We are talking about Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission officer Swati Gupta. She is a PCS officer of the 2017 batch and is currently posted with the Panchayati Raj Department as a Work Officer. She cleared the UP PCS exam in the first attempt.
As a work officer in the Panchayati Raj department, her role includes monitoring of the Panchayat's budget, expenses and construction work being carried out by them.
Swati Gupta's father Chitra Kumar is a teacher who helped her not only in getting a good education but also motivated her to become an officer. She has two brothers and one of them is a doctor. Her mother is a home maker.
Swati Gupta has done a Masters in Technology. She had a science stream in Class 12th. Swati shared that at first, she found it very difficult to study for the PCS/UPSC exam given the vast syllabus of humanities but later did coaching from Delhi to understand and prepare for the exam.
Swati Gupta shared that she had cleared the UPSC Mains exam once but was not selected in the interview. She then cleared Uttar Pradesh PCS twice in 2017 and 2018. She also cleared the PGT Computer Science exam, IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer exam, Rajasthan Public Service Commission Administrative Services Exam, Mandi Inspector Exam and PCS Forest Officer exam.
Swati Gupta asked girls to work hard to achieve their dreams while taking parents in confidence. She shared that actress Priyanka Chopra and motivational speaker BK Shivani are her role models.