Vikay Divyakirti, owner of Drishti IAS and popular UPSC exam trainer, cracked UPSC exam at age…, know his subject wise marks

Success story: Vikas Divyakirti is a known personality related to the field of higher education, especially Civil Services. His videos appear regularly on social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, among others and are viewed by a large number of people.

Here, we share a few facts about Vikas Divyakirti.

Born on December 26, 1973, Vikas Divyakirti hails from Bhiwani, Haryana and a celebrated name among UPSC aspirants. He completed his early schooling in Hindi medium at Halwasia Vidhya Vihar.

He pursued master’s degree in Hindi literature in 1995 and appeared for the civil services examination in 1996 where he secured All India Rank (AIR) of 384 on his first attempt.

After completing his schooling, he studied at Zakir Husain Delhi College, pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce (honors) degree. He later changed his stream and pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in History at University of Delhi. Later, he studied for postgraduate degree in Hindi Literature, scoring second rank in first year at Zakir Husain Delhi College and then migrated to Hindu College, Delhi in his final year, where he finally earned Master of Arts in 1995.

He later earned Bachelor of Laws from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi and then Master of Philosophy, and also Doctor of Philosophy in Hindi literature from University of Delhi.

After completing his master’s degree, Divyakirti started teaching at University of Delhi as an assistant professor. Later, in 1996, he cleared the UPSC Civil Services Examination on his first attempt and got All India Rank (AIR) of 384 in 1996. After getting trained at Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, he was inducted into Central Secretariat Service by Government of India. He served as section officer at Department of Official Language in Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi.

He resigned from service after a year and continued teaching and founded Drishti IAS Coaching Institute in Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi in 1999.

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