The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on April 16 declared the results for the Civil Services Exam 2023, with Aditya Srivastava securing the top rank.
Animesh Pradhan and Donuru Ananya Reddy secured the second and third ranks respectively, it said.
Candidates can check their results on the UPSC’s website
Srivastava qualified the examination with Electrical Engineering as his optional subject. He has done his graduation (B Tech.) in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur.
Animesh Pradhan, a graduate (B Tech.) in Computer Science from NIT Rourkela, secured second rank with Sociology as his optional subject. Donuru Ananya Reddy, a graduate [B.A. (Hons.) Geography] from Miranda House, Delhi University stood third in the rank with Anthropology as her optional subject.
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P.K. Sidharth Ramkumar, B.Arch from College of Architecture, Trivandrum, secured fourth rank with Anthropology as his optional subject.
Ruhani, a graduate [B.A. (Hons.) Economics] from St. Stephens College, Delhi University, secured fifth rank with Economics as her optional subject.
A total of 1,016 candidates cleared the examination and have been recommended for different central government services, the UPSC said.
The top 25 candidates comprise 10 women and 15 men.
Of the over 1,000 candidates, 115 are from the economically weaker section, while 303, 165, and 86 belong to the OBC, SC and ST categories respectively. The remaining 347 are general category candidates.
These candidates have been recommended for appointment to the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service, and Central Services (Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’)
Educational qualifications of top 25 successful candidates range from graduation in engineering, humanities, science, commerce, business administration, architecture and law from premier institutions of the country such as IIT, IIM, NIT, University of Delhi and National Law University among others.
Top 25 successful candidates have opted for subjects like anthropology, chemistry, geography, economics, electrical engineering, law, history, mathematics, physics, political science and international relations and sociology as their optional choice in the written (main) examination, the UPSC said.
The recommended candidates also include 30 persons with benchmark disability (16 orthopedically handicapped, six visually challenged, five hearing impaired and three with multiple disabilities).
The civil services (preliminary) examination, 2023 was conducted on May 28 last year. A total of 10,16,850 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 5,92,141 candidates actually appeared in the examination.
As many as 14,624 candidates qualified for appearance in the written (main) examination, which was held in September, 2023.
“A total of 2,855 candidates qualified for the personality test of the examination,” the Commission said.
The government has reported 1,143 vacancies -- 180 in IAS, 37 in IPS, 200 in IPS, 613 posts in different central Group A services and 113 in Group B services -- to be filled through the civil services examination 2023, the UPSC said.
As many as 240 candidates have been put in a reserved list, it said, adding that the candidature of 355 recommended candidates has been kept provisional.
UPSC has a “Facilitation counter” near the examination hall in its campus.
“Candidates can obtain any information/clarification regarding their examinations/recruitments on the working days between 10:00 hours to 17:00 hours in person or over telephone nos. 23385271/23381125/23098543,” it said.
Marks will be available on the website within 15 days from the date of declaration of result, the Commission said.
(With agency inputs)
