Making a Difference: The IAS as a Career

Name: Making a Difference: The IAS as a Career
Rating: 5 (7 reviews)

Alok Ranjan

Oct 2021 · Penguin Random House India Private Limited

5.0

7 reviews

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304

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About this ebook

Making a Difference comes as a handy guidebook for IAS aspirants in the country. The preface is by Yogendra Narayan, a retired IAS officer and also the ex-chief secretary of U.P. The introduction is about the challenges and opportunities of IAS as a career. It also includes everything from the motives to join the IAS to the written exam to the personality test to the training required. The book also talks about the myths and realities about the IAS - interesting sections include questions about integrity, how citizens perceive the IAS, and what is the IAS' relationship with the political executive of the government.

Ratings and reviews

5.0

7 reviews

Rakesh kumar singh

April 30, 2025

deep knowledge

Ujjwal Thakur

December 5, 2021

Very nice

12 people found this review helpful

KJ Wonders

January 6, 2022

Amazing

5 people found this review helpful

About the author

Alok Ranjan did his BA (honors) in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad (IIM-A). He subsequently joined the IAS in 1978 after securing the fourth rank in the country. He was allotted to the UP (Uttar Pradesh) cadre. He served with distinction in various assignments in the State Government as well as Government of India before superannuating as Chief Secretary to the Government of UP in 2016. During his career he worked as District Magistrate, Municipal Commissioner, Secretary Basic Education, Secretary Finance, and Secretary to Chief Minister, Principal Secretary Technical Education, Urban development and environment to the State Government. He also held the post of Agriculture Production Commissioner and infrastructure and industrial development commissioner. In Government of India he held the assignments of Joint Secretary Defense and Managing Director NAFED.

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