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ALUMNI ON LADDER OF SUCCESS JUNE 2024 (8)

CMS alumni on Ladder of Success

The Lure of the Civil Services
Eight Future Leaders ready to serve and administer

This year, as many as eight CMS students made it to the civil services - seven selected in IAS Exam securing Rank One and leading the way for other aspirants in coming years.
the IAS and one on 10th rank in the National Labour Service Exam. The icing on the cake Here we have them answering a few questions after their selection.
was Aditya Srivastava, an alumnus of CMS Aliganj Campus I who topped in the All India

ADITYA SRIVASTAVA, AIR I, Alumnus of CMS Aliganj Campus I JAHNVI DUBEY, AIR 324, Alumnus of CMS Kanpur Road Campus
Q. Many Many Congratulations! What are your feelings at the moment? Q. Which years were you at CMS?
Ans. I feel overjoyed and on top of the world. The result is beyond my Ans. I joined in Class VI in 2006 and passed out from CMS Kanpur Road
expectations though I worked very hard for it. after Class XII. These were the most important formative years of my life
when my ideas took shape, my value system developed and the foundation
Q. What role has CMS played in your life?
Ans. CMS has been the turning point in my life. It has given me a strong was laid for my future success. The IAS Dream started to develop.
foundation and a set of very strong values which I will always treasure. Q. Which qualities should an IAS aspirant have?
Our Founder-Manager, Dr Jagdish Gandhi’s speeches developed in me a Ans. A person aspiring for the top administrative services should harbor a
value system that helped me in my Ethics paper in the IAS. passion to solve problems and serve society. He should be confident, disciplined and
balanced in his approach. Failures should not deter him from his aim and success must
KUNAL RASTOGI, AIR 15, Alumnus of CMS Gomti Nagar Campus I not get into his head. A clear and rational mind will help him to move forward.
Q. Who inspired you to sit for the IAS Exam?
Ans. My father Mr Puneet Rastogi, who is an IPS officer, and my mother, SAMYAK CHAUDHARY, AIR 704, Alumnus of CMS Kanpur Road Campus
Mrs Neema Rastogi inspired me to take up the IAS Exam with full zest and Q. What is your message for CMS students?
vigour. It was the obvious choice in our family and seeing my father in the Ans. Let the spirit of Jai Jagat prevail in your hearts and make yourself a
police services, solving the most difficult of cases, I felt excited and vehicle for spreading the light of Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam. Let us all join
determined to go for the civil services. hands to make the earth a better place to live.
Q. What was your strategy for success? Q. How will you inspire the students to become great?
Ans. After passing out from BITS Pilani, I started my preparation for the IAS with all Ans. Remember friends, “The journey of s thousand miles begins with a
seriousness. I planned out how to deal with the vast syllabus. Civil Services require smart single step.” A student of CMS has the ability to achieve great heights. All
and hard study. I consolidated the basic resources-NCERT books and my own notes, the best!!.
carried out a rigorous revision and mock tests, solved the previous years’ question papers
and analysed them. Studies at this stage have to be done intelligently and wisely. CMS has
taught me the value of correct judgement in exams as well as in life. ABHYUDAYA PRATAP, AIR 874, Alumnus of CMS Gomti Nagar Campus I
Q. What was your percentage in ICSE and ISC?
MRINAL KUMAR, AIR 197, Alumnus of CMS Kanpur Road Campus Ans. In ISC I got 95% aggregate marks while in ICSE, I secured 93% marks.
Q. How did you crack this tough exam? Q. What did you do after passing out from CMS?
Ans. I used my time wisely and focussed on current affairs and general Ans. After CMS, I joined Hindu College in New Delhi and did my
knowledge through newspapers and magazines. The habit of reading and a Economics Hons. However, in the IAS Mains, my optional subject was
curiosity to know and to learn more and more each day was an important Anthropology. All this gave me a well-rounded education and knowledge
factor. Then there are the NCERT books covering each subject. Mock interviews of different subjects.
and practice tests are necessary to build up confidence at every level.
Q. Can you give some tips to your juniors?
Q. What qualities are needed by students preparing for the IAS? Ans. Hard work and perseverance are qualities needed for an IAS aspirant. I am also
Ans. Discipline and consistency alongwith positive thinking are important. One should interested in social development.
be ready to face all kinds of challenges and keep moving steadily towards one’s goal.
God helps those who help themselves.
PRAKHAR SINGH, AIR 10, National Labour Service Examination
SHIVANSH ASTHANA, AIR 260, Alumnus of CMS Rajajipuram Campus I Q. Tell us about your parents and your years at CMS.
Q. Did Dr Jagdish Gandhi influence you in any way? Ans. My father Mr Parasnath Singh is a Senior Advocate in the High Court.
Ans. Dr Jagdish Gandhi’s ideas were like sure shots of success and helped My mother Mrs Indira Singh is a homemaker. I have studied at CMS
us wherever we went. His speeches seemed so relevant after we passed Rajajipuram Campus from Montessori upto Class XII.
out from school and faced the real world. The whole thinking approach Q. What are your hobbies?
for the IAS is based upon making the correct choices after eliminating the Ans. I like to write poetry and read nonfiction books, science fiction about
useless and using logic and reasoning to arrive at the correct answer.
space etc. I like to play table tennis and other games. Students should
Q. What is your message for other students? listen to their inner voice and follow their dreams. I believe in the 3 E’s- Eight hours
Ans. I would like to say-Play Games and Sports, Respect your parents and teachers, study, Eight hours sleep and Eight hours for other activities.
Communicate in a healthy way and Believe in yourself.
Grand Felicitation Ceremony held

Felicitation of the 9 CMS alumni who qualified the prestigious Civil Services Shivansh Asthana and Abhyudai Pratap were also felicitated along with their parents for
Examination, National Labour Services Exam and Indian Statistical Services Exam securing high ranks in the Civil Services exams and bringing laurels to their alma mater.
conducted by the UPSC along with their mothers and fathers in traditional CMS style Agrima Rastogi who secured 4th All India Rank in the Indian Statistical Services and
was the special attraction of the Teachers Thanksgiving Function held at CMS Gomti Prakhar Singh who secured 10th position in the National Labour Services were also
Nagar Extension auditorium on 10th May. This year's IAS topper, Aditya Srivastava's felicitated on this occasion. Earlier, CMS students had accorded a grand welcome to
parents were especially felicitated by weighing his mother in fruits and flowers. Other Aditya Srivastava at the airport on 22nd April when he arrived at Lucknow for the first
six IAS selectees, Jahnvi Dwivedi, Kunal Rastogi, Mrinal Kumar, Samyak Chaudhary, time after his remarkable feat.

Abhyudai Pratap (AIR 874 in Civil Services) Students of CMS Aliganj Campus I Mother of Samyak Chaudhary (AIR Rank 704 in Civil Services)
with his proud mother celebrate Aditya Srivastava’s victory being honoured

Mrinal Kumar (AIR 197 in Civil Services) being Three Cheers to Prakhar Singh for Qualifying Honouring of the mother of Shivansh Asthana
honoured by the Chief Guest Dr. Vikram Singh National Labour Service Exam (AIR 260 in Civil Services)

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Printed and published by Mr Hari Om Sharma, Chief PRO, CMS on behalf of City Montessori School, 12 Station Road, Lucknow.
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