UPSC results out, at least five from Manipur make the cut
Source: The Sangai Express / Courtesy- PTI/Hindustan Times
New Delhi, July 04 2015 :
Ira Singhal topped the prestigious civil services examination to select IAS and IPS officers, with four of the top five positions going to women, according to results announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Saturday.
According to a tentative list available with The Sangai Express, five candidates from Manipur have cleared the UPSC Exam.
They are Mayanglambam Rajkumar (500), Sanjenbam Sadananda Singh (732), Kriti Das Thokchom (816), Ruveda Salam (878) and Rajeev Kumar Yengkhom (1080) .
A total of 1,236 candidates cleared the test and were recommended for appointment to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and various Central services.
The first four positions went to Ira Singhal, Renu Raj, Nidhi Gupta and Vandana Rao, with Suharsha Bhagat the sole male in the top five.
Ira and Nidhi, who hail from Delhi, are Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) officers whereas, Renu is a doctor by profession.
She hails from Kerala.
"I am really very happy.
I can't believe this.
I just prepared for the examination," Ira told PTI.
Ira topped the exam in general category despite being physically handicapped.
"I want to be an IAS officer.
I want to do something for the benefit of physically-handicapped people," she said.
Renu got the second rank in her first attempt.
"I am extremely happy to know the result.
I have been preparing for the exam for the last one year," she told PTI from Thiruvananthapuram.
Renu, who works in a hospital in Kollam in Kerala, hails from Kottayam.
Third rank holder Nidhi said it is a proud moment for her to get selected in the examination.
"It is really a proud moment.
I put in lot of hard work and finally it paid," she said.
Nidhi is presently assistant commissioner of customs and central excise.
Besides 590 candidates from the general category, the test was cleared by 354 candidates from Other Backward Classes, 194 from Scheduled Castes and 98 from Scheduled Tribes.
The result of one candidate was withheld, according to the official announcement from the UPSC.
This was the first time that the UPSC declared the final results within four days of the closing date for the personality tests or interviews.
The annual civil services examination is conducted by the UPSC in three stages � preliminary, mains and interviews � to select candidates for the elite services.
The preliminary examination was conducted on August 24 last year at 2,137 venues across the country.
About 9.45 lakh candidates applied for it and about 4.51 lakh appeared for the examination.
Of these, 16,933 qualified for the main examination held in December last year and 16,286 appeared for it.
The result of the main examination was declared on March 13 and 3,308 candidates qualified for the personality test held from April 27 to June 30 .
A total of 1,364 posts are to be filled through the civil services examination.