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Some journeys toward the uniform begin in childhood.
Some begin with a single moment. For Shritik, it began in Mumbai during an ordinary day of travel.
Born and raised in Mumbai, Shritik pursued BA LLB from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. Up until his third year, he describes himself as aimless.
He was studying law, but without a larger sense of direction. Then one day, while travelling, he saw a neatly dressed officer. The composure. The bearing. The silent authority. It stayed with him.
Around the same time, he had watched Shershaah — a story that stirred something deeper. Curiosity turned into research. Research led him to explore forces like Central Industrial Security Force. The regimentation. The brotherhood. The clarity of purpose. It was a life the civilian world couldn’t offer him. And just like that, a direction was born.
26-02-2026
“It’s better to live with the pain of not making it than the regret of not trying properly.”
Shritik decided he would crack SSB on his own.
He collected resources from everywhere : YouTube videos, blogs, PDFs, advice from seniors. He tried to piece everything together.
The effort was there.
But the structure wasn’t.
He focused on “clearing tasks” rather than becoming better as a person.
His psychology stories were overly aspirational : heroic, dramatic, but not grounded in his real life.
In interviews, he realized something crucial:
The interviewer is not there to be impressed. He is there to observe. To catch inconsistencies. To test awareness.
And Shritik still had many doubts.
Eventually, he understood something powerful: If you level up as a person, SSB performance automatically levels up.
That realization led him to join R2R through the Chosen 20 programme.
What changed?
Most importantly, he stopped trying to “act” like an officer.
He started understanding himself better.
This time, his psychology execution was on point.
His stories were authentic drawn from his own life experiences.
He had struggled with procrastination earlier. It affected his preparation more than he realized. But in this attempt, he worked with discipline.
He didn’t just attend sessions.
He implemented the feedback.
And that made the difference.
In his fourth attempt, he was recommended in SSC JAG.
“Keep trying.”
That’s what he did.
Even when his name wasn’t high in the merit list.
Even when progress felt slow.
He kept improving instead of complaining.
His advice is simple:
If you know where you want to go, give it everything.
Because regret weighs heavier than rejection.
Maybe you’re gathering resources from multiple places.
Maybe your preparation feels messy.
Maybe you’re trying to solve SSB like an exam instead of a personality assessment.
Shritik was there too.
The R2R batch didn’t change who he was.
It helped him understand how to present who he truly was.
And sometimes, that understanding is what separates a conference out from a recommendation.
Prachi Parmar
Sharing Stories, R2R