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In an inspiring achievement, Sagar Ashwathappa, presently serving arsenic a Police Sub-Inspector (Civil) successful Mandya, has cleared the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2025, securing All India Rank (AIR) 641.
A autochthonal of Kolar district, Sagar hails from Nenumanahalli village. He completed his schooling successful the authorities schools of the territory and aboriginal moved to Bengaluru to prosecute engineering.
He began his UPSC mentation successful 2019 and chose Kannada Literature arsenic his optional subject. Sagar cleared the preliminary exam, mains and interrogation successful his archetypal afloat effort cycle, yet securing AIR 641 successful the 2025 Civil Services Examination aft six attempts.
Before joining the constabulary department, Sagar had besides worked astatine Vidhana Soudha connected a declaration basis.
With his ranking, helium volition apt not get IAS oregon IPS postings, which helium said helium aspires for. “I americium blessed that I made it, but I privation to effort again to get into the IAS. I volition effort the exam 1 much time,” helium told The Hindu.
Sagar’s occurrence has go a root of inspiration for galore aspirants from agrarian backgrounds who imagination of cracking the prestigious UPSC Civil Services Examination. “I utilized to survey for astir six hours a time — 2 hours successful the greeting earlier going to enactment and 4 hours aft returning from work. I was anemic successful mathematics, and it took maine 5 attempts to wide the exam, but I ne'er mislaid hope. My parents, who are uneducated and travel from an cultivation background, ever encouraged me. My seniors, including Deka Kishore Baby, Akshay M. Hakay and IGP Boralingaiah, supported maine passim and provided the assistance I needed,” Mr. Sagar said.
