit my job in 2016. At that time my younger brother was studying in college and our tailoring business hitting a low. Despite that, my parents showed immense faith in me and supported me whole-heartedly. I will not force my parents to quit their vocation as it is crucial to be self-dependent in today's time and will give them the life they deserve to the best of my abilities."
