User:Rajesh Bhattarai

                                               GORKHAS AND CIVIL SERVICE
                                                                      BY ROSHAN GURUNG(Competetive Exam Guide and Motivational Speaker)  
                                               

Civil services examination in India is considered the second toughest exam in the world after the French civil services exam. Prior to the independence, it was much more complex than the present form. It is considered as the highly prestigious exam which selects the IAS, IPS, IFS, IFoS, IRS and many other group A and B Central civil services. The posts of IAS, IPS and IFoS are the all India services which have high powers and prestige in the field of civil, police and forest administration. Among the other central services, Indian Foreign Service is the top most one and enjoys equal status to that of all India services.

 Now, where do the Gorkhas stand in the arena of such a coveted exams. The numbers of gorkha aspirants are increasing year by year but the success rate is very low that is why our people are rare in higher posts. But, it is a matter of pride for all of us that many gorkha sons and daughters have made it to this exam. They have proved that we also can. Let me introduce some of the prominent names who cracked the UPSC conducted Civil Services Exam.

• Lalit Bahadur Pariyar: He was the first IAS from the gorkha community. He made to the prestigious exam in the year 1963.He was SDO, DC, Joint Secretary, Municipal Chairman etc. He was from Darjeeling and is no more now.
• Trilok nath Dewan: He was an IAS of 1969 batch and served in Andhra Pradesh cadre. He was the Chief Secretary of AP. He is the highest ranked Gorkha IAS outside Sikkim. * Rinchen Ongmu: She is an IAS of 1979 batch from Sikkim and also was in same cadre. She became the first woman Chief Secretary of Sikkim.
• Choten D Lama: She was an IAS of 1999 batch from WB cadre and also from the same state. She served as SDO, DC, Joint Secretary, before her voluntary retirement.
• Megha N Dahal: He is an IAS of 2014 batch. He is the highest ranked gorkha till date by securing 63rd rank. It isa great luck for the Gorkhas of Assam that he is allotted Assam Cadre and serving as Asst.Commissioner in Jorhat.
• PG Tenzing: He was the IAS of 1986 batch from Kerela cadre. He held many key positions under the govt. of Kerela. He was from Sikkim and retired in 2007.

The case in the Indian Police Service is also not remarkable. The inspirational figures among the UPSC recruited IPS are as follows:

• Tenzing L. Lepcha: He became the first Sikkimis to get IPS. In 2012 he cleared the exam and now serving as SP in his home state cadre.
• Aparajita Rai: She became the first gorkha female to be selected as IPS. Currently, she is also working in Westbengal Police. She is the Daughter of DFO from Sikkim.
• Namchin D Bhutia: Along with Aparajita in 2012, she also got selected to IPS. She is also from Sikkim and currently working in Meghalaya as SP.
• Vandana Karki: She is DIG in Manipur Police. Though she is MPS but the highest ranked officer among the gorkha woman.