UPSC top ranker attributes success to alma mater- VIT

NEW DELHI, MAY 15: Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) has been consistently producing toppers in the most prestigious civil services examination in the past few years. Sahil Gupta, a former student of VIT emerged as a topper last year and this year, Amol Srivastava has secured the all India rank no. 83 in the civil services examinations.

Srivastava, who hails from Noida is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering, attributes his success to the quality education imparted in VIT and also the excellent atmosphere and the exposure the Institute gave him during his years of study.

“I did all of my school in Noida. My sister is a design research at Uber. VIT is very reputed Institute and I gave my entrance in 2010 after plus two,” he recalls.

“Fortunately I got a good rank and I wanted to do mechanical engineering which is considered as one of the best in the country,” Srivastava says. On his stint at VIT, the young engineer graduate says that it was a very pleasant experience for him to study at a premier institution in Tamil Nadu, far away from his home in Noida. “I was exposed to a new culture, a new type of people and had a taste of new culture, especially new cuisine,” says Srivastava.

Srivastava, like many other distinguished former students of VIT, who have excelled in their respective areas, says that VIT, being one of the most reputed institutions, helped him tremendously in shaping his personality. “The best thing about VIT is the exposure that we get in VIT. The international events that are held here bring out the best in the students,” he notes.

Srivastava was placed during the VIT campus placement with Mu Sigma Business Solutions as Trainee Decision Scientist at Bengaluru. He worked there for one year. “I wanted to work for a while and develop my personality and get a broad outlook towards things. It helped me to learn about meeting new deadlines, learn to do things in a proper manner and also to be more accountable for our work.

He worked for a year and got down to preparing for his civil services examination. He has secured the All India rank no.83 in his second attempt will leave for his training in August.