Kanishak Kataria is an Indian civil servant who secured first rank in the 2018 UPSC examination for the first time.
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Kanishak comes from a middle-class family living in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Kanishak, 26, has been a bright student since childhood. He studied from 3rd to 12th grade in Kota, Rajasthan. He secured 44th rank in IIT JEE (2010) and got admission in IIT Bombay, where he completed his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering.
After college, he worked as a data scientist at Samsung in South Korea before moving to Bangalore to work as a data analyst at US-based startup Two Roads Technologies. In 2017, he quit his job and began preparing for the civil service.
Family, caste and girlfriends
Kanishak’s father is also a civil servant (Promotee IAS) while his mother is a housewife. His sister is a medical student at Sawai Man Singh Hospital. His girlfriend, Sonal Chouhan, works as a software developer at Rakuten Inc. in Tokyo, Japan.
Kanishak’s caste is Balai and he belongs to Scheduled Caste (SC).
fact
- He said that he did not expect to top the UPSC examination and the result surprised him. In an interview with ANI, he said:
This is a very surprising moment. I didn’t expect to get first place. I am grateful to my parents, sister and girlfriend for their help and moral support. People would expect me to be a good manager and that is exactly my intention
- Many Twitter users praised him for his bravery in thanking his girlfriend Sonal on national television.
- His elective subject is mathematics.
- Kanishak enjoys watching cricket, football and tennis. He is not very interested in watching movies.
- His favorite cricketer is Sachin Tendulkar and his favorite cricketers in the current era are Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers.
- Kanishak used to study for about 10 hours a day to prepare for the UPSC exam.
- He said his father has always been his role model and he will work just like his father used to do.
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Source: HIS Education