UPSC Results announced: OBC Canditate is IAS Topper
The 2006 Civil Services Examination results were declared on Monday and Mutyalaraju Revu, an OBC candidate from Andhra Pradesh has topped the exam, while women constitute 21 per cent of the 474 successful candidates with two of them--Anindita Mitra and Juhi Mukherjee--figuring among the first ten. Amit Saini and Alok Tiwari have been placed second and third respectively. While Saini hails from Chandigarh, Tiwari is a native of Allahabad.
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Revu, belongs to an extremely humble family and his father is a farmer in the Krishna district in the state.Last year, Revu had cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam, but he had been awarded the Indian Police Service (IPS) because his rank was low.A product of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Revu then wrote the exam again and made it to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) this time.
When asked what he remembers most during his preparation, Revu says, “It is the support of my parents, friends and roommates that is responsible for this grand success.”
“We divided a period of five months into different segments and prepared according to the plan we made. Sheer hardwork, perseverance and confidence has contributed to the success,” he added.
This was the third time Revu had appeared for the exam. It has been his dream for sometime to get in the administrative services.
I wanted to be in civil services so that I can render my services to the nation, “ the topper says.When asked what is the first thing he would like to do when he goes and takes charge, Revu says, “It depends on the district I get. But my concentration will be on rural development because 70 per cent of the people live in rural India and they aren’t enough facilities even after 57 years of independence.”
Of the three lakh candidates that wrote the exam this year, the UPSC has recommended 474 candidates, including 101 women.
Anindita Mitra, an engineer, who ranked eighth, has topped among women.In the top 20 list, 14 belong to Commerce, Humanities and Social Sciences stream while five were engineers and one a doctor.Out of the 474 candidates, who cleared the tests conducted in three phases, 214 are from general category, 144 OBCs, 80 Scheduled Caste and 36 from Scheduled Tribe.
The government has reported 89 vacancies for the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 20 for Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and 103 for Indian Police Service (IPS).
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