Meet 3 IAS toppers, 2019: Kanishak Kataria, Akshat Jain and Junaid Ahmad

HERE are three toppers of the UPSC, 2019, — Kanishak Kataria and Akshat Jain, both belonging to Rajasthan — and Junaid Ahmad from Uttar Pradesh. Who are they, and what are the secret of their success:

3 things you can learn from UPSC exam’s top 3 rank holders — Anudeep Durishetty, Anu Kumari and Sachin Gupta

IF Anudeep Durishetty of Telangana who topped the civil services exam 2017, symbolises perseverance, it is sheer determination which made Haryana’s Anu Kumari, a mother of a four-year-old child, the all india 2nd rank holder. Then, what you can learn from Sachin Gupta, who bagged 3rd rank in UPSC? Yes, it’s how not to…

Babu Marriage: IAS toppers Tina Dabi and Athar Aamir Khan get married in Kashmir

Tina Dabi, Athar Aamir Khan (Photo Courtesy: Tina Dabi Instagram)

THERE is nothing new in two IAS officers falling in love during probation in Mussoorie’s IAS academy, LBSNAA, and then getting married. But on Sunday, the marriage of Tina Dabi and Athar Aamir Khan at a Pahalgam resort in the trouble-torn Kashmir Valley was the talking point both among officers and also in social media. But why? First, the IAS couple who…

KR Nandini tops civil services exam 2016; 2nd topper Anmol Sher Singh Bedi prefers IFS; 10 Things to Know

Top 25 Candidates

Ms KR Nandini from Karnataka topped the civil services examination, 2016, making it the third year in a row when a woman candidate stands first in India's inarguably the toughest examination, with Ira Signal being the topper in 2014 and Tina Dhabi in 2015. Whereas Nandini, now an IRS (Customs and Central Excise) officer will opt for IAS, the second position holder — Anmol Sher Singh Bedi, a computer engineer from BITS Pilani, is opting to be a diplomat. Gopalkrishna Ronanki stands third among the list of 1099 successful candidates who will be allocated in services such as IAS, IFS, IPS and Group “A” and Group “B”. Here are 10 things about the UPSC results as announced on Wednesday evening:

Talent Hunt? All three IAS toppers of CSE 2015 get the same cadre — Rajasthan

ADVANTAGE Rajasthan? All three toppers of civil services examination, 2015 — Tina Dabi, Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan and Jasmeet Singh Sandhu have been allotted the same cadre — Rajasthan. The DoPT which released on Monday the list of cadre allocation of all 180 IAS recruits, gave the first three rank holders the same cadre. Fourth rank holder Artika Shukla gets AGMUT cadre whereas the 5th rank holder Shashank Tripathi gets his home cadre — Uttar Pradesh. The allocation of cadre is done through a process under which one IAS may not get the cadre she wants irrespective of whether she is a topper or not. But one-cadre-for-all-three-toppers has possibly turned out to be an exceptional case this time when the creme la creme of the …

UPSC toppers spotted in power corridors; MoS in PMO gave them the first prescription

THREE toppers of civil services examination, 2015 — Tina Dabi, Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan and Jasmeet Singh Sandhu along with their parents met MoS in PMO Jitendra Singh in New Delhi on Wednesday in presence of a number of senior bureaucrats including DoPT secretary Sanjay Kothari. The toppers also met telecom minister RS Prasad and secretary JS Deepak. Here are a few tips that Jitendra Singh gave to the young would-be civil servants, as they discovered Delhi's power corridors for the first time:

Delhi girl Tina Dabi tops UPSC exam; railway probationer Athar and revenue probationer Jasmeet ranked 2nd and 3rd

A TV garb of Dabi (below) and Khan

DELHI girl Tina Dabi has topped the 2015 civil services examination in her very first attempt, whereas an IRTS officer-trainee Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan from Anantnag in Kashmir and Indian Revenue Service (Custom and Central Excise) officer trainee Jasmeet Singh Sandhu from Delhi secured the second and third rank respectively. Ms Dabi, 22, graduated from Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi, and is a resident of…

"...I was a tiny girl asking them to help in the dark night"; What saddens this “divyang” IAS officer Ira Singhal?

Ira Singhal

ON Mann ki Baat radio address aired on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested that the term 'viklang' should be replaced by 'divyang' (divine body) for persons with disability. BoI here presents an incident which Ira Singhal, an IAS officer-trainee and the first differently-abled woman to top civil services exam, had narrated in a social media site. This "divyang" civil servant was coming back with three of her friends from LBSNAA in Mussoorie to Delhi on the pre-Christmas day. As they reached Muradnagar in UP, they saw a...

Will new civil service exam syllabus checkmate engineering students? 10 observations

UPSC Toppers: What backgrounds are they from?

IF THE union personnel minister and MoS in PMO Jitendra Singh’s remarks on Sunday are interpreted, there is a possibility that the government may go in for a more level-playing field for the students belonging to arts and commerce vis-à-vis engineering students in future civil services examinations. While interacting with a group of civil services aspirants in New Delhi on Sunday, minister Singh talked about the allegation that the present syllabus and pattern of civil services/IAS examinations tend to benefit students from mathematics and engineering backgrounds. Here are 10 observations about preparation for the new syllabus:

IAS Topper Gaurav Agrawal: 10 things you may like to know about this Jaipur boy

LAST Friday, 29-year-old Gaurav Agrawal was joined by his father and wife in Hyderabad to celebrate a special moment. Agrawal, now on probation in the city's Sardar Vallabhbhai National Academy of Police, secured the first position in civil service examination 2013. Here are 10 things you may like to know about the IAS topper:

Kashmiri IAS topper gets security cover; Also says he is not a slumdog millionaire

HEARD of a secretary to Government of India being escorted by two body guards in New Delhi? Not really! But this year’s IAS topper, Dr Shah Faesal from Kashmir Valley, has now been given a security cover, according to media reports.

In fact, both local and national media gave extensive coverage to medical graduate Faesal’s rare feat of topping the civil services examination from the conflict-infested Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, making him an instant celebrity. Now, two security personnel will accompany Dr Faesal all the time. His father incidentally was killed by militants barely a few days before his pre-entrance medical examination eight years ago.

A report by Hindustan Times quoted Dr Faesal saying that he wants “to shuffle back to normalcy” after receiving invitations from various organizations, coaching centers etc. in addition to requests from media.

But is he a typical rags-to riches story? “I am not a slumdog millionaire,” the same national daily quoted Dr Faesal as saying, who in fact studied in Kashmir's premier school Biscoe. (Photo used here is mere symbolic)

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a) Union home secretary GK Pillai on Wednesday reviewed various security issues concerning airports in the country. Steps relating to biometric access, construction of watch towers, raising of perimeter walls, provision of adequate security staff, installation of CCTV cameras, provision of dog squads and bomb disposal squads, etc. were discussed at the specially-convened meeting.

b) Steel secretary Atul Chaturvedi urged industry lobby group FICCI to commission a study for taking the Joint Plant Committee (JPC) report forward.

Is Dr KP Krishnan joining PM’s Economic Advisory Council?

Dr KP Krishnan, a 1983 batch Karnataka cadre IAS, may join the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (EAC) as secretary. Currently, he is a joint secretary of capital markets in the finance ministry. EAC secretary Jayant Dasgupta, a 1981 batch Bihar cadre IAS, has been chosen as the new Ambassador, Permanent Mission of India, WTO, Geneva, for a period of three years from July 31, 2010.

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