Meet UPSC Toppers: Saikanth V, Ira Singhal, Saketa M, P Satish Reddy, C Vanmathi

Ira Singhal, Rank: 1
Union Public Service Commission exam topper Ira Singhal is just 4.5 feet and is differently-abled. But, there has never been a limit to her determination and tenacity. Singhal suffers from a disability with her spinal cord that doesn’t allow her to twist her arms. In her first attempt in 2010, the 31 year-old secured 813th rank and had failed to get a posting. She fought and won her case against the establishment in the CAT and was finally given a posting in December 2014.

In her fifth attempt, she topped the exam in general category despite being physically challenged.

Presently, she is a serving officer in Indian Revenue Service and is posted as Assistant Commissioner (Customs) in the city for the last six months. “I wanted to be an IAS officer. I want to do something for the benefit of physically-handicapped people,” she said.

Surprised over the result, “I want people to understand all are equal. I want to ensure people don’t face problems that I have faced in life. I want to ensure a free and fair system for the disabled,” she told Express.

Born as the only child to Anita and Rajendra Singhal, Ira is a native of Meerut. After completing her 12th from Army Public School, Dhaula Kaun, Ira did her BE and completed her MBA from DU. She has also worked as Customer Development Manager in Cadbury in 2008-2010.

Saikanth V, Rank:18

Cracking UPSC was not so difficult for this 26-year-old software engineer. CM Saikanth Varma, an alumnus of IIT-Madras, is an ex-employee of Google and Amazon, and secured 18th rank in his very first attempt. “Sometimes I would study for eight hours a day, sometimes it was two to four hours. Some days, I didn’t study at all,” he said. Saikanth quit his job in Google and joined a coaching centre in the city to prepare for the prelims.

But he said, he never kept himself locked in his study room while preparing. “I am a big movie buff. I didn’t stop watching movies even after I started my preparation. In fact I watched more movies during this period whenever I felt tired of studying,” he said with a laugh.

Explaining his initial plan of preparation, Varma said, he chose maths as his optional subject, for which he joined a coaching institute in Hyderabad. Being a mathematics student, it helped him to do better in optional subject. However, he believes that no subject is easy or difficult.

(News) Anna varsity alumna ​Charusree Thiagarajan (AIR-6)​ ​​is IAS topper ​2014 ​in Tamil Nadu

A few weeks ago at the personality test in New Delhi, Charusree Thiagarajan (24) had to make a choice between environment conservation and infrastructure development. Refusing to make a choice, she took a stand, sensibly striking a right balance between conservation and development. It worked.

On Saturday, Ms.Charusree emerged the topper among thousands of IAS aspirants who prepared for the civil services exam from Chennai, securing the sixth rank at the all-India level. After innovating on wireless technology at Qualcomm, she took a decision to join the Indian Forest Service. Now, her career is set to take yet another turn, towards the Indian Administrative Service as the Union Public Service Commission on Saturday recommended a list of 1,236 successful candidates for appointment to IAS, IFS, IPS and Central Services.

With a score at the personality test crucial for a good ranking in the highly competitive examination, sensible answers by such candidates have offered them the opportunity to join the IAS. Having secured the highest rank among candidates from the State, Ms.Charusree is expected to join the Tamil Nadu cadre of IAS after completion of training.

Crunch of IPS officers

To mitigate the shortage of IPS officers, the Government has introduced ‘Limited Competitive Examination’ as the third mode of recruitment to the IPS. Officers of the rank of Deputy Superintendents of Police of State Police Services, Assistant Commandants of Central Paramilitary Forces and Captains and Majors of Defence Forces fulfilling certain eligibility criteria are eligible for appearing in the said examination. By this mode of recruitment, 80 candidates are to be recruited annually.

A large number of Court Cases have been received in this Ministry, UPSC, DoP&T and MoD challenging various aspects of the scheme of this mode of recruitment and at present the matter is sub-judice. However, to mitigate the shortage of IPS officers, the batch-size of IPS (direct recruit) has been increased from 88 to 103 from CSE 2005, to 130 from CSE 2008 and to 150 from CSE 2009. Besides the above, the process of appointment to the Indian Police Service by promotion from State Police Service has been accelerated.

(Success Story) C Vanmathi cabbie's daughter and S Rajesh Kannan farmer's son, among UPSC toppers

Among the 1,236 names on the UPSC final list this year is a paralysed cab driver's daughter and a farmer's son from Tamil Nadu.

