Delhi students have emerged with flying colours in the prestigious Civil Services Examination 2013, the results of which were declared on Thursday. While Delhi-based Munish Sharma and Rachit Raj have got second and third positions, Bharti Dixit from lady Hardinge Medical College has topped the women’s section and came fifth overall. A student of the Sri Venkateshwar College of Delhi University, Munish was raised by a single parent. He pursued a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biochemistry and completed his MBA from lal Bahadur Shastri Institute. He cracked the exam in the second attempt. Munish credits his mother for all the support emotionally and financially. “I am extremely happy. My first attempt was without any preparation, but I have worked hard for this result. My mother is a teacher and in fact even I started teaching from the ninth grade, and I believe all of that has helped me today,” said Munish who was elated after the result was declared.
Munish prepared for the exam while he worked at KPMG. “Civil Service was my true calling and I started preparing for it properly in 2012,” he informed. On the other hand, Rachit and Bharti cracked the exam in their first attempt. Dixit has done Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from lady Hardinge Medical College.
This was the first time in three years that a male topped this competitive examination. Gaurav Agrawal from Jaipur got the first rank in the exam with Economics as his optional subject. He is also highly qualified and holds a BTech in Computer Science degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) lucknow. However, it took him two attempts as well to crack the exam.
According to the Ministry of Personnel data, 1,122 candidates have been recommended for appointment in Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and other central services on the basis of the Civil Services Examination 2013. Of these students 15 males and 10 females appeared in the top 25 positions. Additionally, 20 of these students were from Delhi.
The data also adds that only five of the 25 toppers managed to make it to the merit list in their first attempt, while 11 students managed in their second attempt, seven in the third attempt and two in their fourth attempt.
The Civil Services (preliminary) Examination was held on May 26, 2013. At that time, a total of 7,76,565 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 3,23,949 candidates actually appeared and 14,959 candidates were declared qualified for appearance in the main examination. The main exam was held in December, 2013 and based on their performance, 3,003 candidates were shortlisted for the personality test which was conducted in April-June.
While the results are available on UPSC’s website, marks are likely to be available on the website within 15 days from the date of declaration of results.