UPSC CSE 2020: Jammu youth keeps his passion for art aside to crack civil services exam

Suchiter Sharma kept his passion for singing and painting aside to crack the civil services examination in his first attempt but plans another attempt next year to improve his 146th rank. Mufti, in a separate tweet, said, “Congratulations to all the hard working IAS aspirants from J&K who cracked this year's UPSC exam. Wishing them all the best & success in their new endeavour.” “The process of UPSC election is exhaustive but not difficult where your morale sometimes gets high and down as well… After god, I am thankful to my parents and my younger sister who stood by my side and never made me think that I won't achieve this feat,” said Sharma, who did his schooling from Army School, Ratnuchak with 94.8 per cent in Class 12 and his graduation from GGM Science College, Jammu with main subjects -- Botany, Zoology and Geology -- securing 86 per cent in 2020. Sharma, who appeared in the preliminary exam of IAS just five days after his BSc final exams, said he was already prepared for it as “Covid-19 induced lockdown had made things easy as he remained at home and focussed on the examination.” He said motivation remains the key to keep your morale high for the examination, which is very important for success.