First among the equals
First from her community to qualify this prestigious Kashmir Administration Services (KAS), a Muslim girl hailing from Udhampur dreamed to serve society by being...
Truly Techie
Qualifying Indian Engineering Services (IES) wasn’t a cakewalk for the son of farmer hailing from a remote village. But as Riyaz Ul Khaliq finds...
Careers after 10+2
By Saima Rashid
Now that your Class 12 exams are over, what will be your next course of action? You may be finding yourself at...
What is Applied Mathematics?
By Saima Rashid
These days mathematics is applied almost everywhere, and this wealth of activity cannot be encompassed in one university department. The focus of the...
Career in Foreign Languages
By Durdana Bhat
The scope of foreign languages as career is stupendous and candidates willing to explore it have multitude of job opportunities in various...
Telling Topper
Achieving third rank in 2014 CET exams was no cakewalk for a Sopore boy whose father was devoured by Kashmir conflict. Riyaz Ul Khaliq...
Mass Communication as a career
By Durdana Bhat
The world has witnessed a phenomenal and unprecedented explosion in communication technology and media. All boundaries have been transcended, and the entire...
Careers in Creative Writing
By Saima Rashid
All writing is creative to a degree. Writers must think of words to use, how to organize their thoughts and how to...
A humble feat
Known for his humility and brilliance, a youth from Sopore made a hat-trick in civil services. As his departure from academic to administrative setup...
Managing Kashmir
Two young friends, Abid Khan and Faizan Zaroo, started an event management company that organises cultural events. Nuzhat Mushtaq reports the story of their...
Dream Come True
Afaq Giri became first person to crack IAS exams from Banihal. Riyaz Ul Khaliq and Saima Rashid report the story behind his success
When asked...
‘You are sort of an outcaste if you dare to leave a government job...
Aijaz Rashid, 30, a researcher from Arwah in Budgam who is working on a cancer drug which is 8 times more effective than the...
Get Ready For KAS Interview
As the state public service commission last week declared the result of the combined civil service examination, successful candidates will now have to face...
Into Genes
Curiosity towards life flourished the scientific acumen of a girl from old Srinagar who is today doing pioneering work in the field of biochemistry...
Who is Rabia Baji?
Claims and counter-claims apart, Rabia Baji, a former Congress activist turned social worker, is full of surprises. All set to contest coming Lok Sabha...