New Delhi: Gaurav Agrawal has secured the first rank in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination 2013. The results were declared on Thursday with Delhi-based Munish Sharma coming second and Rachit Raj third.
This is the first time in four years that a male candidate has topped the prestigious examination. Women had bagged the top slots in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Civil Services Examinations.
Gaurav Agrawal belongs to Jaipur in Rajasthan. Agrawal got the first rank in the exam with Economics as his optional subject. He holds Bachelor of Technology (Computer Science) degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow. This was his second attempt.
Munish has a Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry) degree from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University. He got through the exam in second attempt.
"I am very happy. My success is the result of hard work and blessings of my teachers and my mother," Munish told PTI over phone.
Rachit has cracked the examination in his first attempt.
There are three women in the top 10. They are Bharti Dixit (Rank 5), Sakshi Sawhney (6) and Medha Roopam (10).
Bharti Dixit, the topper among female candidates, has done Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi. This was her first attempt.
There are 15 males and 10 females in top 25 positions.
Among the top 25 candidates, 24 took the examination in English and one in Kannada medium. Nine of the top 25 candidates are from Engineering stream, three from Medical Science; four from Science and nine from Commerce, Humanities and other Social Sciences background.
Five of them have made to the merit list in their first attempts, 11 in second attempts, seven in third attempts and two in their fourth attempts.
The result also showcases the pan-India distribution of successful candidates.
Among the top 25, there are candidates claiming domicile from as many as 11 states or union territories: Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, it said.
Of these, 20 appeared for the examination from Delhi; two from Jaipur and one each from Lucknow, Bangalore and Chandigarh centres.
The successful candidates are appointed in Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and Central Services, Group 'A' and Group 'B'.
Out of total 1122 successful candidates, 517 candidates are from General Category, 326 OBC, 187 SC and 92 are from ST category. The number of vacancies reported by the government to be filled are 1228.
There are 180 vacancies in IAS (General 90, OBC 49, SC 27, ST 14), 32 in IFS (General 17, OBC 9, SC 4, ST 2) , 150 in IPS (General 75, OBC 43, SC 24, ST 8), 710 in Central Services Group 'A' (General 369, OBC 188, SC 103, ST 50) and 156 in Group 'B' Services (General 71, OBC 37, SC 30, ST 18).
Top Ten Successful Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2013
1 Gaurav Agrawal
2 Munish Sharma
3 Rachit Raj
4 Akshay Tripathi
5 Bharti Dixit
6 Sakshi Sawhney
7 Chanchal Rana
8 Johny Tom Varghese
9 Divyanshu Jha
10 Medha Roopam
(With inputs from PTI)####
Cse Result 2013 by Network18
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