Meet woman, who cracked IIT and UPSC exam in same year, became India’s youngest IAS officer, her AIR was…, she is…

The Civil Services Examination(CSE) is one of the toughest exams in India. The exam is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission in three phases. Initially, candidates appear for the preliminary round. Once they qualify, the aspirants are required to appear in the mains round and then in the personality test subsequently. Simi Karan, an IAS officer from Odisha, realized her dream of being part of the civil services at a very young age. She achieved this at the age of just 23 after getting her engineering degree earlier from IIT in the same year she cleared the UPSC exam.

Originally from Odisha, Simi Karan spent the majority of her childhood in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. According to the DNA report, Simi’s father served as an employee of the Bhilai Steel Plant while her mother was a school teacher.

Simi was an intelligent and hard-working student at school. After completing her schooling, she studied electrical engineering at IIT Bombay. While in university, she was invited to teach children living in the neighbouring slum areas, and seeing for herself the struggles those children faced, impacted her greatly and encouraged her to make an impact. This experience led her to prepare for the civil services and work towards making a real difference.