J&K Farmer's Son Secures 2nd Rank In Indian Economic Services Exam

Tanveer Ahmad Khan did primary schooling from Government Primary School, Kund, and later from Government High School Waltengoo, officials said.

Tanveer Ahmad Khan, a farmer's son from Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, has brought laurels to the Union Territory by securing the second rank in the prestigious Indian Economic Services (IES) examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Hailing from the remote Nigeenpora Kund village -- about 80 kms from Srinagar -- in south Kashmir, Mr Khan did primary schooling from Government Primary School, Kund, and later from Government High School Waltengoo, officials said. They said Mr Khan passed Class 12 from Government Higher Secondary School, Razloo Kund and did Bachelor of Arts degree from Government Degree College Anantnag in 2016. Mr Khan has been a bright student from the very beginning, secured third rank in University of Kashmir entrance test and got himself admitted in the post-graduate course in economics at Kashmir University, the officials said.