The waiter who will be an IAS officer

Inspired by the spider, the Scottish king Robert the Bruce told his men, 'If you don't succeed the first time, try, try and try again'

K Jayaganesh's story is similar. He failed the civil service examination six times but never lost heart. The seventh time -- his last chance -- he passed with a rank of 156 and has been selected for the Indian Administrative Service.

Jayaganesh's story is inspiring not because he did not lose heart but also because he comes from a very poor background in a village called Vinavamangalam in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, and though he studied to be an engineer, He got a job as a billing clerk for computer billing in the canteen at Sathyam Cinemas. He also worked as the server during the interval. He is a mechanical engineer, preparing for the civil services, had to work as a server. He had only one aim -- to stay on in Chennai to pass the examination., to realise his dream of becoming an IAS officer.