Durishetty Anudeep tops civil services; Sachin Gupta of Haryana 3rd
Deepender Deswal
Tribune News Service
New Delhi/Hisar, April 27
Durishetty Anudeep, a serving Indian Revenue Service officer, has topped the prestigious civil services 2017 examination, whose results were declared on Friday by the Union Public Service Commission.
Anu Kumari and Sachin Gupta bagged the second and third positions, respectively, in the coveted examination.
Sachin Gupta, belonging to small trader family based in Sirsa town, ranked third in his third attempt.
Presently working as Assistant Director in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, he said he was inspired to join the civil services by his father who is a farmer in Sirsa town. His mother Sushma Gupta is a government schoolteacher.
Talking to The Tribune, Gupta said his elder brothers Ravi Gupta and Jitender Gupta are in the business of wholesale trade in Sirsa town.
“After completing my school from DAV school in Sirsa, I have completed Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Thapar University, Patiala.
“I got a good salary package from Maruti Suzuki of Rs 6.5 lakh during my stint from 2013 to 2015. Later, my father urged me to go for civil services. My mother is passionate about education especially for the underprivileged communities. That’s why I decided to leave my lucrative career in the private sector,” he said.
He said that his parents and teachers equally contributed and supported him in shaping his career and later preparing for the civil services.
I used to study 10-12 hours a day. This is like a dream come true. This feeling has still not sunk in. My first preference will be IAS as I want to stay in my country & serve the people here: Anu Kumari, Second rank holder of the Civil Service examination 2017
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“Initially, my colleagues in the private sector advised me against leaving the job in the private sector. But constant support from my parents encouraged me to give my best in my efforts for the civil services examination”, he added.
Topper Anudeep, an OBC candidate from Metpally in Telangana, is posted in Hyderabad as an Assistant Commissioner.
A total of 990 candidates — 750 men and 240 women—have been recommended by the Commission for appointment to various Central Government services, UPSC said in a statement here.
Of the candidates recommended for appointment, 476 are from the general category, 275 from OBC, 165 from scheduled caste and 74 from scheduled tribes category.
“The recommended candidates also include 29 physically disabled persons (9 orthopedically handicapped; 8 visually challenged and 12 hearing impaired),” it said.
Saumya Sharma, a physically disabled candidate, with hearing impairment, secured an overall ninth rank, the UPSC said.
An officer of IRS (Customs and Central Excise) of 2014 batch, Anudeep qualified the examination with Anthropology as his optional subject.
Anudeep has graduated with BE (Electronics & Instrumentation) degree from BITS, Pilani.
Anu Kumari, the topper among the female candidates, has graduated with BSc (Hons) in Physics from the Delhi University and has done an MBA (Finance and Marketing) from IMT, Nagpur.
Nandini KR, Tina Dabi and Ira Singhal had topped the civil services examination 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
A total of 1058 vacancies were to be filled through Civil Services Examination, 2017, which included 29 vacancies for physically handicapped candidates, the statement said.
“Result of two candidates has been withheld,” it said.
Among the top 25 candidates, there 17 men and 8 women, it said.
“The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2017 was conducted on June 18, 2017. 9,57,590 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 4,56,625 candidates actually appeared. 13,366 candidates qualified for appearance in the written (Mains) examination held in October-November, 2017. Of them, 2,568 candidates qualified for the Personality Test conducted in February-April, 2018,” it said. — With PTI
