Role of Age in Civil Services...Reply to Mr Sandeep

Hello Mr Sandeep, thanks for your visit on the blog...Regarding your query, of course, Age plays a major role in civil services for e.g. successful candidate of 21 year old will have the greater chances to become cabinet secretary depending on his/her performance....thus at the age of 27, you may not get the Chance to become foreign secretary of India [due to your choice of IFS]....In India, for promotion, seniority along with the service records are being considered....however, you should not worry much about it...every one has equal chances to serve the country and earn his/her name in his/her career as a diplomat...It depends on the level of motivation and consistent effort along with honesty and integrity....thus age factor is not a big hurdle for you...So good luck for CSE-2011.....Regarding the higher education in IAS, yes ,you can go for higher education on the sponsorship of government of India [Dopt] after the completion of 5 years of service...you can go to any foreign university...but you have to sign a bond with government of India for at least 3 years of service to the government after completion of the course....Thus the trend of higher education in the services [in all the services, not only in IAS] still continues...the procedure for this is very simple....Dopt [Department of personnel] comes out with various schemes for the diplomats and bureaucrats.They have to apply in a prescribed format. After due considerations, name are being finalised for the grant of study leave and scholarship. for more details,you can visit the website of Dopt [www.persmin.nic.in] ...further query is welcome...keep blogging...