Summary:
A nationalised bank had denied education loan citing many reasons when his father had approached a branch in Namakkal district. And he did that with resolve, having gone through the pain of being denied the loan while studying in the college. As many as 110 batch mates, including many who had turned up with family members, listened in rapt attention, as the senior IAS official went down memory lane with his usual spontaneity. That was the day he was admitted to IRTT by his parents much against his wishes. Incidentally, it was the same day, on June 23, that year when the UPSC result brought him ecstasy..