Success story of S. Nagarajan AIR: 1 CSE 2005

S Nagarajan secured rank 1 in CSE 2005. Focused, devoted and smart hard work helped him to secure the first rank in IAS Exam. His success journey in the UPSC Civil Services and escalation to the rank 1 is an inspiring one for future UPSC aspirants.

In this artilce we will give a brief yet inspiring story of S Nagarajan.

Background of S Nagarajan

Nagarajan was brought up in a district town where he happened to see the district collector career as a prestigious one. Furthermore, the challenging and thought-provoking nature of this job and the chances to feel for the distresses of common people and to resolve their difficulties etc. motivated him to prepare for UPSC civil services examination.

S Nagarajan completed his schooling from Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Tirunelveli. Nagarajan is an electrical and electronics Engineer and he got graduated from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani in Rajasthan. After obtaining a graduate degree in Electrical Engineering in, he started preparing and got concentrated on the IAS Exam in which he obtained All India 1st Rank.

IAS Journey of S Nagarajan

He had given his first attempt in 2000 after completing his graduation. He had cleared the Civil Services Mains exam but failed to get through the exam finally. Electrical Engineering and geography were his optional.

Next year the syllabus of physics changed. So, he decided to opt for Geography as it has very compact and comfortable syllabus, along with Electrical Engineering. In his second attempt, he secured 137th rank and was allocated to the Railway Traffic Services. He took one year gap due to the training. Moreover, he had no option other than joining the training.

In the third attempt, he chose Sociology and geography as optional. Sociology needs much deeper understanding than Geography.

Marks obtained by S Nagarajan

The following table gives a breakdown of the marks obtained by S Nagarajan during CSE 2005

Advise by S Nagarajan regarding UPSC Preparation

According to his opinion, UPSC preparation should be organized, disciplined, scientific, meticulous and comprehensive. A good revision is an essential factor. UPSC aspirants should not plunge into Prelim and waste attempts before having a precise idea about the nature of the UPSC IAS exams and a good command over the subjects.

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