Lakshyavedh: 'Ravi' of talent rose on the horizon of hard work

Ray used to take the tiffin box and give it to dad at seven o'clock in the evening when dad was in the mill.' Ravi Parmar, the current chairman of the Bihar Public Service Commission and a Gujarati officer of the Bihar cadre, is reminiscing about the struggle. But in the 1980s, the mills closed down and calamities began to hit the families of the mill workers. 'During those years, Dad's mill job was lost. There was also a time when there was no money for repairing the bicycle when it broke down. The bicycle kept falling. Anyway, everyone's life struggles are different.' Even though the wheels of the cycle stopped, the cycle of time continued. Ravi Parmar dreamed big in that small house in vast Vadodara. Studied in Vadodara. Primary education was done in government school only. Chose commerce line after 10th. As the eldest son of the family, the responsibility of earning came early. Early responsibilities sharpen understanding. As a chartered accountant, he initially accepted a job as a clerk in a bank. Became a friend there. A friend of South India. P. S. He was preparing for C. Ravi Bhai was interested. Picked up a few books, flipped through the pages of magazines and it was done. At that time his bank was Kavitha. Getting up at 6:30 in the morning, taking classes from there till 8 o'clock and taking a bicycle from there to the station. One and a half to two hours by train and bus from Vadodara, he used to reach Kavitha in Borsad, but after coming back, M. S. He used to go to read in the 'Hansa Mehta Library' of the university. The last student to leave the library was Ravi Parmar. Come home and sleep and go back to work the next day. This is the order of the day. After running for a while, he cleared the Staff Selection Commission exam and joined Central Excise as an inspector. Luckily the posting happened in Vadodara. Now the daily morning rush of work stopped and reading time increased. There wasn't much guidance. Just keep working hard. Based on the books and magazines found, the preparation was progressing. Chose Gujarati literature and history subjects. Vadodara I. A. A new circle of Ravi Parmar's life was being drawn in S Study Circle. One of the candidates reading with him here is Hasmukh Patel, who is today the chairman of the Gujarat Public Service Commission. The Civil Service curriculum was very broad. It is difficult to complete. Ravibhai developed writing skills. It is also important to think about how the questions might be asked or from which area they might come. Self-initiated and meticulously spun notes on the Choula empire, in the third attempt two questions in the history paper came from the Choula period itself. They could answer in depth. In this way the questions about Kant the poet in Gujarati literature could also be answered in the same way. Reached the personality test. In those years of 1990-91, when the world was changing with the disintegration of Russia, India was on the verge of economic liberalisation. Questions were also asked around it. Ravi Parmar every time the sun of talent rose above the horizon of toil. Targeted. This son of a mill worker I. P. Selected in S. The parents were unaware of this achievement, but when the media started to circulate, they realized that their son had achieved something big. He gave another try and this time his choice was I. A. Happened in S. Ravibhai made Bihar his karmabhoomi. First Gujarati I in Bihar. A. S. As he rendered long services. He also did Masters in Public Policy from America. They say, 'Always dream big. Don't get caught up in small ruts, it just wastes time. If the goal is large, other problems of life will become secondary.' Even today Ravi Parmar solves preliminary papers on time. Ravi Parmar, shining in the sky of success after breaking the floor of his conditions, is inspiring to see dreams with open eyes. }