User:Ubaid Arafat

Ubaid Arafat, born at Turkpora; a small village surrounded by hills on its three sides, in Bandipora District of North Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir India on the 7th of April 1991. When he was just three months old, his father Hafiz Nazir Ahmad was arrested by Indian Army alleged as a militant, released later and acquitted by the Sessions Court Baramulla, 23 years later. Thus his early life was full of challenges. He started his schooling in nearby Government run Primary School Miandoub Turkpora and completed his primary education in 2001, there. After completing his primary education he joined Government Boys Secondary School Quilmuqam and matriculated from there in 2006. In the year 2007, he joined NM Government Boys Higher Secondary School Kaloosa Bandipora and the financial crisis forced him to spend one complete year in earning some money and completed his 12th in 2009. He joined HKM Government Degree College Bandipora in 2010 and completed his BA in 2012. In 2013 he chose to prepare for Government exams and qualified Forest Guards' exam conducted by Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board in the same year. In 2014 he joined J&K Forest Department as a Forest Guard and is presently serving in Bandipora Forest Division Chiternar. In 2015 he chose to persue a Master's degree in English and completed it in 2016 via Distance Education from Indira Gandhi National Open University.