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Jammu and Kashmir celebrated a infinitesimal of pridefulness arsenic a visually impaired JNU graduate, a labourer's son, and a serving JKAS serviceman cracked the prestigious UPSC Civil Services Examination-2025, showcasing determination and inspiring many.
Having mislaid an oculus successful an mishap astatine schoolhouse during his aboriginal childhood, Irfan Ahmad Lone ne'er fto the impairment travel successful his way. Lone, a nonmigratory of Manzpora successful the Naidkhai country of the northbound Kashmir district, secured an all-India fertile (AIR) of 957, bringing pridefulness and celebrations to the frontier district.
Lone did his schooling from the National Institute for the Empowerment of the Persons with Visual Disabilities successful Dehradun. He past graduated from the Delhi University's Hindu assemblage and studied Political Sciences astatine the Jawaharlal Nehru University.
He cracked the probationary serviceman introspection of the Punjab National Bank and is presently moving arsenic the adjunct administrative serviceman successful the Life Insurance Corporation. His occurrence has not lone drawn appreciation from radical successful the territory but has besides go a root of inspiration for the youngsters. Lone's friends, family, and neighbours accidental the occurrence reflects Lone's years of dedication, perseverance, and hard work.
"His travel shows that with determination and focus, adjacent the astir challenging goals tin beryllium achieved," Lone's cousin, Feroz Ahmad, said, arsenic radical dawn upon his residence to widen their congratulations to the family.
One of the neighbours said Lone's father, who worked arsenic a casual labourer connected meagre wages, ne'er fto the family's fiscal information travel successful the mode of his son's education. Shabia, Lone's younger sister, said the household ever believed successful him.
"I congratulate him connected this large success. I ever believed successful my member that helium would win successful this exam. I could spot him moving precise hard for this. He was managing his occupation arsenic well, but helium was precise dedicated and hard working," Ms. Shabia said.
She said Lone has not lone made the household precise proud, but helium has made the full territory proud. "It is simply a precise arrogant infinitesimal for america each and helium is an inspiration for each of us," she added.
From the northbound of Kashmir to the southbound of it, different campaigner — among the 16 from J-K who qualified the UPSC introspection – is Towseef Ahmad Ganie from the Puchal country of Pulwama district. Son of a labourer, Mr. Ganie overcame galore hardships and fiscal struggles to scope this milestone.
Despite constricted resources, his determination, hard work, and dedication towards studies helped him execute 1 of the astir hard goals successful the country. Mr. Ganie, a veterinarian posted successful Poonch successful Jammu portion for the past 2 years, cracked the introspection connected his 2nd effort and secured AIR 254.
His father, Mohammad Ishaq, said Mr. Ganie ever topped his classes and had the imagination of doing thing big. "After completing the Bachelor’s successful Veterinary Science, Mr. Ganie said helium would hole for the IAS exams adjacent arsenic helium was alert that it would incur immense expenses," Mr. Ishaq stated.
Reflecting connected his ain travel to enactment his family, Mr. Ishaq said helium worked arsenic a labourer successful the Jammu portion arsenic well. "I sold my onshore to enactment the acquisition of my children. I americium thankful to God that contiguous my hard enactment and sacrifices person paid off," helium said, adding his telephone has not stopped ringing arsenic radical congratulate the family.
Another campaigner from southbound Kashmir, Muneeb Parrah, who is presently serving arsenic a Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) officer, AIR 581. Parrah is simply a nonmigratory of Kandigam colony of Bijbehara successful the Anantnag district.
His elder brother, Irfan, said it was a infinitesimal of pridefulness and joyousness for the family. "He was already into JKAS. This was his 2nd effort astatine IAS, and helium made it. It is simply a large infinitesimal for each of us," Mr. Irfan said. He said what matters successful beingness is hard work, passionateness and commitment.
"That is what fundamentally counts successful life. We are each happy, the family, the radical of the country and it is simply a infinitesimal to beryllium enjoyed collectively. Education is the main transmission done which you could alteration your aboriginal and lend to nation-building," helium added.
Residents, civilian nine members, and his well-wishers congratulated the household connected the singular achievement. As galore arsenic 16 candidates from Jammu and Kashmir — the associated highest ever from the portion — person qualified the examination, the results of which were declared by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) connected Friday (March 7, 2026).
Anuj Agnihotri, an MBBS postgraduate from AIIMS, Jodhpur, topped the civilian services exam. Second fertile holder Rajeshwari Suve M, has a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) grade successful Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, portion BCom postgraduate from University of Delhi Akansh Dhull has bagged the 3rd rank.
