On Tuesday, the Union Public Service Commission declared its Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2022 results. The results reflected the outstanding achievement of female candidates with all the top four positions secured by women.

Ishita Kishore, a resident of Greater Noida topped the position, who is now all across the news for her remarkable achievement.

With Kishore’s story doing circles across internet, there’s the story of another ranker which would serve as an inspiration for lakhs of individuals dreaming to be in a position where candidates like Kishore have reached today.

The second position was bagged by Garima Lohiya from Bihar who fulfilled her father’s dream who died 8 years ago.  

Garima Lohiya is a resident of Buxar Nagar’s Bangla Ghat. She did her schooling from Woodstock School, Buxar and completed her senior secondary education from Sunbeam, Bhagwanpur.

For further studies, Lohiya moved to Delhi, she obtained her graduation degree from Kirodimal college, Delhi University with Commerce and Accountancy as her optional subjects.
Lohiya while speaking to APN said, she returned back to Buxar during the Covid-19 pandemic period and didn’t return back and started her preparations to pursue the dream of becoming an IAS officer.  

Lohiya who had set her mind to clear the attempt, did all her preparations sitting at home taking the help of Youtube and other sources.

Confident Garima said she knew she would pass the examination but did not expected of securing the 2^nd position.

Garima said his father Manoj Lohiya had dreamt of seeing her as an IAS officer but sadly he passed away in 2015.

Pained by father’s demise, Garima broke down but her mother Sunita Lohiya stood with her as the pillar of strength who didn’t let Garima’s dreams scatter away and equally contributed in helping Garima pursue the late father’s dream.

Garima shared her mother acted as a big source of motivation and inspiration for her during her journey.

For the preparations Garima went through many sleepless nights and so do her mother who used to sit with her all night.

She added her mother took care of every minute details of  her needs to ensure no hamper to her preparations in this journey.

It is because of this sheer dedication and hard work, Garima and many others like her have secured such ranks today and they can now walk with their head held high.

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