The Nerdy Traveller

A portrait of me by Prabhata Das (ISS  2021) Bhai Nuapali, Kansingha, Bargarh, Odisha This Day, 18 Years Ago 22 May, 2005 The day that changed my life forever. The day I got a letter of admission from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Sambalpur. I still remember the day vividly. I was going for a bath with Bapa on our M80 bike to Mamu's tubewell. The postman encountered us midway under the shades of mango trees and informed us that I had passed the Navodaya Entrance Examination successfully. I was overjoyed. The emotions that can't be described in words. Bapa and I returned from there itself and informed everyone in the village. We distributed sweets to this effect. Everybody was very happy on hearing this auspicious news. I have secured second rank in the State on two occasions , have got admission into the two most famous IITs and have secured All India Rank 7 in UPSC Indian Statistical Service Examination . However, I still consider 22 May, 2005 to be the best day of my life....

INTRODUCTION / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Main Credits: This article has been prepared with the collective effort of ISS 2021 Batch (Recommended candidates of Indian Statistical Service (ISS) Examination, 2020). The interview transcripts have been written by the corresponding members in their own words. Bonus Credits: Bhavna Mishra, ISS has compiled the interview transcripts and I ( Sujit Padhan, ISS ) have worked on the presentation.  INDEX AIR 1 - Nipun Jain   AIR 2 - Jagrti Garg AIR 4 - Chhajed Harshada Nandalal AIR 5 - Preetam Sen AIR 6 - Nausheen Musharraf AIR 7 - Sujit Padhan AIR 8 - Anchal Jain AIR 9 - Kirti Arora AIR 10 - Sutapa Ghosh AIR 11 - Harshvardhan Singh Garhwal AIR 13 - Bhavna Mishra AIR 14 - Divyanshu Mishra AIR 15 - Shikha Rai AIR 17 - Neetesh Kumar Mishra AIR 18 - Vasumana Punj AIR 19 - Kumar Skand AIR 20 - Archana Shukla AIR 23 - Nigar Fatma AIR 24 - Raghvendra Pandey AIR 31 - Ranjana Saini AIR 32 - Amit Kumar AIR 34 - Prasu Jain AIR 35 - Dimpal Ya...