After IIT, Pratapgarh youth shine in IAS

ALLAHABAD: The district of Pratapgarh, known for anti-social activities, is gradually changing its image. It is now being identified as the hometown of young achievers. A fortnight back, around half-a-dozen youngsters cracked the prestigious IIT examination. Now, success in Civil Services has made this semi-urban district hog limelight.
Four youngsters, two among them a brother and a sister, have cracked the civil services examination, the result of which was announced on Saturday.Madhvi Mishra and her elder brother Yogesh Mishra are children of a bank official of Itaeuri village in Sangipur. Madhvi has got 62nd rank.
Sachin Vaishy, the 94th rank holder, is the son of a local trader, who runs a grocery shop in Sangipur market.
Manish Kumar Khare, son of a lawyer of the district hails from Patti tehsil and has bagged 677th rank.
All the four achievers have done their earlier schooling from the schools near their home. The initial education had laid the foundation of these achievers as they moved to other cities to pursue further studies or prepared for this examination.
Madhvi has done her graduation from a degree college in Lalganj and postgraduation from Allahabad University before moving to Delhi for preparing for IAS.
“I know that my district was more in news for all the bad things but believe me good things take time to get recognized and the same stands true for Pratapgrah where the wind of change has started blowing and soon people will see the talent of the students of this ‘not so advance district’ which is full of potential,” Madhvi said while talking to TOI on phone. She was sad that still the girls are not been given fair chance of getting educated or moving to bigger cities and prepare for reputed examinations like IAS.
Equally enthralled is her elder brother, Yogesh. “The backward places like Pratapgrah represent the real picture of the country and it is for the youngsters like us to change the impression of our district, which is more in news for wrong reasons,” he said.
Sachin Vaishy (22), successful in his first attempt said, “The younger generation is witnessing the changed atmosphere in the country. They are looking forward to the grab the opportunity to serve the nation and carve a niche for themselves. We come from smaller towns but success can be achieved only through hard work and not on the basis of place,” he added.