The Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) here on Friday cleared the names of at least 392 candidates for appointments to the posts coming under Group A and Group B of the Odisha Civil Services (OCS). The advertisement for these posts had come out in 2020 and the preliminary examinations were held in 2021.
While the top three ranks have been bagged by women,
Tejaswini Behera, an SC candidate, has topped the list and is selected
for the Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) under the unreserved (UR)
category. Subhankari Sudeshana Dash and Ananya Sristi Satapathy have
secured second and third ranks, respectively.
In fact, there are seven women candidates in the top ten rank holders; and out of all 392 successful candidates, 148 are women. Among the men’s toppers, Debabrata Kar and Debabrata Moharana
have bagged fourth and fifth ranks, respectively. The personality tests
for the OCS examination-2020 were held from September 19 to 30.
Tejaswini Behera said her next attempt would be to appear at the UPSC-conducted IAS examination.