Gaush Alam, an IPS probationer allotted to Telangana cadre, has been adjudged the best all-round probationer.
An alma mater of IIT-Bombay, Mr. Alam would receive the Prime Minister’s Baton, Home Ministry’s Revolver and the Vice President of India’s Trophy for exemplary performance, apart from six other trophies during the Dikshant Samaro.
A native of Gaya district in Bihar, Mr. Alam was brought up in New Delhi. He worked with a multinational company in Bengaluru after completing his B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT-Bombay. “A year after working with a private company, I started preparing for civil services examination and got selected in my first attempt. Soon, I joined the academy in 2017,” he said. His father served in the Indian Army as Subedar.
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“I have completed two years of training at the NPA and will join the Telangana cadre soon. I am quite excited about my new posting,” he said adding that he would miss the training days. Another IPS probationer Richa Tomar, who bagged 1973 Batch IPS Officers’ Trophy for the Best All-round Lady IPS probationer, was a nursing mother when she got selected for the services and joined the premier police academy.
“Shivansh (her son) was one year old when I joined the academy. I have struggled a lot to fulfil my dream of joining the civil services,” she said.
Hailing from Hassanjiwani, a small village near Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, Ms. Tomar completed her M.Sc (microbiology). “Before clearing the UPSC examination, I worked in DANIPS (Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service) and my husband is also an ACP in New Delhi,” said Ms. Tomar, who has been allocated to Rajasthan cadre.
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“The training here is rigorous and challenging and my major focus after joining the cadre would be to prevent crime against women and children,” she said.
The Second Best All-round IPS Probationer of 2017 batch, Palash Chandra Dhali, is still wondering how his parents got the courage to enrol him in English-medium school, even being daily-wage labourers.
“My father, Pravhas Dhali, was a construction worker, and we used to live in Odisha. He enrolled me in an English-medium private school, which I believe has helped me in completing my engineering and clearing the civil services examination,” he said.
The IPS probationer hails from West Bengal and has been allotted home cadre. He worked with the NTPC and Indian Telecom Service before joining the NPA.