Meet Harpreet Singh, BSF Officer Who Never Gave Up His Dream Of Civil Services, Now He's An IAS

For Harpreet Singh, Civil Service was a dream that he had cherished for long. Now, after years of hard work he has fulfilled his dream by clearing the civil services examination and made to the top 20.

Harpreet, who began his career as an Assistant Commandant with the Border Security Force (BSF) in 2016 never gave up on his dream.

¡°In 2016, I joined the BSF as an Assistant Commandant through the UPSC. After joining the force, I was posted at the India-Bangladesh border,¡± Harpreet told IANS.

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And through determination and hard work, Harpreet finally achieved his goal.

According to Harpreet, he began preparing for Civil Service while serving the BSF and despite a hectic work schedule, he took out time to prepare for achieving his ultimate goal of becoming an IAS officer.

In 2017 Harpreet was selected for the Indian Trade Service (ITS), following which he quit BSF.

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"While still serving the BSF, I took the Civil Service examinations again in 2017 and was placed at the 454th rank and selected to the Indian Trade Service. I left BSF and joined the ITS. Again in 2018, I sat for the Civil Services and got 19th rank," he said.

The 27-year-old from Ludhiana who took Public Administration as his optional subject made it into IAS in his fifth attempt.

Speaking about his success mantra, Harpreet had one advice for all civil services aspirants: never stop chasing your dream no matter how difficult it is to get there.

¡°Keep trying,¡± he said.