Blind Ajit Fought for 3 Yrs to Become an IAS Officer

Then, in order to help prepare for Civils, Ajit made innovative use of various media and technology. “I would make notes in Braille, listen to taped recordings and also create my own recordings,” explains Ajit. On clearing the coveted Civil Services Exam in 2008, he expected a letter for induction into the prestigious IAS. But instead he was offered a post in Indian Railway Personnel Service. Ajit fought back, filing a case against discrimination.

In 2010, the Central Administrative Tribunal ruled in his favor. But still he did not get an appointment letter for IAS. However, he didn’t get disappointed and kept on struggling for justice alongside nine more candidates in a similar position. Finally, at the initiative of National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) and CPM leader Brinda Karat, the Prime Minister intervened due to which seven of the nine candidates received appointment letters.

Ajit is now at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie for his IAS training. Ajit said “Joining IAS was not about money. My own struggle had shown me a different face of the bureaucratic system prevailing in the country. My only motive to join the coveted services is to do something for the betterment of people and society,” as reported Careers 360.