Dr RV Varun Kumar who stood third in the UPSC examinations shares with us his success story, how he coped with failure finally managed to finally crack the examination
When he was 23, Dr RV Varun Kumar watched actor Surya take on the underworld single-handedly in Kaakha Kaakha.
The 2003 Tamil movie (which is incidentally being remade with John Abraham and is titled as Force) left an indelible impression on Kumar's young mind.
Around the time, he decided that he'd get into one of the uniformed services.
Four years after he first watched the film, Varun Kumar has fulfilled his dream. The 27-year-old who stood third in the Union Public Service Commission examinations has checked Indian Police Service as his most preferred option.
Kumar comes across as an idealistic young man eager to make a difference to the system.
"The time for change has come and we will bring it," he says optimistically.
Kumar has stood third amongst 920 candidates who were recommended for posting after filtering over 5,47,698 candidates who applied for the prestigious examinations.
His rank would give him the option of choosing either the elite Indian Foreign Service or the much-coveted Indian Administrative Service. And yet, Kumar chose IPS.
Speaking to us over the phone from Chennai where he lives with his brother RV Varun Kumar tells us why he took the less envious of the option, how he coped with failure -- this is his third attempt -- and how he managed to finally crack the examination: