ARA, March 7 -- Akanksha Singh, granddaughter of the late Ranveer Sena supremo Brahmeshwar Mukhiya and daughter of Indu Bhushan Singh and Rinku Singh, has brought glory to the district by succeeding in the UPSC exam.

A student of Catholic Mission School, she graduated in English from HD Jain College. She secured the 301st rank in this year's UPSC exam on her second attempt and was selected for the IRS (Indian Revenue Service).

Akanksha, 24 years old, said that she had hoped to succeed ever since she took the exam. She had a passion for cracking the UPSC from the very beginning. She received an IRS position but wants to pursue the IFS.

Explaining her daily study routine, Singh said she studied for eight to 10 hours daily.

She added tha...