Vikram Grewal is a 2019 batch IFS officer. In the first attempt he became IAS. That year, he received the highest essay mark-161 in the UPSC Exam. Apart from his merits he is also running a blog named Besan Ka Halwa.
UPSC is one of the toughest examinations in India and securing such a high rank made him popular among aspirants. Every aspirant wants to know about him. He did not secure his high rank so easily. Here you will get the full picture of his journey. Please read his success story below.
Education
He is a History graduate from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi.
Vikram Grewal on Twitter
He joined twitter in 2012 and his account is followed by over 25k people on twitter. He is quite active on twitter and tweets almost everyday. He also replies to tweets and questions on twitter. Vikram Grewal can be found at @vikramgrawol on twitter.
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Success Story of Vikram Grewal
Vikram’s father was in the army. In such a situation, he used to get transferred every two years, due to which Vikram had to change schools many times since childhood. During this time, he often had to sit for the entrance examination to get admission in the new school and in the same way the fear of any kind of examination was removed from his mind.
Vikram has always been good in studies too. He used to have great interest in almost all the subjects taught in school. After completing his class 10th, when the opportunity came to choose the stream, he was very confused. Eventually he opted for Science but at the same time had made up his mind to take the Civil Services Examination.
Then Vikram secured 97% marks in class 12 and after completing his schooling got a bachelor’s degree in history from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. Although his family members told him a lot about his decision to leave science for graduation, Vikram had already decided that he had to go into this field.
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Keeping the future in mind, Vikram Grewal started collecting NCERT books of all subjects from class 11 itself. However, he focused only on his studies during his graduation and then went to his home in Kupwara and started preparing for the Civil Services Examination as soon as he completed his graduation.
He started his studies with NCERT books only. Then for two months only prepared for his optional subject history. Vikram Grewal only took notes from coaching and completed the rest of his studies on his own. Vikram used to read the newspaper regularly as well as revise it by making notes. Finally, after two years of hard work, Vikram topped with the 51st rank in his very first attempt of 2018.
According to Vikram Grewal, while preparing for the Civil Services Examination, he had made a distance from social media as well as from the phone. He had prepared his own time table and used to study accordingly. Apart from studies, he also gave many mock tests, which he got the benefit of during the examination. He says that it is very important to revise along with studies, give mock tests and practice writing. Follow us on twitter for more news and daily updates: @tfipost
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