On the verge of joining the Atomic Energy Commission, father’s death changed the course of Vinod Vaish’s life and brought him into civil services
It was a house and family commitments that more or less brought Vinod Vaish into civil services. Son of Nihal Chand Vaish, a Barrister at Allahabad High Court, Vinod was interested in science and was supposed to join Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) as a scientist at trombay after completion of his education.
“Raja Ramanna, then head of the Atomic Energy Commission, visited Allahabad University in 1961 when I was studying in BSc. I was selected for a scholarship and supposed to join as a scientist. The department had even asked me to sign a bond,” Vinod recollects, sitting in his drawing room.
House was the factor that finally kept him away from joining the AEC. His father had passed away when Vinod was only 14 years old, leaving him to fend for his mother. The house they lived in was on rent and the landlord filed a case in 1964 seeking its immediate vacation.
“Mother was dependent on me. I needed to take her and my unmarried sister along. When I checked with AEC, it said no accommodation was available. I would have spent the salary (₹400) in paying rent in Mumbai. Therefore, I expressed my inability to join and, luckily, I was released from the bond,” he reminisces.
Number of his friends had appeared and qualified for the civil services. Vinod felt civil services was the most ‘transparent and fair opportunity’ available at that time for a ‘dignified employment’. A supportive system existed in Allahabad for it. “Senior people were willing to guide. Books and literature was easily available,” he remembers. Moreover, private sector was ‘messy and cumbersome’ and required a candidate to have the right contacts to join.
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