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SUMMARYA 31-year-old Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer from Gujarat, still in his probation period, has come out with a book in which he gives an account of his efforts and success in the UPSC exam.

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A 31-year-old Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer from Gujarat, still in his probation period, has come out with a book in which he gives an account of his efforts and success in the UPSC exam.

The book, �Mission UPSC: Mari Safalta Nu Rahasya (secret of my success)�, written by Rohit Vadhwana, will be released at the book fair on Tuesday.

Hailing from Okha in Gujarat, Vadhwana, a 2010-batch officer, is only the third person from the state to have entered the elite foreign service in the last 20 years.

Vadhwana is scheduled to be sent to Iran as a third secretary on probation before being confirmed as an IFS officer.

A News item in Pardaphash

HomepageRohit Vadhwana

 A Book on UPSC . . . ?

New Delhi: Gujarat IFS (Indian Foreign Service) officer (from the state), who is under probation period, has introduced a book packed with all information regarding his pains and success in the UPSC exam.

As per the report: The book has been titled as Mission UPSC: Mari Safalta Nu Rahasya (secret of my success) by Rohit Vadhwana and would soon be available for the people.

According to the available data, in last 20 years He is the third person to enter the IF Services from the state.

My Interview in Ahmedabad Mirror Times

Publication: Ahmedabad Mirror;

Date: May 17, 2012;

Section: City;

Page: 10

ROHIT VADHWANA POST: IN EMBASSY OF INDIA IN IRAN BATCH: 2010, IFS What is your reason to join Civil Service? It is an esteemed service profile with assured leadership and an opportunity to participate at the highest level of decision making. Your secret to success ... Hard work, consistency and positive attitude. How did you prepare for UPSC? I prepared a schedule and followed it. I had daily, weekly and monthly targets. The exam process takes one and half years from announcement of vacancy to final result. One needs to begin preparations at least a year before appearing for the exam. I used write and read books for relaxation. What study material did you use?NCERT books for basic understanding, competition magazines of different publications, newspaper editorials and headlines. I chose Law and Gujarati Literature as my optional on the basis of my interest, background, command over syllabus and availability of material. How should one face the interview board? The interview board is cordial. Try to be open and frank. Don’t try to deceive the learned members. Give brief and clear answers. Your choice of words must be appropriate. Advice to young UPSC aspirants ... Revise what you have already read. Try to be calm in exam hall. There is a limit to the attempts you can make. So, take a drop if you are unprepared. It will not be counted as an attempt. 

My Interview in Samkalp Newletter

My Interview by Samkalp

Rohit Vadhwana

“A big dream in a remote village”

Rahit Vadhwana belongs to a middle class family. He says that his educational background and awareness about the exam was not good because he is native of a very remote village. He belongs to a village in district Jamnagar of Gujarat, which is the last village on the western coast.

Rohit says though he took long time to clear the exam, but with the blessings of parents and support of wife and friends he finally cleared. This was his fourth attempt, third main and second interview. His wife Fehnida Shaikh encouraged and supported him all through the preparation.

He thanks Samkalp for its support and assistance. He did not take any formal coaching at any level, only an informal guidance at a welfare organization named ‘Spipa’ at Ahmedabad. “It was only Samkalp from where I got the guidance at the level of interview,”he says.

Rohit Vadhwana
Rank 227

My Interview in Phulchhab Newspaper

Come on Man !!! (1)

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night, and in between does what he wants to do.

-Bob Dylan

"I wake up at 0630, get ready and have break fast by 0730, have a look at newspaper and leave for office by 0800.

'I work in office from 0830 to 1730 with one lunch break of half an hour and two tea breaks of 15 minutes each.

'I try to complete my work on daily basis and do not like my boss to complaint about pending file, late in the evening or next morning. In order to do so, sometimes I extend my working hours till 1800 or 1830, if necessary.

'In the evening, I go for table teniss or walk in a park near my house. I have light dinner at 2100 while watching news on television. After dinner I chat with my family and tell them about my day and they inform me about theirs'.

'I prefer to sleep by 2300. Before that I like to watch TV series for half an hour or an hour at max.

'I live a happy and satisfied life with my wife and two children. At the age of 42 I am proud to have everything in my bag. I have a flat in averagely good area with two bed rooms. I have a hatchback car and have accumulated a reasonable amount as bank balance. I take my family on a weeklong holiday every year in different parts of country and I am planning to have one week foreign trip next year when I will get promotion. My boss is satisfied with my work and so I am quite sure that I will get promotion on time."

Is this a deacription we would give for our life? Or is it the way we would like to live our life? Truely speaking, there should be no problem if someone gets to live life in this manner. He may be considered a happy, satisfied and successful person.

Let us consider a fictional character named Mr. Ranjeet Sharma, aged 42, born and brought up in a small town of Uttar Pradesh, who now lives in Delhi and works in a public limited company's Head Office, located in Nehru Place. He is the person who has voluntarily shared with us his daily routine in brief, for our benefit of understanding properly what a life should be like.

Mr. Sharma has also added that he had done M.Com. from Meerut University and then shifted to Delhi for a job of an accountant. Now he lives with family a respectable life.

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Book Release Function Album: A Link

Book Release Function Album

My Book titled, "Mission UPSC: Mari Safalata Nu Rahasya" Released at Ahmedabad National Book Fair, 2012 on 1st May, 2012 by Shri P K Laheri (I.A.S. Retd.,) (Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Gujarat) and Book Introduction by Prof. Dr. Yogendra Vyas Sir.