C Vanmathi was at her father's hospital bedside in Coimbatore when news of her success arrived on Saturday. Her father, T N Chenniyappan, sustained a spinal injury two days after Vanmathi had finished the interview round. But he was beaming when he heard that his daughter secured the 152nd rank in the UPSC exam.

S Rajesh Kannan, was ranked much lower, at 767, but was equally happy. Rajesh said his father S Samayanan, a farmer, was his main source of encouragement and would keep him updated on current affairs.

"I am not well educated and my wife did not go to school. We worked to fulfil my daughter's wishes," said Chenniyappan who was injured in a fall 20 days ago. "I am very happy. Now I'm confident that I will get well soon." Vanmathi, who is from a family of cattle-rearers in Sathyamangalam, Erode, remembers how she used to sit on the back of a buffalo, imagining herself to be a collector. When she completed her Class 12, relatives suggested that her parents marry her off.

(Download) UPSC Combined Medical Services Exam Paper -2, 2015

Gynecology and Obstetrics, Preventive and Social Medicine

Exam Name: Combined Medical Services Exam

Year: 2015

Paper: Paper - II

(E-Book) UPSC CMS (MEDICAL) EXAM Papers PDF Download

(Download) UPSC Combined Medical Services Exam Paper -1, 2015

General Medicine and Pediatrics

Exam Name: Combined Medical Services Exam

Year: 2015

Paper: Paper - I

POOR Performance by Govt Run UPSC, Civil Services Coaching Centers

The civil services examinations results announced by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) recently saw dozens of young men and women from the northern states script success stories. While the craze for the elite Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and other allied services has led to the mushrooming of professional institutes, the state governments and universities in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh have also been running centres to provide coaching to aspirants, especially those from the underprivileged sections, aiming to crack the civil services exam. Barring one successful candidate at the Panjab University coaching institute, these centres have drawn a blank this time. A few have even been nonstarters.

UPSC want to relinquish itself from SCRA examination for railways

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has told the Railway Ministry that it is not inclined to hold the Special Class Railway Apprentice Examination (SCRA) and told it to justify holding the exam.

"The Commission may not be inclined to continue with the examination unless full and proper justification is forthcoming from the Railway Ministry for such continuance," UPSC Secretary Ashim Khurana said in a letter to Railway Board Member (Staff) Pradeep Kumar.

"Yes, UPSC has raised the SCRA issue and written to us seeking our response. We are examining the issue and will communicate our views to the Commission shortly," Kumar said.

(Written Result) UPSC IES/ISS Exam - 2015

On the basis of the result of the written part of the Indian Economic Service/Indian Statistical Service Examination 2015 held by the U.P.S.C. in May, 2015, the candidates with the under mentioned Roll Numbers have qualified for Interview/Personality Test.

The result of those candidates who belong to JAT community and had applied under OBC category in accordance with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Resolution No. 20012/129/2009/BC.II, dated 04.03.2014, is PROVISIONAL and subject to the Judgment dated March 17, 2015 of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in which the said Resolution has been quashed.

Further, the candidature of all these candidates who have qualified for Interview/Personality Test is PROVISIONAL subject to their being found eligible in all respects. The candidates would be required to produce the original certificates in support of their claims relating to age, educational qualifications, community, physical disability and other documents such as Attestation Forms and TA Forms, etc. at the time of the Personality Test. The formats of SC/ST/OBC & PH certificates, Attestation Forms and TA Form, etc. can be downloaded from the website of the Commission. They are, therefore, advised to keep the said certificates ready with them.

In accordance with the Rules of examination, all these candidates are required to fill up the Detailed Application Form (D.A.F.), which is available on the Commission's Website http;//www.upsc.gov.in and submit the same ONLINE. The DAF will be available on the website of the Commission from 17.07.2015 to 27.07.2015 till 11.59 PM. Important instructions regarding filling up of the DAF and submitting the same ONLINE to the Commission will also be available on the website. The candidates who have been declared successful have to first get themselves registered on the relevant page of the website before filling up the ONLINE Detailed Application Form. The qualified candidates are further advised to refer to the Rules of the Indian Economic Service/ Indian Statistical Service Examination 2015 published in the gazette of India, dated 21.02.2015, which are also available on the website of the Commission.

