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Srinagar:
As always the results of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
examination brings with it another tale of inspiration for the
country. This year, Shah Faisal, a Kashmiri doctor, hit headlines
for creating history by becoming first Kashmiri to top the Indian
Administrative Service (IAS) examination.
Dr. Shah Faisal is the second Indian
Muslim who has topped the coveted civil services exams. Before him,
Amir Subhani became the first Indian Muslim to top the UPSC exams.
Earlier in 2000, Shehla Nigar from Bihar came into the limelight
when she stood second in the overall list.
Dr Shah Faisal had to face a lot of demons in the past before
reaching his stage in his life. Shah Faisal lost his father nine
years ago when an unidentified gunman shot him down in the border
district of Kupwara.
His father was a school teacher who left behind Faisal's mother,
Mebeena Begum, with three children to take care of.
Faisal, who has seen several hardships in life, always achieved the
best. He topped even his Class 10 to take up MBBS from the Srinagar
medical college.
What is more striking about Faisal and his current achievement that
he was a socially active youngster. He has been an active member of
the RTI movement in Jammu Kashmir.
Faisal was coached by Saiyid Hamid, a
retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and
former vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University. Hamid now is
secretary of the New Delhi-based Hamdard Education Society, which
runs the Hamdard Study Circle. It was there that Faisal received his
coaching.
Hamid was absolutely thrilled by his student’s success. “The Hamdard
Study Circle has been in operation since 1991, and we have had many
successes in the past. More than 220 students have qualified from
our institute. The best result was when one of our students secured
fourth place at the All-India level,” he said.
“However, nothing matches Faesal’s
success. This is great news for us all,” he said.
Shah Faisal's success story reminds the country yet again that
adversities in life fail to destroy the determination of the strong.
A total of 875 candidates — 680 men
and 195 women — were recommended for appointment to Indian
Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police
Service and other central services. Besides Faesal, there are 20
Muslims on the list of 875 successful candidates. Among them are
Mohammed Y. Safeerullah, Mohammed Shahid Alam, Rayees Mohammed Bhat,
Muhammad Siddique Alam, Abid Khan, Abu Imran, Ashiquzzaman, Tamanna
Alam, Mohammed Yusuf Qureshi, Mir Umair Nabi, Danish Ashraf, K. Asif
Hafeez and Rizwan Ahmed.
A total of 409,110 students applied to take the test in 2009. Of
those 193,091 appeared for the preliminary examination. Only 12,026
of them qualified for the written test, and then only 2,432 of them
were short-listed for the all-important personality test, which was
conducted in March and April this year.
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