IAS Topper Niranjan Kumar - From Selling Khaini to the Coveted Civil Services

There are many inspirational stories for IAS aspirants that come out of the UPSC results that are declared every year after the civil services exam.

One such amazing UPSC success story is that of Bihar-native Niranjan Kumar, who has cleared the IAS exam in 2016 with AIR 728.

In this article, you can read all about IAS topper Niranjan’s success story, the struggles he faced and how he cracked the IAS exam.

IAS Topper Story – Niranjan Kumar Background

• Niranjan Kumar hails from a small village called Pakri Barawan in Nawada District in Patna, Bihar.
• His family is economically weak and Niranjan used to sell khaini from his father, Arvind Kumar’s small shop, to assist him.
• His father’s monthly earning was a meagre Rs.5000.
• Having three sons and a daughter, Niranjan’s father found it difficult to provide proper education to his children.
• This led him to admit Niranjan to the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Nawada because education was free there.
• There was a written test for entry into the Navodaya school and Niranjan cleared it with ease.
• Niranjan completed his matriculation from the school in 2004.
• After that, he completed his intermediate level education from Science College in Patna in the year 2006. During this time, Niranjan took tuitions to children to earn some money, since he found it difficult to even pay the modest yearly fee of Rs.1200.
• After that, Niranjan finished his mining engineering course from IIT-ISM by taking a student loan of Rs. 4 lakh.
• He repaid the loan amount after getting a job as an assistant engineer (mining) at Coal India Ltd. in 2011.
• Niranjan is married to Nupur and they both have a daughter.
• Niranjan’s rank of 728 ensured he got the Indian Revenue Service (IRS).

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There are several such UPSC inspirational stories, which talk about aspirants from disadvantaged backgrounds making it to the civil services. You can read some of them from the table below:

You can take a look at a comparison of the IAS and the IRS here.

IAS Topper Marks

Niranjan Kumar’s marks are given in the table below:

Niranjan Kumar Facts

Rank: 728

CSE: 2016

Native State: Bihar

Service Allocated: IRS

For more such UPSC success stories for inspiration and motivation, you can check out our segment which posts articles on IAS toppers, Get Inspired.

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