{
  "id": 5352124,
  "title": "Meet Pankaj Kamboj, who turned repeated defence exam setbacks into CAPF success",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/meet-pankaj-kamboj-who-turned-repeated-defence-exam-setbacks-into",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-03T14:31:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/upsc-cds-afcat-ssb-how-pankaj-kamboj-turned-repeated-setbacks-into-capf-success/articleshow/133732916.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "UPSC success story: Pankaj Kamboj’s journey to clearing the UPSC CAPF Assistant Commandant examination is marked by repeated setbacks across competitive exams. After failing UPSC CSE Prelims three times and facing several SSB rejections, he continued preparing through self-study while clearing CDS and AFCAT multiple times. Coming from a farming family near the Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand border,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}