Students Who Beat All Odds And Cracked Top Exams In The Country

There are no shortcuts to success and there is no alternate to hard work. This often repeated advice is something we tend to forget as youngsters. Those who follow it however achieve great heights in their career. Those who strive to reach their goals tend to the following - they stick to the basics, work hard and eventually become inspiration for other people. Their life stories match the thrills of fairy tales and their achievements become the leading light for those who want to follow them.

Here are some of the stories of determined and passionate students who prove that nothing is impossible if you put your heart and soul into it:

1. Sreedhanya Suresh

Sreedhanya Suresh from Kerala¡¯s Wayanad district became the first tribal girl from the district to clear the civil service examinations. Read More

2. Pradeep Singh

UPSC 93rd Rank Holder Pradeep Singh's father sold his house two year ago so that he could send him money for his classes. Read More

3. Sandhya

Malkangiri District in Odisha is one of the remotest areas in India, and a hotbed of naxals but defying all the odds, Sandhya, a tribal girl from Malkangiri has cleared the Odisha Civil Services (OCS) examination. Read More

4. Mihir Kapse

Mihir Kapse was just 10-years-old when his family realised that their son was leaning towards a mild autism spectrum, but Kapse proved what hard work means. The 25-year-old hailing from Kalyan, Mumbai, scored an impressive 99.97% in the CAT entrance exam. Read More

5. Ilma Afroz

Coming from a farmer's family in a small Kundarki village in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh, Ilma Afroz bagged 217th rank in Civil Services Examination 2017 to join the Indian Police Service (IPS). Read More

6. Namrata Jain

25-year-old Namrata Jain from Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, one of the worst-hit Naxal regions in the country, secured 12th rank in the civil services exam. Read More

7. Rekha

She was determined to become an IAS officer and secured 90.3% in Karnataka PU II examinations. She ran away from home in Chikkaballapur village, Karnataka to escape child marriage. Read More

8. Lalrinnungi

Lalrinnungi who helped her parents sell vegetables at a roadside market in Mizoram¡¯s Aizawl became the first board exam topper from her village. Read More

9. Ramjal Meena

Ramjal Meena, a security guard in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus cracked the university's entrance examination and will now take admission in Bachelor of Arts (BA), Russian (Hons). Read More

10. Anubhav Singh And His Wife Vibha Singh

This couple from Bilaspur, Chattisgarh topped the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission exam after years of hard work and presistence. Read More

11. Charumathi

Charumathi, daughter of fruit juice seller in Tamil Nadu beat all odds to crack NEET exam. Charumathi and her family lost their house located on the banks of Adyar River in the floods in 2015 and then the family moved to Perumbakkam in a house provided by the government. Read More

12. Irmim Shamim

Irmim Shamim became first gujjar woman from Jammu & Kashmir's Rajouri, to clear AIIMS entrance exam. Shamim is now a huge inspiration to all the girls in the valley and has proved just how much hard work pays off. Read More

13. K Bharathan

K Bharathan's family lives in a one-room rented house at Choolaipallam in Nesapakkam and never had enough money to fund his education. Yet, he did not let that become a hindrance and scored 90% in boards exam. Read More

14. Keshav Chandra

Keshav Chandra suffers from Cerebral Palsy and despite the difficulty achieved something that can't be ignored - he scored 96% marks in 12th exam. Read More

15. Shubham Chaurasia

Shiv Kumar Prasad Chaurasia is a paan seller whose son Shubham Chaurasia did what very few people are capable of pulling off - he scored 99.56 percentile in JEE Main 2019. Read More

16. Harpreet Singh

For BSF Officer Harpreet Singh, Civil Services was a dream that he had cherished for long. After years of hard work he fulfilled his dream by clearing the civil services examination and made to the top 20. Read More

These people prove that sky's the limit for those who want to make their dreams a reality.