'Dad borrowed money for my fees': Jangaon auto driver's son makes father proud, cracks IFS

Raju, who is currently in his first year of MSc Forestry at Forest College and Research Institute in Mulugu has secured 86th Rank in the Indian Forest Service Exam 2021. Raju was a little nervous on the day when the results came. He frankly says he had expected a better rank but he is determined that he would write the exam the next year as well. Raju, who comes from a poor family had a childhood filled with financial challenges. But, he says his father never let him know of any of them. "My father is an auto driver. Besides, both my father and mother do farming. My father worked very hard and tried to hide his hardships from me. I don't even know how he managed. But he always motivated me to pursue whatever I wanted to," says Raju. Raju had not told his father anything about the Civil exam or the Prelims result. On Tuesday, when he told his father about the final result, his father cried.