Who Is B.Singh And Why This Ex. IES Officer Is Making Headlines These Days?

More than fifteen hundred students have cracked arguably one of the toughest competitive exams in the world- UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE), and over five thousand have cracked UPSC Engineering Services Examination (ESE), under the guidance and mentorship of this bureaucrat turned educationist. In addition to that, he recently announced 100 per cent scholarship to UPSC and GATE aspirants who lost their parents in any tragic incident and are economically weak.

Hailing from a middle-class farmer family of Ratouli village in Mahoba district in the drought prone Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, the success story of B.Singh at times appears like a plot of a Bollywood feature film. The only difference here is that all incidents and characters of this one are entirely true. The long but equally interesting story of his tiring struggles starts from a point where he was unable to even introduce himself in English and goes on to him becoming an IES officer.

Though missed to crack the UPSC CSE with a very close margin, the individual he taught, guided and mentored, secured a rank within All India Top-10 and became an IAS officer. It was that moment B.Singh realized that the universe has better plans for him. What followed in the next few years down the line proved that he was damn right. Today more than 1,500 aspirants have tasted success under the guidance of B.Singh and his team at the Next IAS.

After 10+2, he reached Tamil Nadu to fulfill his dream of studying in IIT. Upon arrival, he felt as if he had come to another world. Surviving in Chennai without English or Tamil wasn’t possible. Whereas B.Singh’s entire education by far was in Hindi medium and he could barely introduce himself in English. Somehow, he managed up to two months and then returned to the village exhausted. After returning to the village B.Singh felt as if his dream had been snatched away from him. After spending many days in restlessness, he realised that no matter how hard he had to work, he would not get a good night sleep until he is admitted to an IIT. Returned to Chennai with such a strong determination, B.Singh first got hold of English language and then prepared for JEE. So firm was his resolve that he never slept for more than three to four hours when there were a few months left for the examination. Eventually the hard work paid off and after being successful in his first attempt, he got admission in civil engineering at IIT BHU.

Before he could even complete his B.Tech, B.Singh got placed at a senior position in a government company. But B.Singh did not stop here and aimed to become an IES officer. Without telling anyone at home, he resigned from the job and came to Delhi with a small amount of savings and started preparing. Preparations had only begun, and destiny once again tested him. During a bus journey in Delhi, all his savings were stolen. It was difficult to survive for a few weeks or even a few days with what was left in hand. So, taking a huge risk, he made some posters of tuition classes with that remaining cash-in-hand and pasted them himself on the streets of Delhi. In 2001, with just seven students, a tuition center started under such circumstances, have today grown into Made Easy Group spread across many cities of India including Delhi, Lucknow, Bhopal and Jaipur. Whatever happened after this is a history known to all.

B.Singh, who became an IES officer by securing 72nd rank in his first attempt, is the Chairman and Managing Director of Made Easy and Next IAS, today. Such is his grit that even after clearing the exam in the very first attempt, he did not stop and went to ace it three times in a row. He guides hundreds of thousands of students to succeed in competitive exams like GATE, Engineering Services Examination and IAS through these two organizations. B.Singh's team of experienced teachers like Ojha Sir - prepares students for difficult exams like UPSC Civil Services Exam- with such simple and time-tested techniques that students coming from any educational or social background can easily understand it and use it to crack the exam. More recently, former Delhi Police Commissioner and former UPSC member Bhim Sen Bassi has also joined Next IAS as Chief Advisor.

For doing many remarkable works in education and social sector, B.Singh has been awarded with many national level honors. In which the 'Champions of Change Award' given by the Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu and the 'Quality in Education Award' given by a National News Channel etc. are prominent.