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A vegetable vendor’s daughter in Solapur is among the top 500 in the latest UPSC results
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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Here’s an inspiring story of a young girl who beat all financial constraints to crack one of the country’s toughest exams.
Swati Mohan Rathod ranked 492 in the latest Union Public Service Commission results. She is the daughter of a vegetable vendor in Solapur, Maharashtra.
The Rathod household, which included three daughters and a son, on Bijapur Road in the Adityanagar area of Solapur, was marred by financial constraints but that didn’t stop Swati’s march.
“My mother mortgaged her gold but did not let it become a problem for my studies,” she said in a conversation with Local18.
By the time Swati finished her secondary education at a school run by the civic body, Mumbai was unaffordable for the Rathods, so the family shifted over 400 kilometres away to Solapur.
Swati’s academic journey was a testament to her dedication. After completing her secondary education from a school run by the civic body, she pursued her masters in geography at Walchand College in Solapur. It was during this time that she decided to take the UPSC exam.
It took her five attempts to crack the civil services examination. “I gave more importance to solutions than problems and worked on them,” she told Local18.
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