Gahana Navya James - Malayali girl Ranked 6th in UPSC Civil Services
Gahana Navya James (AIR 6)
Gahana Navya James is of 25 Years, from Puliyannoor in Kottayam's Pala, secured the sixth rank in her second attempt
Gahana Navya James (AIR 6)
Gahana is presently pursuing her PhD in International Relations at the MG University-Kottayam, located in her own district
Gahana Navya James (AIR 6)
"It's been a dream since childhood to be a Public Servant or a Civil Servant, just wanted to give my best to the exam while writing it, Extremely happy with the result"- Said by Gahana
Gahana Navya James (AIR 6)
"In my first attempt, I did not clear the preliminaries, which I wrote when I was doing my post-graduation. My biggest motivator was my uncle who is in the Indian Foreign Service. Since I have got sixth rank, I will be getting IFS and am happy for it,"
Gahana Navya James 6th Ranker
Gahana Said - "My uncle Sibi George, 1993-batch IFS officer and present Ambassador of India to Japan, has been a motivating factor for civil services. Besides, his presence in foreign service kindled an interest in keeping a tab on international affairs,’’
Gahana Navya James (AIR 6) - Hobbies
Gahana writes poems as a hobby
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"I always believe in self study. So, I didn't go for any coaching. I read newspapers since childhood and try to evolve my own opinion on various issues and developments."
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Her father, James, said - "We only facilitated her studies and the entire credit is Gahana's. She precisely knew what she wanted and she did that. We never ever had to tell her to do this or do that as she did it on her own and we are fully proud of her achievement."