Every year when UPSC declares CSE results the toppers receive huge media attention. The names of toppers flash overall new channels, websites, and even in newspapers. Everyone aspires to become one of them. This is simply because of the prestige UPSC brings with itself.
While UPSC organizes different examinations every year for the recruitment of various posts CSE is especially popular among them. Candidates who clear CSE are selected as IAS, IPS, IFS, IFoS, and many more. This year around 772 students were able to clear this examination. But what was interesting is that two sisters cleared the examination simultaneously and established a new sister’s goal. Yes, we are talking about Ankita Jain, AIR-3, and Vaishali Jain, AIR-21.
In this article, we will cover all about Vaishali Jain and her preparation strategy for UPSC.
Vaishali Jain Biography
The UPSC result as of 2020 brought double happiness for the Jain family. Their both daughters didn’t only clear CSE but also were able to secure 3rd and 21st rank. Their elder daughter Ankita Jain was able to secure 3rd rank all over India, while her younger sister Vaishali Jain bagged 21st rank in 2020.
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Family Background
Vaishali’s father Sushil Kumar Jain is a businessman while her mother Anita Jain is a homemaker. Besides them, she also has two siblings, one sister, and one brother. Her sister is Ankita Jain who also prepared for the UPSC in 2020 and was able to bag rank 3rd.
Name | Vaishali Jain |
Age | not known |
Fathers Name | Sushil Kumar Jain |
Mothers Name | Anita Jain |
Sibling | Ankita Jain, and a Brother |
Under Graduation | B.Tech, Delhi Technological University |
Post Graduation | M.Tech, Institute of Information Technology, Delhi |
Hometown | Agra |
Education Qualification
Vaishali Jain has pursued her B.Tech from Delhi Technological University. There she was a gold medalist. She did her post-graduation in MTech from IIT Delhi. She was again a gold medalist there. She was a smart girl from her childhood.
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Her UPSC Journey
After MTech, she started preparing for UPSC. In 2019 she gave her first attempt. Unfortunately, she was not able to clear even prelims back then. In an interview with OnlyIAS, she revealed that she was preparing for both Engineering service and civil service in her first attempt. Therefore her mind was divided in both and hence she was not able to clear it.
She was disappointed with the result. Having a brilliant academic record from the past now facing such failure was beyond her acceptance. But her sister played a big role in it and calmed her down. Then she explained that ups and downs are a part of our life. We should keep on moving for ultimate success.
Sisters Support
“My biggest inspiration is my sister. And I have been learning from her experiences”
Both sisters prepared for the UPSC together. They both shared notes and motivated each other. Vaishali Jain revealed that they had hung a poem on the wall to get motivation.
The poem goes like this,
“ Waqt aane par Tujhe, bata denge aye aasman….Hum Abhi se kya bataye kya hamare dil me hain. ”
The English translation goes like this
“When the time comes we’ll prove it to the sky. Why should we tell you now itself, as to what’s there in our hearts?”
It is a famous line from a famous poem
“Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hain”.
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Final Success: UPSC CSE 2020
In her second attempt, her hard work and dedication paid off. She was able to bag 21st rank in her CSE.
Name | Vaishali Jain |
Year | 2020 |
Rank | 21 |
Attempt | 2 |
Optional Subject | Mechanical Engineering |
Roll no | 0828175 |
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Vaishali Jain Marksheet
Vaishali Jain Marks | |
Written Test | 835 |
Personality Test | 177 |
Total marks secured | 1012 |
Preparation Strategy
Vaishali Jain shares some of her preparation strategies. They are as follows:
#1. Time Management
According to Vaishali Jain, time management is crucial for your preparation. You should know how to allocate your time for various subjects for efficient preparation. She gave her preparation an engineering thinking, she writes down how many hours is the demand and what is the supply for it.
Hence by balancing them she decided how much time she would give to preparation. She gave around 11-12 hours daily for preparation. According to her, if she set a higher time limit she would easily study for at least 9 hours efficiently.
#2. Previous Year Question Paper
She emphasizes the importance of solving the previous year’s question papers. According to Vaishali Jain, she has solved different papers to understand the exam pattern and question type nicely.
#3. Positive Environment
Your environment affects your thought process. If you live in an inspiring and motivating environment you can think and work better.
#4. Targets
She said that she divided her syllabus into smaller targets. Hence she was able to achieve those small goals that combined and gave her big success. According to her, toppers do not do anything different, but they do the same thing differently.
#5. Exercise
She also emphasized the importance of exercise and yoga. According to her aspirants usually get busy in their studies and ignore it. But it leads to bad health and brain lag. Exercising is not a time wastage but a method to study more efficiently.
#6. Family Time
She also made sure to give some quality time to her family. Though she isolated herself from her studies but made sure to eat or drink tea together.
Toppers of UPSC CSE 2020
Rank | Name | Written Test | Personality Test | Total Marks |
1 | Shubham Kumar | 878 | 176 | 1054 |
2 | Jagrati Awasthi | 859 | 193 | 1052 |
3 | Ankita Jain | 839 | 212 | 1051 |
4 | Yash Juluka | 851 | 195 | 1046 |
5 | Mamta Yadav | 855 | 187 | 1042 |
6 | Meera K | 835 | 206 | 1041 |
7 | Praveen Kumar | 848 | 193 | 1041 |
8 | Jivani Kartik Nagjibhai | 858 | 182 | 1040 |
9 | Apala Mishra | 816 | 215 | 1031 |
10 | Satyam Gandhi | 827 | 201 | 1028 |
11 | Devyani | 842 | 182 | 1024 |
12 | Mithun Premraj | 845 | 179 | 1024 |
13 | Gaurav Budania | 850 | 173 | 1023 |
14 | Karishma Nair | 834 | 187 | 1021 |
15 | Ria Dabi | 859 | 162 | 1021 |
16 | Arth Jain | 853 | 168 | 1021 |
17 | Sarthak Jaiswal | 822 | 195 | 1017 |
18 | Radhika Gupta | 838 | 179 | 1017 |
19 | Shashwat Tripurari | 852 | 165 | 1017 |
20 | P Srija | 831 | 184 | 1015 |
Conclusion
This was an inspiring journey of Vaishali Jain. For more such awesome stories visit UPSC Pathshala. This website is a one-stop destination for UPSC preparation.
This woman is truly inspiring. She has taught me the value of concentration and devotion.
She is a lady driven by her dreams not only in education but also in her life. She is very motivating.