Adhiraj Singh Rana (25) secured 164th place. He fainted from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, in electronic transmission in 2015.

It was his third attempt. “I’m probably getting the IPS, I still have a decision to make,” he said. His father, Dr. Kamaljit Singh Rana, is a doctor at GMSH, Sector 16, Chandigarh, while his mother, Kiran Rana, is a housewife.

He took the training. His subject was political science in the public service exam. “When I was in college, I started to prepare for exams,” he said.