By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net
Bhopal: Thirteen students of the Delhi-based Crescent Academy have successfully cleared the Mains Exam of the IAS Examination, 2017, the results of which were declared recently.
These aspirants who have passed the examination are now a step away from their cherished goal of becoming topmost bureaucrats of the country if they are lucky enough to overcome the hurdle of the final stage of Interview.
Till date, the Crescent Academy, in spite of limited infrastructure and resources, has been able to produce more than 100 IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, Judges and State Civil Servants throughout the country.
Crescent Academy is run by an educational welfare trust registered under the Society Registration Act of 1860. Crescent Academy is a division of M. A. R. Educational Trust, established with a vision of providing proper guidance and training to the Civil Services aspirants with special emphasis on creating a sound academic environment. It was started, over a decade ago, by Maulana Mohammed Fazlur Rahim Mujaddidi, an academician and social activist from north India.
According to Maulana Mujaddidi, who is also a member of the Consultative Group for Empowerment of Minorities, Planning Commission of India, the new aspirants who want to appear in the examination of the elite services can visit the Crescent Academy’s website for details.
It may be pointed out here that Prof. Ziaul Hasan, retired Principal of Aligarh Muslim University Polytechnic, Aligarh, and Mr. Mohammad Iqbal Khan, Director of Crescent Academy, Delhi, are the pathfinders of establishing, guiding and training the aspirants of various competitive examinations countrywide. They have lent their long academic and administrative experience of producing various Civil and Judicial servants for the services of the nation, and it is a matter of pride that the Academy has succeeded in achieving its objective in such a short span of time.
The final tally of Muslims who clear the UPSC has hovered in the range of 30-40 for the past few years, except last year when it crossed 50. In 2016, 39 Muslims had cleared the exams. In 2015, 38 Muslims had cleared the exams, while the number stood at 30 in 2013 and 34 in 2014.