CHANDIGARH: After a long struggle, 32-year-old Ajit Kumar became the second 100% visually impaired man to join the Indian Administrative Service. On Wednesday, he received a letter asking him to join the service.
A resident of Haryana's Kheri village, Kumar ranked 208 among 791 candidates who qualified in the civil services examination held by the UPSC in 2008. "Despite a good rank, the DoPT offered me the Indian Railway Personnel Service (IPRS)," he said.
Kumar approached the Central Administrative Tribunal. In 2010, the CAT directed the DoPT to appoint him an IAS within eight weeks. But the orders were not implemented. Kumar sought CPM MP Brinda Karat's help to meet the Prime Minister. After that, the files moved. "I am packing my bags and will be off to Mussoorie this week where I will be trained from February 20," said Kumar. He is an MA in Political Science.
"Initially, I wanted to be a doctor as we had lost a relative due to prolonged illness," he told TOI. Kumar lost his vision due to acute diarrhea when he was five years old. "Without sight, it is not possible to work as a surgeon. So, I changed my mind and decided to become an IAS," he said.
Son of a retired block development and panchayat officer in Haryana, Kumar studied in a Delhi blind school. He had a good academic record and became assistant professor in Sham Lal College of Delhi University in 2007. Earlier, he had worked as a government teacher in Haryana.
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