In a first, women rank 1st and 2nd in UPSC exam

Updated on: Saturday, May 14, 2011

History has been made in this year’s civil services results. In a rare first, the top two candidates are women. Topper S Divyadharshini is an alumnus of Dr Ambedkar Law University in Chennai. Sweta Mohanty, who did her BTech in computer science from Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, has come second. The merit list boasts of five women candidates in the top 25. R V Varun Kumar of Chennai’s Ragas Dental College has topped among male candidates. Overall, he came third.

Of the 547,698 candidates who appeared for the preliminary exam held in May 2010, 920 - 717 men and 203 women - made the grade. Now, they will be inducted in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS), along with other central services.

Candidates from the engineering background seemed to enjoy a distinct edge in the civil services examination in 2010, the results of which were declared on Wednesday. Of the top 25, 15 had an engineering background, followed by medicine (five).

In a first, women rank 1st and 2nd in UPSC exam

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