By Ayodhya Prasad Singh

Have you ever seen a UPSC aspirant who, after cracking UPSC, not only cracked the state civil but also joined it? And then, after doing a state civil job for about one and a half years, joined UPSC again? This is an interesting story of the 2018 batch Indian Forest Service officer of West Bengal cadre, Dr. Harikrishnan PJ, who passed and joined Kerala PSC after cracking UPSC IFS-2016. But why?

Not only this, IFS Harikrishnan loved forests and agriculture so much that even after topping the Kerala PSC, he took the post of Agriculture Officer. More than this, during his posting as an IFS officer in Darjeeling, he showed a new path to the farmers of the forest village and changed their lives forever.

Indian Masterminds interacted with Harikrishnan PJ, who is now DFO, Buxa Tiger Reserve, to learn more about his initiative and his UPSC journey.

Read Full Story https://indianmasterminds.com/features/change-makers/ifs-officer-harikrishnan-pj/