Power situation worries State's IAS topper

Source : Sangai Express

IMPHAL, May 6: Aribam Radhabinod, who topped among general candidates from Manipur State in the recently declared UPSC civil services examination result has expressed that with the prevailing deplorable power supply situation in the State it would be futile for one to expect favourable result in such competitive examinations.

Interacting with newspersons at Manipur Press Club today, Radhabinod, who ranked 128th in the overall merit list of the UPSC conducted exam, conveyed that preparing for the civil service examination requires atleast 7-8 hours of studying which will be very almost taking into account Manipur’s pitiable power supply situation.

While preparing for the highly competitive civil services exam from larger cities is quite convenient for there is hardly any problem regarding power supply there, the 28-year old youth hailing from Wangjing Lamding Bazar also conveyed congratulations to his 10 other State-mates who overcame various hurdles to emerge successfully in the UPSC exam.

After completing Computer Science Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi in 2007, Radhabinod is informed to have had a stint in a private company for a year. While his first shot at the civil services exam did not yield the desired result in 2008, Radhabinod said he joined and then gave up the job at the private company in July 2010 to prepare for the next IAS examination.

Along with joining coaching classes for the said examination, he shared to all IAS aspirants that regularly reading The Hindu newspaper had been very helpful in his preparation for the national daily carries write-ups of subject experts as well as vital information about how to prepare for such tough exams.

The bureaucrat officer-designate also informed that his early schooling began at the institute of Rural Education, Wangjing before pursuing further education at Sainik School and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in the latter stages to finally achieve the goal of his parents’ wish by scaling the UPSC examination.

While the demise of his father Kumar Sharma in 1997 slightly dented his pursuit for excellence, he attributed the recent success to his elder brother A Nehru who reportedly ensured that the younger sibling continued to concentrate on his studies.

Affirming that his success in the civil services examination would be translated for the overall welfare of his native land, Radhabinod said he has two sisters and five brothers.

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