PEC felicitates its five UPSC achievers

PEC’s 2019 batch student Gamini Singla secured the third rank in the USPC exam. Anand Malhotra, Abhishek Bakolia, Sachin Sharma, and Gaurav Dogra were among the others felicitated

Five Punjab Engineering College (PEC) alumni, who cleared the 2021 civil services examinations, conducted by the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC), last week attributed their success to the alma mater during a felicitation ceremony held on campus on Monday.

PEC felicitated five of its alumni who secured ranks in the UPSC exams. (iStockphoto)

Speaking about their journeys, the students focussed on how the institute played a pivotal role to achieve this feat.

Gamini Singla, who completed BTech in 2019, said PEC provided a fertile learning ground for her achievements, adding, “Teachers’ motivation and contribution helped a lot.”

“I chose civil service because I think one can contribute to society in a better way. It is a diverse field which helps you to grow as a person,” she said, adding that women can achieve anything

Anand Malhotra, a 2012 batch student, thanked his family for their immense support, before mentioning the institute, saying “We got very good exposure at PEC. An engineering college enables you in critical analytical skills and in terms of problem-solving skills. We had a very vibrant extra-curricular culture here.”

He added that PEC continues to be a premium engineering college in terms of imparting skill sets to the students.

While pursuing engineering at PEC, Abhishek Bakolia of the 2020 batch, who hails from Faridkot district in Punjab, did not have a clear mindset to pursue civil services. It was only during his internship that he started thinking about the same.

“Students come here from diverse backgrounds and engineering in itself helps in building skills,” he said.

PEC director Baldev Setia, meanwhile, said, “The achievement of these alumni will encourage many of our graduates in the time to come.”

Gamini Singla secured the third rank in the exam. Anand Malhotra, Abhishek Bakolia, Sachin Sharma, and Gaurav Dogra were among the others felicitated.