Ankita Sharma left her MBA midway to prepare for the UPSC Civil Services Examination, but her first two attempts ended in setbacks. She missed the Mains cutoff by 15 marks in her first attempt and failed at the Preliminary stage in her second. On her third attempt, Sharma secured All India Rank 203 in UPSC CSE 2018 and entered the Indian Police Service. Her journey from a small village in Chhattisgarh to the IPS highlights persistence after repeated setbacks.
