Uma Harathi N secured 3rd rank in UPSC IAS exam 2022. She passed the exam on her fifth try.
Wiki/Biography
Uma Harathi N was born in 1995 in Telangana, India (28 years old; as of 2023). She hails from Nalgonda district of Telangana. She attended Narayana Junior College, Hyderabad. Later, she joined Sri Chaitanya School, Hyderabad and then studied at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans Public School, BHEL, Hyderabad. From 2013 to 2018, she studied B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. While studying at IIT Hyderabad, she participated in Elan & etaVision, the institute’s annual technology and culture event.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′4″
Weight (approximately): 55kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Her father N. Venkateshwarlu is an Inspector General of Police in Narayanpet district of Telangana.
Uma Harati N and her parents
husband
She is unmarried.
Facts/Trivia
- Uma Harathi N is the UPSC 2022 winner from Telangana.
- During college, she was selected to participate in a student exchange program in Japan and stayed there for 15 days.
- For UPSC 2022, she chose Anthropology as her optional subject.
- In the 2022 UPSC examination, the top four positions were occupied by girls; Ishita Kishore (AIR 1), Garima Lohia (AIR 2) and Smriti Mishra (AIR 4) were among the top four, among which Uma Harathi N ranked third.
- In her spare time, she likes to do yoga and make short videos on socially relevant topics.
- She is passionate about cooking and enjoys exploring Indian cuisine.
- She passed the UPSC exam in her fifth attempt. According to her, it was her father who motivated her to continue taking the exam until she passed it. Her father, an IPS officer, told her that UPSC was a good platform for her to have a good career and do something meaningful for the country.
- Initially, she studied at a coaching institute in Delhi and later started teaching herself.
- After securing third rank in UPSC 2022, she said in an interview that her first choice is to work in the field of women and education.
- In an interview, she shared her preparation process for the UPSC exam and what she learned from the experience of failing the exam four times before. she says,
Don’t read too much into it. Just read as much as you need and practice a lot. This is a competitive exam and practice makes or breaks everything. So, practice more and have your own strategy. This is my fifth attempt. This is a long process and not easy. But it’s been a great ride. I learned from my mistakes and discovered myself. Become familiar with the process and understand the exam. Acknowledge the strategies, failures, setbacks, and highs and lows. Just admit everything so that even if you don’t pass the exam, you’ll be ready to face the world. “
- She was felicitated by Narayanpet Collector Koya Sri Harsha after securing third rank in the UPSC 2022 examination.
Uma Harathi N is felicitated by Koya Sri Harsha
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education