Kantabanji adds to reputation of home to civil servants
Balangir: The small town of Kantabanji in the district is emerging as a place that raises civil servants after 25-year-old Nabal Kumar Jain cracked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination for the year 2019, the results of which was announced on Tuesday.
Nabal is the fourth person from Balangir’s business centre in the past decade to make it to the civil services.
Nabal, who has been working as a probation officer in Indian Railway Traffic Services, has got 125th rank in the exam.
Kantabanji is a small urban locality and a business town where majority of the population are into trading. Though Nabal comes from a business family, his parents never forced him to join the family business. “I was allowed to pursue my dream of joining the civil services,” Nabal said.
After completing his schooling and higher education from Kantabanji, Nabal went to Raipur in Chattishgarh to become a chartered accountant (CA). Having done his CA, he moved to New Delhi to prepare for the UPSC examination. He cracked the UPSC exam and got posted in the Indian Railway Traffic Services but kept trying for a better rank. “I realized the exam was not tough but the competition was high. Strategic study, hard work and blessings of my family and friends helped me find success,” said Nabal.
Nabal’s father is a businessman and his mother is a housewife.
He has two younger sisters and both are ready to follow in his footsteps. Before Nabal, Arabinda Agrawal (2011), Sarika Jain (2013) and Manish Agrawal (2017) cracked the civil services exam from Kantabanji.
And Nabal took tips from all three before embarking on his journey. “They guided me on the subjects I should select, on preparation and time management,” Nabal said.