New Delhi: Call it beginner's luck or outcome of sheer hard work, Arvind Kejriwal has always triumphed the biggest challenges in life at the very first shot, from clearing the IIT entrance exam, cracking the UPSC to becoming an MLA and now the Chief Minister of Delhi.
Born on August 16, 1968 in Hisar in Haryana to Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi, Kejriwal cleared the IIT entrance exam in his first attempt just after school in 1985 and graduated as a mechanical engineer from IIT Kharagpur.
After completing his engineering, he joined Tata Steel in 1989 where he worked for three years. He resigned in 1992 and cracked the Civil Services Examination (UPSC) the same year in his first attempt.
Being in government service, Kejriwal was active in taking up social cause and worked for implementation of Right to Information Act at grass root level.
His efforts in the enactment of the RTI Act to empower the poorest citizens of India won him the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006.