(Marks) UPSC: IAS Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam - 2014

The results of the UPSC Civil Services examination 2014 were declared recently, and was topped by Ira Singhal. The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared the scores obtained by various candidates in the Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2014.

Exam Name: IAS (Pre.)

Year: 2014

IAS Rankers drive rural aspirants to fulfil their dream

Many youngsters are now aiming for civil services, thanks to a selection of a few candidates from North Andhra region for the top posts in the recently announced UPSC results. Many students have been opting for conventional degree instead of engineering for the last few years to enhance their job opportunities.

Many parents also think that the conventional degree would help their children to get chances in civil services, banking sector and other all India competitions apart from providing opportunities as lecturers and teachers. The engineering students are also preparing for civil services apart from concentrating on academic studies.

The recent achievements of the candidates such as Vedita (71st rank), Manita Kumari (808th rank) and D.S.D. Ramya (893rd rank) of the region have inspired many youngsters backward areas to opt for civil services which is generally dominated by students of metropolitan cities. According to experts, the students who concentrate on civils from degree first year itself would certainly get selections.

VINEX IAS Academy-Visakhapatnam, Pragati IAS Study Circle Vijayawada, and other institutions organised programmes in Srikakulam and Vizianagarams to create awareness among the parents and students over the examination pattern of civil services.

Differently-abled Ira Singhal proved it once again

Delhi’s Ira Singhal on Saturday became the first differently abled woman to top the civil services examination in which women took the top four positions.

With 62 per cent locomotor disability, 30-year-old Ira had cleared the examination in 2010 too and was allotted the Indian Revenue Service but she was stopped from joining because authorities cited her “inability to push, pull and lift’’. She moved the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) which ruled in her favour and she was inducted as Assistant Commissioner in the Customs and Central Excise Service.

(Download) UPSC SCRA Interview Call Letter - 2015

Exam Name: SCRA

Year: 2015

BREAKING: IAS 2014 Final Result Released by UPSC

1. Based on the results of the written part of Civil Services Examination, 2014 held by the Union Public Service Commission in December, 2014 and the interviews for Personality Test held in April-June, 2015, following is the list, in order of merit, of candidates who have been recommended for appointment to:

(i) Indian Administrative Service;
(ii) Indian Foreign Service;
(iii) Indian Police Service; and
(iv) Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’

2. A total number of 1236 candidates have been recommended for appointment as per following break-up:

3. In accordance with Rule 16 (4) & (5) of the Civil Services Examination Rules 2014, the Commission is maintaining a consolidated Reserve List of candidates as under:

4. Appointment to the various Services will be made according to the number of vacancies available with due consideration to the provisions contained in paras 2 and 19 of the Rules for the Examination. The number of vacancies reported by the Government to be filled are as under:

* includes 54 PH vacancies ( 21 PH-1, 14 PH-2 & 19 PH-3 )

5. The candidature of 69 recommended candidates with following Roll Nos. is provisional :

001462 002297 002525 003780 004698 005171 007183 011530 025035
033601 064325 066021 068492 071810 110010 112758 131342 136596
170491 174908 194338 203907 226965 232554 234783 269419 284735
300670 301985 329648 348421 348578 357115 358160 360349 364498
366653 370438 376348 385441 386016 433538 434494 458723 469746
497544 520089 524817 531579 537685 537951 538639 546099 553061
564387 570287 585282 589674 596564 603167 643252 655142 659993
680972 681068 688073 698918 806124 958768

6. Result of one candidate has been withheld.

7. UPSC has a “Facilitation Counter” near Examination Hall in its campus. Candidates can obtain any information / clarification regarding their examinations / recruitments on the working days between 10:00 hours to 17:00 hours in person or over telephone Nos. 23385271 / 23381125 / 23098543. Result will also be available on the U.P.S.C. website i.e. http//www.upsc.gov.in. Marks will be available on the website within 15 days from the date of declaration of Result.

Civil services exam result is out, Women bag top four positions

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) have announced the results of its civil services exam on its website www.upsc.gov.in.

It is the first time that the final results have been declared within four days of the closing date for the interviews.

According to the press note published on the website, a total of 1,236 candidates have been recommended for appointment. This year’s toppers are Ira Singhal, Renu Raj and Nidhi Gupta. Four out of the five toppers are women.