Lost one arm at age of 5, Akhila BS defies incapacity to crack UPSC

Thiruvananthapuram, May 25: Akhila B S, who secured 760th rank throughout the civil suppliers examination 2022, did not let incapacity develop right into a hurdle in her success.

The 28-year-old girl who misplaced her correct arm in a bus accident on the age of 5 acquired right here out with flying colours throughout the nation’s most prestigious examination.

Akhila, the second daughter of Okay Buhari, a former Headmaster on the Cotton Hill Government Girls High School and Sajina Beevi met with an accident on September 11, 2000. She misplaced her correct arm from the shoulder down and was requested to hunt the recommendation of medical docs from Germany. However, even after the examination by a medical workforce from Germany in India, her arms weren’t mounted as she had misplaced the tip of her shoulder.

After that, Akhila started doing her day-to-day duties using her left arm and learnt to place in writing by the usage of her left arm. She cleared her board exams with the perfect marks. After pursuing an Integrated MA at IIT Madras, she started preparing for civil suppliers.

This was Akhila’s third strive. In the first two makes an try, she had cleared the prelims.

Sharing her experience, Akhila talked about that she is glad and grateful. She knowledgeable ANI that actually considered one of her lecturers, who outlined to her in regards to the occupation of Collector, impressed her to pursue preparation for the UPSC examination.

“I am happy and grateful. I felt reassured about my preparation. I started my preparation right after my graduation in 2019, I gave the examination in 2020,2021 and 2022. All three times I cleared the prelims but two times I did not make it into the list. First time I am making the list. I followed every topper,” she talked about.

She added, “The dream of IAS was given by my teacher who told me about the profession of the collector. I was fascinated and liked the idea of service, and thus started my preparations right after graduation.”

” I took coaching from one of the institutes in Bangalore for a year. Thereafter I came back to Kerala and took help from Thiruvananthapuram-based institute,” she added.

Speaking on the challenges confronted whereas preparing for the civil suppliers examination, Akhila talked about that one has to experience quite a lot of ups and downs along with nice onerous work to rearrange for the examination.

“The challenge is that it was a very long duration and it requires a lot of hard work. Also, I found it very difficult to sit straight for a long time. To sit for three to four hours continuously in the examination became a herculean task for me,” she talked about.

She moreover added that using her left hand and sitting repeatedly with once more ache was a tough downside for her by the preparations and examination.

She talked about, “The problem for me was to write for three or four hours. I used to be tired and my body used to ache. For th main exams, I had to write continuously for three days. It was a challenge for me.”

“My goal was to achieve IAS. I decided that I will prepare for the upcoming exam and till I get chosen for the service of my choice, I decided that I will keep on trying. I decided that I will put in maximum effort,” she talked about.

Expressing gratitude to her dad and mother and family for supporting her, she talked about, “I could not express the kind of support my family extended to me. I think this is a privilege. I received huge support not only from my immediate parents but also from my extended family.”

For the second consecutive yr, women have secured 4 out of the first 5 ranks throughout the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examinations, the outcomes of which have been launched on Tuesday.

A whole number of 933 candidates- 613 males and 320 women- have been useful by the Commission for appointment to different suppliers, as per the official launch by the division.

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