BHOPAL: Bhopal’s Jagriti Awasthi ranked second in the UPSC mains results declared on Friday – it’s the second consecutive year that a Bhopalite is the topper among women.
Like Shrushti Deshmukh last year, who ranked 5th overall, Awasthi is an engineer. The 24-year-old is an alumnus of MANIT, Bhopal, and quit a job in BHEL to take on the UPSC challenge. Jabalpur’s Arth Jain, a graduate of IIT-Delhi, secured 16th AIR.
When TOI caught up with Awasthi on Friday, her elation was as measured as her preparation. “I hadn’t expected to rank so high, preparing through Covid times,” Awasthi said.
This time, she didn’t take electrical engineering as her optional. “I was always keen to learn about society, so I opted for sociology in the second attempt and it worked wonders for me,” said Awasthi.
