As many as 26 candidates from Odisha, including Divyajyoti Parida, ranked 26th in the country, cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination-2015, the results of which were announced on Tuesday.
Delhi girl Tina Dabi is the all-India topper while Aamir ul Shari Khan Akhtar and Jasmeet Singh Sandhu secured the second and third positions, respectively.
Among the 26 successful candidates from Odisha are Divyajyoti Parida (Rank 26), Anupam Mishra (81), Ashok Mishra (122), Khyama Mishra, Sagarika Nath (199), Amitabh Mishra (260), Smruti Mishra (269), Rahul Deo (279), Abhilash Mishra (341), Subhankar Mohapatra (367), Dhiman Boral (398), Suman Sourav Mohanty (413), Himadri Bhusan Biswal (516), Ashish Kumar Senapati (548), Aparajita Das (560), Pramod Nayak (779), lingaraj Nayak (922), Sitikantha Das (946), Sridhara Das (974), Dipak Kumar Murmu (1031) and Indrajit Panda (1075)
A total of 1078 candidates cleared the ICS examinations of which 180 have qualified for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 150 for the Indian Police Service (IPS) and 45 for the Indian Foreign Service (IFS). The remaining 703 candidates have qualified for the Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’.
Out of a total of 1078 successful candidates, 499 candidates are from General category, 314 OBCs, 76 SCs and 89 are from ST category. The final merit list was prepared based on the written examinations, which were held in December 2015, while the interview for Personality Test was held in March-May 2016.