Bhubaneswar, April 17: Animesh Pradhan, a native of Bhalugadia village in Angul district, has made the state proud by securing an all-India second rank in Civil Services Examination-2023.
The 24-year-old Animesh, an engineering graduate from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela has cleared the Civil Sevices examination in his first attempt.
It was more about fulfilling his mother’s last wish, who passed away last month due to cancer. His father Pravakar Pradhan, died in heart attack in 2015, when he was in Class-XI.
“This was a dream from my school days to be an IAS officer and it has finally come true. I wish, my parents were alive to see me become an IAS officer. I wanted to share this with my mother, who was my biggest motivator. But she is no more", said emotional Animesh.
Animesh, currently employed with the Indian Oil Corporation Limited ,kad started preparation for the Civil Services examination in 2022.
"I was preparing for around 5 to 6 hours daily apart from my job responsibility despite my mother's suffering from cancer, who wished to see me as an IAS officer. If you progress towards your goal with determination, you can achieve it," he said.
Animesh wants to work for people at the grassroots, be it education or healthcare and want to ensure that poor people do not suffer.
