UPSC Final Results of 2018 are out: Kanishka Kataria , from IIT Bombay tops the list.

April 05, 2019

Kanishka Kataria

Rank-1 , Kanishak Kataria, a B. Tech graduate from IIT Bombay

has topped the civil services final exam, the UPSC announced on Friday as it declared the results. Mr Kataria, who belongs to the SC Category, qualified the examination with Mathematics as his optional subject, Union Public Service Commission or UPSC said.

Srushti Jayant Deshmukh is topper among women. She secured the fifth rank overall. Ms Deshmukh has graduated with B.E.(Chemical Engineering) from Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, a press release said.

Of the top 25 candidates, 15 are men and 10 are women.

759 candidates, comprising 577 men and 182 women, have been recommended for appointment to Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and Central Services, Group 'A' and Group 'B'.

The top 25 candidates have graduated in subjects like Engineering; Sciences; Economics; Law; Mathematics; History; Political Science; Public administration and Commerce from premier institutions of the country such as IITs, NIT, NLU, BITS Pilani, DU, Mumbai University, Anna University, Pune University.

Shrushti Deshmukh with her family.

The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination was conducted in June. The Civil services (Preliminary ) Results came out 3 months hence.Though over 10 lakh candidates applied for this examination only about 5 lakh candidates appeared for it. Of these, 10,468 candidates qualified for the Written (Main) Examination which was held in September- October, 2018. Various candidates from Zeal Academy cleared the Preliminary and Mains exams. A total of 1994 candidates had qualified for the Personality Test, held in February-March this year.

The second rank holder Akshat Jain, an engineering graduate from IIT Guwahati, told PTI he was elated and one of the reasons why he appeared in the civil services examination was to serve the society.

“I would like to serve as an IAS officer in my home State Rajasthan,” he said.

Deshmukh, who will be the first civil servant in her family, is an M.Phil in chemical engineering. She said she had faith in herself and that helped her clear the prestigious examination in her first attempt.

“I think it is the consistency and the faith in yourself that make one achieve all goals,” she said. .

Optional subjects of the top 25 candidates in the examination ranged from Anthropology, Chemistry, Commerce & Accountancy, Geography, Law, Maths, History, Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration, Psychology, Sociology, and English Literature, the press statement by UPSC said.

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The recommended candidates also include 36 Persons with Benchmark Disability (11 Orthopedically Handicapped; 12 Visually Challenged, 11 Hearing Impaired & 02 Multiple Disability), it added.

Appointment to the various services will be made according to the number of vacancies available with due consideration to the provisions contained in the rules for the examination.

The number of vacancies reported by the government to be filled is as under: IAS-180 (including reserved category), IFS-30, IPS-150, Central Services Group ‘A’-384, Group ‘B’ services-68.

Educational qualification-wise the top 25 candidates belong to subjects like Engineering; Sciences; Economics; Law; Mathematics; History; Political Science; Public administration and Commerce graduating from premier institutions of the country such as IITs, NIT, NLU, BITS Pilani, DU, Mumbai University, Anna University, Pune University, etc.

The Zeal Academy's course for the training of Civil services starts this June first week.

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