“Our Mind is Not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled”.
It’s a success story of a staunch IAS aspirant who even dared to reject a package of Rs 55 lakh to become an IAS and prepared for the UPSC exam with all might and main.
About Bhavishya Desai – His UPSC journey and hobbies
| Name | Bhavishya Desai |
| Age | – |
| Resident | Ajmer, Rajasthan |
| Exam | UPSC 2021 |
| All India Rank | 29 |
| Attempts | 1st |
| Optional Subject | – |
Reaching the top was not easy. One has to struggle hard and make many sacrifices for success. Bhavishya Desai from Rajasthan has achieved great success by making such sacrifices and secured 29th rank in UPSC. To reach this stage, Future has faced many struggles and sacrifices. To join the civil services, he rejected a package of 55 lakhs from a stock marketing company. For two years he locked himself in the room. He did not take the mobile phone. Studying was accompanied by eating and drinking. Read future success stories..
2. Family and Education
| Father | Goparam Desai. an assistant in Ajmer’s MDS University. |
| Mother | Lalita Desai. a teacher in a government school. |
| Sister | Himakshi Desai, MBBS doctor |
Bhavishya hails from Ajmer in Rajasthan and has a family of four consisting of his parents, and younger sister.
Bhavishya’s Educational Background:
- Desai did his schooling in Ajmer and Kota. He passed classes XI and XII from Shiv Jyoti School.
- He then cleared the IIT-JEE exam and graduated from IIT Kanpur with a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science.
- Desai left his lucrative job with a stock market firm with a salary package of Rs 55 lakh.
3. UPSC Strategy
Bhavishya has been very fond of reading books since childhood. He took advantage of this hobby in the UPSC exam. He focused a lot on UPSC studies. He had decided what to read. Along with this, there was a constant focus on UPSC studies. As a result, got 29th rank in All India. The special thing is that he studied UPSC by staying at home without joining coaching classes and achieved great success with his own understanding. Internship at QUADEYE Stock Marketing Company, Gurgaon in July 2020. The company offered him a package of 55 lakhs, but Bhavisya rejected the package of lakhs and opted for civil services.
- Focus on small important things like a weekly timetable, and strategy.
- For prelims he practiced a lot.
- For mains he consistently delivered some extra effort to make answer structure better.
- He started UPSC preparation 4 years ago by studying NCERTs.
- Since current affairs are possibly the most significant part of the IAS exam he backed his preparation with day-to-day newspaper readings to give sufficient focus to the happenings nationally and internationally.
- he joined a few online mock test series for Prelims and mains.
- He was meticulous about study materials. he consolidated his study materials and revised them as many times as he could.
- Be patient and stay focused all the time.
- Always tried to improve his performance.
- made his own notes.
- From the very starting, he carried his preparation under senior teachers and mentors.
He didn’t follow any super different strategy of planning. he executed the same strategy differently.
4. Bhavishya Desai’s Notes & Booklist
Polity:
M. Laxmikant
Indian Economy:
Nitin Singhania
Modern Indian History:
Indian struggles for Independence by Bipin Chandra
Art & Culture:
Indian Art and Culture by Nitin Singhania
Ancient India:
RS Sharma
Ethics:
Ethics and integrity by Subba Rao and PN Rao Chaudhary
Geography:
Certificate Physical and human geography by GC Leong
Indian Geography by Majid Hussain
Challenges to Internal Security of India by Ashok Kumar
5. Motivation and inspiration
Desai looks up to and is inspired by India’s current foreign minister, S Jaishankar, a decorated former civil servant. Topping the UPSC with an all-India rank below 100, he aimed to qualify to join the Indian Foreign Services.
