Telangana's Durishetty Anudeep is topper of the UPSC 2017 civil services exam

Telangana's Durishetty Anudeep is topper of the UPSC 2017 civil services exam

Durishetty Anudeep, Indian Revenue Service officer break the three year long streak of female candidates bagging the top spot in civil services exam. Durishetty bagged the first rank in the UPSC’s 2017 civil services exam. The second and third position were held by Anu Kumari and Sachin Gupta respectively. Anudeep, an OBC candidate from Metpally in Telangana is Assistant Commissioner in Hyderabad. “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 selected candidates, 476 are from the General category, 275 are from OBC, 165 are from the SC and 74 are from from the ST category. "The recommended candidates also include 29 physically disabled persons (9 orthopedically handicapped; 8 visually challenged and 12 hearing impaired)," the statement further said. Saumya Sharma, a physically disabled candidate secured AIR 9. Anudeep is a graduate engineer from BITS Pilani in Electronics & Instrumentation. Anu Kumari, a topper among female candidates is a graduate from Delhi University in Physics BSc (Physics) and completed her MBA from IMT, Nagpur in Finance and Marketing. Nandini K R, Tina Dabi and Ira Singhal had topped the civil services examination 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. "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," UPSC said.

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