UPSC Civil Services Results: Shruti Sharma Secures Rank 1 As Women Bag Top Three Spots
Shruti Sharma, Ankita Agarwal and Gamini Sangla have secured the first, second and third rank respectively in the civil services examinations 2021, results announced today by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
Shruti Sharma, Ankita Agarwal, and Gamini Sangla have secured the first, second and third rank respectively in the civil services examinations 2021, results announced today by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The top four ranks have been bagged by women this year.
Besides the top three rank holdres, Aishwarya Verma secured the fourth rank and Utkarsh Dwivedi achieved the fifth position.
"Credit goes to supportive parents"
Shruti Sharma, who has topped the UPSC civil services exam 2021, said her "extremely supportive" parents and friends helped her in her journey which required a lot of hard work and patience.
Delhi | I'm very happy with my result. My strategy was to make my own notes from newspapers & focus on answer writing practice for better presentation. I've used social media in a balanced way. My first preference is UP cadre: Shruti Sharma, UPSC Civil Services 2021 topper pic.twitter.com/7QKO9zB6xw
¡ª ANI (@ANI) May 30, 2022
Delhi-based Shruti, an alumna of Delhi University's St. Stephen's College, said she was not expecting such a result and it was a pleasant surprise.
"Credit goes to everyone who was involved in my journey, especially my parents. They were extremely supportive and friends who guided me," she said.
Delhi | I am very happy as she is happy. It is all due to her efforts. She was only interested in studies, in fact, we had to tell her to sleep. She used Social media in a limited way: Ruchi Sharma, mother of Shruti Sharma pic.twitter.com/LuiCJMjCYJ
¡ª ANI (@ANI) May 30, 2022
Sharma did her post-graduation from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and was preparing for the civils for the last four years and was a student of Jamia Millia Islamia's Residential Coaching Academy. The RCA is funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC) to provide free coaching and residential facilities to students belonging to categories such as the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes, and minorities.
As many as 685 candidates have qualified for the prestigious test, said the UPSC.
Marks to be available in 15 days
Of the successful candidates, 244 are from the general category, 73 from economically weaker sections, 203 of Other Backward Classes, and 105 from Schedule Caste, and 60 from the Scheduled Tribes.
UPSC Civil Services Examinations 2021 Final Result.
¡ª Abhinay Maths (@abhinaymaths) May 30, 2022
Congratulations to all selected....
Rank 1 - Shruti Sharma
Rank 2 - Ankita Agarwal
Rank 3 - Gamini Singla
& More...?#UPSC ?? #CivilServicesResults2021 pic.twitter.com/oA53Ibkv00
The civil services examination is conducted every year by the UPSC in three stages - preliminary, main, and interview - to select officers of the Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), and the Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.
The written and main part of the examination was conducted in January 2022, and the interviews were held in April and May this year.
The candidature of 80 candidates is provisional while the result of one candidate is withheld.
Marks will be available on the website within 15 days from the date of declaration of the result.
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