bengaluru bureaucrats giving up their careers in government service to pursue business interests is not unheard of but here is a bengalurean who gave up a promising career as a techie in a startup to try his hand at becoming a bureaucrat venkata sreekar patel 31 has secured an all india rank of 58 in upsc indian forest service examination 2022 and is set to begin training for his stint as a forester an electronics and communication engineering graduate from nitte meenakshi institute of technology patel won two gold medals during his undergraduation he was working as a senior software engineer with nexteer automotive india software center when he decided to try his luck in civil servicesrecounting his journey patel said i started to prepare for civil services in 2017 i cleared the written exams in the first attempt but couldnt pass the interview the next two attempts were also unsuccessful in 2021 i finally managed to crack the interview after clearing the mains with flying colours i couldnt be happier environment has always been my niche and im happy ive got a chance to serve in a field which always interested me he saidpatel will be reporting to lal bahadur shastri academy of administration on july 31 to begin his training