Gaurav Agarwal: With an aim to serve – In the direction of civil services

B.Tech. from IIT, MBA from IIM, working in a Fortune-500 group with a rock star salary... All these achievements didn’t mean much for him. Wokring in an investment bank didn’t turn him into a corporeti, rather made him to think about common man. After completing his four years stint with Citi Group, he came back to crack the Civil Services examinations. In his very first attempt he got IPS. He reached his goal i.e. IAS in the second attempt. He is none other than UPSC Civil Services 2013 topper Gaurav Agarwal. Excerpts from an exclusive interview of his with Sakshi... My mother’s dedicationMy home town is Jaipur and I am from a well-educated family. My dad Suresh Chandra Gupta is a senior manager in Jaipur Dairy and my mother Suma Gupta was a homemaker. My mother took a lot of interest in my studies. Her keenness and sacrifice made me the man that I am today. My aim was to serve people, so chose IASIn 2008, I have completed my PGPM with specialization in finance from IIM Lucknow. Then, I was recruited as an investment banker (trader) by the City Group. I have worked in Hong Kong as a Credit Trader between 2008 June and 2011 September. During my stint, I have seen a lot of world in my field trips and met people from different walks of life. After taking a close look at how the world is being operated, my thoughts have turned towards my people. I felt IAS was the right path to serve people. So, I left my job in 2011 September and came back to India.

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