SSP offers his UPSC notes, gets flooded with requests

LUCKNOW: If you are a civil services aspirant and need help on preparing notes for the exam that is among the world’s toughest to crack, there is one place you can look into.
It is the twitter profile of Indian Police Services (IPS) officer Akash Tomar.
On his handle @akashtomarips, the IPS officer currently senior superintendent of police in Etawah, wrote a post on December 12 saying, “If anyone needs my 2012 UPSC notes (in typed form) in order to get an idea about how notes should be made during preparation for civil services, please reply to the post with your email ID.I’ll mail you my notes”.
Tomar told TOI that the response was overwhelming.
“By December 13, I had got around 3,500 requests for the mail, which was not possible. Hence, I decided to post several links in PDF format of the notes on my account,” he said.
The officer also said that depending on availability, he was ready to guide aspirants requiring any support in preparation for the exams conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
When TOI asked why he suddenly thought of sharing this, the officer replied saying that he had actually been doing this for a long time.
“I thought my notes are already in PDF format and it might benefit numerous others,” he added.
His twitter was flooded with messages of thanks from over 1,500 aspirants. Many also requested the officer to organise a webinar and give tips for the examination and interview.
Indian shooter Manu Bhakar, who won gold in youth Olympics 2018, also demanded notes from the officer, saying she aspired to become an officer.
The officer is accessible for people in his office and remains available on the official number too. Tomar, who has a BTech in computer science from Indian Institute of Information Technology (Prayagraj) had secured rank 138 in UPSC in 2012.