Abhishek bags rank 2, Navkiran 5th in PCS

Harshraj Singh

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 19

Three candidates from the district are among the top five candidates who have cracked the Punjab Civil Services-2020 examination, the result of which were declared by the Punjab Public Service Commission yesterday.

Abhishek Sharma of Khanna city bagged the second rank in the exam. Sachin Pathak from Sahnewal ranked third and Navkiran Kaur bagged the fifth rank in the PCS examination.

Abhishek Sharma (28), who topped the Ludhiana district, wants to work for the welfare of society. After studying B.Tech in 2014 from Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Sharma was selected as assistant commandant in CRPF but he later resigned. It was his second attempt.

He had been preparing for the examination since 2015. “I feel lucky. Now, I have got a platform to meet my goal to work for the welfare of society”, he said.

His father Pawan Kumar Sharma and mother Rama Sharma have served as bank officials. His both elder sisters are serving as doctors.

Navkiran Kaur of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar has bagged the fifth rank in the examination. She cleared the exam in her first attempt.

She did her schooling from DAV School, Pakhowal Road, Ludhiana, and then did graduation in B.Sc (Physics) Hons. from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. After studying the Master of Science in Physics from JNU Delhi, she worked as a geophysicist in ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited) for about two years. Reading books is her hobby.

After resigning from the job, she started preparing for the PCS examination. Navkiran said. “Whatever responsibilities are given to me, I will perform these with honesty. I would like to work to bring a positive change in the state through my duties”, she added.

Navkiran’s father, Tarsem Singh is DGM, Central Bank of India and her mother Sarabjit Kaur is a lecturer at a government school.