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    Home / News / India News / This Commissioner mentored aspirants for 'Police Forces' exam over WhatsApp
    This Commissioner mentored aspirants for 'Police Forces' exam over WhatsApp
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    This Commissioner mentored aspirants for 'Police Forces' exam over WhatsApp

    By Siddhant Pandey
    Aug 23, 2019
    12:35 pm
    This Commissioner mentored aspirants for 'Police Forces' exam over WhatsApp

    For five years, Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat has been going beyond the call of duty to coach civil services aspirants. This year, Bhagwat successfully mentored 35 such candidates in clearing interviews for the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) recruitment examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He could manage to do it through a set of WhatsApp groups and sheer gumption.

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    Bhagwat coached 70-80 CAPF aspirants, who reached interview round

    Bhagwat, a 1995 IPS batch officer, through a WhatsApp group mentored 70-80 CAPF aspirants, who had reached their interview rounds, The Better India reported. Candidates from Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were added to the group, where Bhagwat coached them for questions on their graduation subjects, hobbies/interests, the different divisions of CAPF, naxalism, cross-border terrorism, right and left-wing extremism, so on and so forth.

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    CAPF exam conducted for recruitment of Assistant Commandants (Group A)

    Notably, the CAPF examination, conducted in Hindi and English, is intended for the recruitment of Assistant Commandants (Group A) in the forces, including Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).

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    "CAPF interviews have same UPSC panels, quality of questions"

    Bhagwat told TBI, "For the last couple of years, I've been mentoring civil servants aspirants, particularly for the interview stage." He added, "In March 2019, we decided to start a WhatsApp group for CAPF aspirants. For the CAPF interview, you have the same UPSC panels that conduct interviews for the civil services. The quality of questions is also more or less the same."

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    Bhagwat shares news articles, other resources across 7 WhatsApp groups

    Further, Bhagwat said that he got the idea for coaching students over WhatsApp from his colleague in Customs, Nitesh Patode. Reportedly, Bhagwat maintains six other WhatsApp groups- five for the different civil services, and one for forest services. In the groups, he shares important news articles, and other resource materials. Around 100 civil services aspirants get selected each year, thanks to his mentoring.

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    This is my way of giving back to society: Bhagwat

    Explaining why he does what he does, Bhagwat said, "When I was preparing for civil services, I also received similar mentorship. This is my way of giving back to society," adding that aspirants usually don't get a chance to speak to seniors to acquire insight. He said, "Some candidates come from very humble backgrounds, and I help them dodge potential landmines during the interview."

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    One candidate Bhagwat mentored secured all-India rank of 3

    Interestingly, one of the candidates mentored by the Police Commissioner, Akshay Pangarikar, went on to attain an AIR of 3. This was his fourth attempt, whose parents are farmers from Parbhani district, Maharashtra. Another of Bhagwat's student, Bapusaheb Gaikwad said the police official help candidates by framing interview questions and writing model answers. Gaikwad is the son of a watchman and a domestic help.

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    He shared 15-20 articles on the group every day: Gaikwad

    "A lot of the questions I was asked during the interview were posed to me by Sir during our preparations," Gaikwad told TBI. "Despite his busy schedule and the international prestige he has earned, he would share 15-20 articles on the group every day." Pangarikar said, "He called me within 10 minutes of the declaration of results, and was the first to wish me."

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    Bhagwat also helped students stay motivated towards their goals

    Pangarikar revealed that the senior police official had shared 2,500 pages of resource materials with him. Despite being busy with his job, he not only managed to help these students study, but also kept them positive and motivated towards attaining their goals.

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