IAS Sarjana Yadav remained steadfast in her ambition to become an IAS officer and serve the country. Even though the UPSC exam is one of the toughest exams in the nation, she was determined to prepare for the exam on her own and without any help from any coaching.
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Sarjana Yadav is a native of Delhi. She graduated from Delhi Technological University (DTU) with a BTech. Sarjana Yadav started working at TRAI as a research officer after receiving her degree. Sarjana was motivated to crack the UPSC exam and become an IAS officer even though she was employed.
IAS officer Sarjana started preparing while working. Many candidates study for the exam for up to 16–18 hours to cover the extensive UPSC syllabus. However, Sarjana’s first UPSC exam attempt was unsuccessful in 2017.
She carried on with her preparations despite it not breaking her spirit. She appeared for the exam for the second time in 2018 but failed this time too. In 2018, Sarjana decided to resign from her work and focus solely on her preparation. On her third attempt, she eventually passed the UPSC exam in 2019 that too without any coaching. Her All Indian Rank (AIR) was 126.
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