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Pudukottai college motivates students to aspire for IAS

Staff Reporter

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LECTURE: Inspector of Factories A. Divyanathan with students in Pudukottai on Friday.

PUDUKOTTAI: The efforts taken by the ‘IAS Study Circle’ of H.H. The Rajah’s College here has been successful in motivating a good number of students hailing from economically backward families in rural areas of the district to appear for the Union Public Services Commission examination.

Eighty-four students, including 34 girls, of different undergraduate and postgraduate courses are appearing for the preliminary examination.

Inspector of Factories, Tiruchi, A. Divyanathan, who delivered a motivation lecture on ‘UPSC exam’ to mark the inaugural of the career guidance programme at the college on Friday, said students should be clear in their thought and should carefully select their main and optional subjects for the test. A systematic study for a few hours daily and analysis and understanding of problems were important. “One need not be very intelligent to get through these competitive tests. One has to work smart and not hard,” he said.

Mr. Divyanathan, who had earlier worked as Sub-Inspector of Police, said he got appointment orders for more than half a dozen posts, before he could finally choose his present post. Though districts such as Kancheepuram accounted for a large number of training centres offering excellent coaching for the UPSC examination, the number of such institutions in southern districts was far and few.

He appreciated the efforts taken by the Circle in the larger interest of rural students.

Principal K. Narayanasamy appealed to the students to take maximum advantage of the Circle for which Rs. 20,000 had been sanctioned for the purchase of books.

Co-ordinator of the Circle R. Padma said the members interacted with a large number of students, in batches, and explained to them the prospects of the UPSC test and the steps they should take to develop their skills to get through it .

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