Daijiworld Media Network – Varanasi (MS)

Varanasi, Oct 24: The story of Govind Jaiswal, who cracked UPSC examination in 2006 at the age of 22 with an AIR of 48 is an inspirational one as his father was a cycle rickshaw puller.

Govind’s family lived in Varanasi. His father had 35 cycle rickshaws at one time. However, he had to sell 20 of them to raise the financial expenses of his mother’s illness. But his mother succumbed to illness the same year.

In 2004-05, Govind went to Delhi to study for the UPSC. But the financial condition of his father was not good. However, his father was determined to make his son realize his dream and sold 14 cycle rickshaws and kept just one for himself.

Govind’s father was suffering from a leg ailment but did not mind and made the living by running the cycle rickshaw. He was owning 35 rickshaws at one time and had to run only one. But he sacrificed them initially for his wife and later for his son.

Like his father, Govind was determined. He studied with dedication and hard work and secured 48th rank and is now working as one of the senior IAS officers.