From S-I to DSP, Kolkata cop takes giant leap

Of the 36 selected, Ahmed — ranked at top — is one of the eight Muslim candidates who successfully cleared the test.
“I belong to a middle-class family where members can hardly think of anything beyond a small government job and for them I had achieved it,” says Ahmed, who did not share the same opinion.

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Having seen senior IPS officers carry out their duties in his three-year stint, Ahmed set his eyes on the state civil services.

“For my mother, who never even wanted me to join the police force in the first place, the news still hasn’t completely sunk in yet; but my father is filled with pride. He could not hold back his tears,” the soon-to-be DSP said.

“I spent a considerable amount of time trying to make my mother understand that if I became a senior officer, things would be different,” said Ahmed, who shares the Hastings government quarter with his two brothers and three sisters, besides their parents.

Ahmed finished school from Anglo-Persian Department of the Calcutta Madrasa, and graduated in science from Surendranath College in 2008.

He was preparing for WBCS since 2009 and did not stop even when he got the job of an S-I a year later. Aside from “perseverance”, Ahmed said time management and hard work in the right direction brought him success. “We need to know what not to study before we start studying to attain a goal.”