IAS officer Artika Shukla was studying to become a doctor but she always dreamed of becoming an IAS officer after she saw her brother succeed in the 2012 UPSC Civil Services Exam. IAS officer Artika Shukla's elder brother Gaurav Shukla passed the UPSC Civil Services exam in 2012.
What is interesting about Artika Shukla is that she never went for any coaching classes instead referred to her brother Utkarsh Shukla s notes and studied for the Civil Services exams.