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He had ₹1 cr job but wanted ‘sustainable happiness’: How Kanishak Kataria topped UPSC CSE, secured AIR 1 in 1st attempt

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Friday, November 6, 2026 at 12:44 PM · 1 min read
He had  ₹1 cr job but wanted ‘sustainable happiness’: How Kanishak Kataria topped UPSC CSE, secured AIR 1 in 1st attempt — Mumbai Technology news

Kanishak Kataria left a high-paying software career in South Korea to pursue India’s civil services examination. After working in Bengaluru and preparing since 2017, he secured All India Rank 1 in the 2018 UPSC exam and joined the Rajasthan cadre as an IAS officer.

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