KBC made me realise people value success and not just money: SP Ravi Mohan Saini
Ravi Mohan Saini, who recently took charge as the Superintendent of Police, Porbandar, is not an ordinary Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. He is the same boy who won Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) Junior at the age of 14 in 2001. Twenty years later, at 33, Saini has gone viral on social media as the game show fans recall his win, and wonder what his journey has been like so far.
In a candid chat, from his posting at a coastal location in Gujarat, Saini says, “KBC got me limelight and large number of people started noticing me. It’s because of Amitabh Bachchan’s game show that I realised how much people value and respect success and not just money.”
What followed his win, Saini shares, was the
“pressure of people’s expectation” in real life. Inspired by his father, who was in the navy, he joined the police force later in life.
After completing MBBS, Saini was pursuing an internship when he cracked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam. “During graduation, I felt that the scope of work is more in civil services and so, I joined the police force.” Talk about his revived social media fame, and the humble cop credits the people who are joining the dots between his past and the present for this renewed limelight. “It’s happening because one (incident) is of the past, and another is about me being posted as an SP now. But, I always want to look forward and do good... If I don’t do good in my job, this popularity would be of no use. I just want to do my duty to my highest satisfaction, and serve the public,” he signs off.