Jagrati Awasthi hailing from Bhopal, is an electrical engineer by education who previously worked in BHEL

Being a six day working job, she could not cope with the UPSC preparation 

Hence, after failing in the first attempt, she left her job to fully concentrate on UPSC preparation

Due to Covid pandemic, she also had to discontinue UPSC coaching and she fully shifted to self study

She chose Sociology as her optional subject and tried to correct the mistakes she made in the last attempt

She appeared for the exam again in the year 2020 and this time she was confident on her preparation

She not only cleared it but also secured a stellar All India Rank 2 to become an IAS officer