Shaikh Ansar Ahmad was all of 15 when he saw his father, an autorickshaw driver in Selgaon in Jalna, Maharashtra, bribe a tehsil official to clear his documents for a Union government housing scheme. It rattled him and that’s when Shaikh resolved to pursue the civil services. Shaikh came to Pune as advised by some elders and took admission in Fergusson College for Arts and joined Unique Academy to achieve his goal. He stood 361st in the exam.
Shaikh cracked the tough UPSC exam in his first attempt, but had to cross several obstacles to get there. From searching for accommodation to his attempts at learning English all by himself, he overcame the difficulties and “biases or prejudices” he encountered. “I was looking for a place to stay near my college and coaching centre as there was a two-month wait before I could join the hostel run by the Students’ Welfare Association. I was told point blank that I would not get the accommodation, but I took it in my stride. Sure enough, within a few days I got a place easily at a Hindu family’s house, just a few places away from the first place I had checked,” he told The Times Of India.
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