Mohammed Shaukath Azeem, son of driver from Karkala clears UPSC despite studying in Govt Urdu school

Mangaluru, 02 June 2022 [varthabharati]: In what has come as a glad tiding in the house od Sheikh Abdullah, an ordinary driver in Karkala, his son Mohammed Shaukath Azeem has made the family proud by securing All India Rank of 545 in the UPSC examination and has been selected for the services.

Azeem’s name appeared in the list of 685 students released by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday, who have been qualified for the public services. 

Azeem is a resident of Jarigudde in Karkala Kasaba village and is the eldest son of Shekh Abdullah and Maimoona. He completed his primary education from Jarigudde Government Urdu Primary School and Karkarla SVT Primary School and his high finished his high schooling from Karkala Shri Bhavanendra High School.

He then went to Karkala Kukkunduru KMES College for his Pre-University Education before getting into Mijar MITE for Engineering. 

Following his studies, he was working as an engineer in Bengaluru. Amid this, he had also been receiving coaching for UPSC preparation in Delhi facilitated by the Karnataka government. In his 7th attempt, he reportedly secured 545th rank in the UPSC Exams. Mohammed Shaukath spoke to ‘VarthaBharathi’ and said that he would be preparing further to achieve a better ranking in the future examination.