Once sold tea on a stall, walked 70 km daily to school, cracked UPSC exam thrice, become IAS officer without coaching, his AIR was…, his name…

Himanshu Gupta did not have enough money to attend coaching classes for his UPSC preparation, so he opted to self-study.

The Civil Services Examination is conducted for hiring candidates for the posts of Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service, Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’, Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’, Indian Corporate Law Service, Group ‘A’, Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’, Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’ Indian Information Service, Group ‘A’, Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’, Indian P&T Accounts and Finance Service, Group ‘A’, Indian Railway Protection Force Service, Group ‘A and several other posts. The exam is considered to be the toughest exam conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. In th