A total of 24 students from Odisha cleared the Indian Civil Services Examinations (ICS)-2014, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), the results of which were announced on Saturday.
While Ira Singhal has emerged the all-India topper, two other girls Renu Raj and Nidhi Gupta have secured second and third position, respectively. All the three are from other States.
Among the Odisha students, Ananya Das has secured the top position with 16th rank followed by lingaraj Panda (38), Kranti Kumar Pati (50), Pamela Satpathy (51), Pravat Mallick (68), Smruti Ranjan Mohanty (87), Sandip Kumar Mallick (102), Arunanshu Giri (132), Abhishek Tripathy (151), Soumya Mishra (177), Padmini Sahu (199), Sushant Kumar Mishra (237), Ashish Kumar Panda-276, Satarupa Mishra-303, Nanda Dulal Das (493), Apurba Mishra (654), Anshuman Mishra (672), Sucharita Das (711), Dhiman Barai (768), Hruday Kumar Das (1079), Sunil Das (1161) and Raj Kumar Das (1172), Pareswar Da (1220) and Rakesh Das (1231).
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated the State’s successful candidates and said that from this year the successful ICS candidates of the State would be felicitated by the Government.