Bihar’s Shubham Kumar, who studied in IIT Bombay, has topped the Civil Services exam 2020 while Jagrati Awasthi, a B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from MANIT, Bhopal, has bagged the second rank. Ankita Jain, Yash Jaluka and Mamta Yadav are at the third, fourth and fifth positions respectively.
Ria Dabi — the younger sister of IAS officer Tina Dabi — has secured rank 15. Tina Dabi had topped the coveted exam in the year 2015. Ria and Tina are both alumnus of Lady Shri Ram College of Delhi University. The IAS officer took to Instagram to congratulate her younger sister.
“I am delighted to share that my younger sister Ria Dabi @ria.dabi has got rank 15 in UPSC 2020 exam” the officer tweeted. IAS Tina Dabi is currently posted in the Rajasthan cadre as the Joint Secretary Finance (Tax).
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday declared the Civil Services Results 2020 that was conducted under strict SOPs mandated by the government.
Among the top 25 candidates, 13 are men and 12 women. The recommended candidates also include 25 persons with Benchmark Disability (7 Orthopedically Handicapped, 4 Visually Challenged, 10 Hearing Impaired and 4 Multiple Disabilities), a UPSC notification mentioned.
The prelims exam was conducted in October 2020. The main examination was conducted by the Commission from January 8 to January 17, 2021. Candidates who qualified the main exam were called for interview round.
The interview or personality test for selection to the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and other Central Services (Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’) was conducted from August 2 to September 22, 2021.
According to the UPSC, a total of 761 candidates have been recommended for appointment. The appointment to the various Services will be made according to the number of vacancies available with due consideration to the provisions contained in the Rules for the Examination. The candidature of 151 recommended candidates is provisional.
This recruitment drive is to fill up 836 posts out of which 180 for I.A.S, 36 for I.F.S, 200 for I.P.S, 302 for Central Services Group A and 118 for Group B Services. The marks of the candidates will be available on the website within 15 days from the date of declaration of the result.
The Commission has a “Facilitation Counter” near Examination Hall in its campus. Candidates can obtain any information / clarification regarding their examinations / recruitments on the working days. Candidates can check for more related details on the official site of UPSC.