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Grocery Shop Owner's Daughter Becomes IAS, Cracks UPSC in Fourth Attempt After 3 Failures.
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News18•02-10-2026, 11:42
Grocery Shop Owner's Daughter Becomes IAS, Cracks UPSC in Fourth Attempt After 3 Failures.
- •Drishti Jaiswal from Gorakhpur, despite limited resources, achieved her dream of becoming an IAS officer.
- •After failing three times, Drishti cracked the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2022 in her fourth attempt, securing an All India Rank of 225.
- •Drishti completed her initial schooling in Gorakhpur and earned her B.Sc. degree from Maharana Pratap PG College.
- •She chose Sociology as her optional subject and prepared with full family support.
- •Drishti's husband, Manasvi Sharma, is also an IPS officer, who cleared the UPSC exam in his sixth attempt.
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After completing her graduation in 2018, Drishti Jaiswal started preparing for the UPSC examination and chose Sociology as her optional subject.
After failing three consecutive times, Drishti Jaiswal cleared the UPSC Civil Services Examination in her fourth attempt in 2022, securing an All India Rank of 225 to become an IAS officer.
Drishti Jaiswal is married to Manasvi Sharma, who is an IPS officer of the 2023 batch from the Madhya Pradesh cadre who cleared the UPSC exam in his sixth attempt with the 101st rank.
