Mysuru :
Dr. Sushma Jairam has brought laurels to the city by securing 119th rank in the civil services exam (2014) conducted by the UPSC. She is the daughter of K.L. Jairam and Triveni couple, residents of J.P. Nagar in city. Jairam is currently serving as Principal General Manager of BSNL at Bengaluru.
Dr. Sushma, who secured 275th rank in UPSC 2013 exam, was selected to the Central Excise Department and underwent training at Humnabad and Hyderabad. The 24-year-old has succeeded in getting into the top in her second attempt in 2014.
After having her Primary and Middle School education at Cochin, Dr. Sushma studied 8th and 9th std. at Sadvidya High School in city and SSLC and PUC at Karwar. She completed her MBBS at Bangalore Medical College.
Dr. Sushma, who is currently on a tour with her friends, shared her joy with SOM, over phone. Stating that she chose Medical Sciences as optional subject for the civil services exam, Dr. Sushma said she did not put much effort in studying the subject as she had already learnt the subject while studying MBBS. She said she regularly read Kannada, Hindi and English newspapers, NCERT books and surfed the internet to keep herself updated.
Pointing out that she did not attend coaching classes, she said that she studied whenever she found time.
Stating that her parents supported her fully in her preparations for the exam, Sushma said she may get selected for the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), considering her 119th ranking.
She said that working in the IFS would be a challenge to her, especially in the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push for Foreign Direct Investment and efforts to maintain good relationship with countries across the world.
Meanwhile, Sushma’s uncle Subramanya, who is the Chairman-elect (2016-2017) of Mysuru Centre of Builders Association of India (BAI), speaking to SOM, expressed delight over his niece’s achievement.
Stating that Sushma’s father Jairam became the BSNL’s Principal General Manager after entering the Indian Telecom Service, Subramanya said that Jairam himself had dreamt of becoming an IAS or IPS officer but now his daughter has realised his dream.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Sunday – July 05th, 2015