Madhepura girls shine in BPSC examination

MADHEPURA: Girls made Madhepura proud by cracking the 64th Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) examination, the result of which was announced on Sunday.
Neha Kumari of remote Jaduapatti village under Kumarkhand police station area has reportedly been selected for the post of supply officer. The eldest among three sisters and a brother, Neha is the first in her family and among close relatives to have been selected for a government job.Her parents Pawan Bhagat and Kiran Devi live in a rented house at Murliganj, where her father runs a small business of foodgrains at Gaushala Chowk. Neha did matric and intermediate from B L School, Murliganj, and graduated from Patna Women’s College. “Neha prepared for the competitive examination at home,” Pawan said.
Leaving behind their male counterparts, two other Madhepura girls cracked the BPSC exam. Nisha Anand, who also hails from Murliganj, obtained 337th rank and got selected for the post of circle officer. Nisha’s parents Shatrughan Prasad and Kumari Meera are retired schoolteachers. She passed her matriculation and intermediate exams from Murliganj and graduation from Madhepura. Nisha is a postgraduate from Nalanda Open University.
Kanika Kumari, the daughter of Behariganj JD(U) MLA Nirajan Mehta and Madhuban mukhiya Kumud Kumari, also obtained good rank to be selected for the post of revenue officer. Kanika was educated in Patna.
Harsh Pratap from Puraini village is the lone male aspirant in the district among those who cracked the examination. He has been selected for the post of project officer. Harsh pursued BTech from IIT-Dhanbad and preferred corporate job as a software engineer in Chennai. Later, he appeared for the BPSC examination and cracked it.