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Professionals are toppers in Civil Services examinations

By Lakshmi Balakrishnan

NEW DELHI MAY 1. Professionals walked away with almost half of the top 20 seats of this year's Civil Services examinations, including the top slot, which has been bagged by Ankur Garg, an engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, in his first attempt.

Less than a week after the Lok Sabha witnessed a heated discussion on whether professionals should be allowed to appear for the Civil Services examinations, the results announced today shows a clear trend towards professionals making a mark. The top 20 of this year's list include four engineers, two doctors, two lawyers and an MBA professional.

A total of 286 students have been selected and recommended for appointment to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), the Indian Foreign Service, the Indian Police Service and the Central Services, group A and B posts. The list includes 53 women.

This year's results show an improvement in the number of students making it in their first attempt — eight of the top 20. They include Patiala-based Ankur Garg, the topper, and third rank holder, S. Aswathy, an M.Phil student from the University of Hyderabad. Women got six of the top 20 seats.

Of those selected, 38 are from the Scheduled Caste, 22 from the Scheduled Tribe, and 88 Other Backward Classes. Kamal Kishore Yadav is the topper in the OBC category.

Around 1.5 lakh students took the preliminary tests conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on May 19 last year. Of the 3,483 candidates who qualified for the main written test, 750 were selected for interview.

While the results are available at the UPSC's website www.upsc.gov.in it has also set up a facilitation counter near the examination hall in its campus. Candidates can obtain information or clarification regarding their recruitment or examinations by dialling 2338521 or 23381125.

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