A number of MBBS graduates, every year appear for the UPSC exams in order to crack the exam and become civil servants. But, why do doctors aspire to become IAS officers in India? Why do they put such kind of laborious efforts to crack the IAS exam even after studying immensely hard for more than 5 years in MBBS? Dr. Syed Sehrish Asgar, “ Being a civil servant, I can be a ‘doctor’ for the whole society ”. A few successful IAS candidates who were also doctors: Dr. Shena Aggarwal – AIR 1, 2011 Dr. Vineeth Sukumaran Pillai – AIR 56, 2012 Dr.
Arpit Jain – AIR 194, 2013 Dr. Roman Saini – AIR 18, 2013 Dr. R. Vaithinathan – AIR 37, 2015 There are many more doctors who cracked UPSC exam. Discussion of a couple of doctors in a cafeteria after their stressful day- Doctor A: Many doctors are joining IAS after doing their medical degree. Why is it so? Doctor B: It is because civil services and…
