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6th-attempt UPSC student became an IPS officer: Shekhar Dutt
short by / on Wednesday, 6 May, 2026
Educator Shekhar Dutt recalled coaching a sharp student who cleared every subject but kept missing interview shortlist calls. A simple mindset shift, building frameworks for unanswerable questions instead of panicking, changed everything. On her sixth and final attempt, she cleared UPSC and became an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer.
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