Meet the Civil Services Exam 2013 Topper!

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared results for the Civil Service Examination 2013.

Gaurav Agrawal, resident of Gayatri Nagar in Maharani Farm in Jaipur, got the first rank in the exam with economics as his optional subject. He holds Bachelor of Technology (Computer Science) degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow. This was his second attempt.

For the first time in four years, a male candidate topped the prestigious examination. Women had bagged the top slots in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Civil Services Examinations.

Agrawal, who got 244th rank and chose Indian Police Service last year, says IAS is his first choice.

Currently undergoing training at the National Police Academy in Hyderabad, Agrawal has also worked as trader, emerging markets and credit trading, in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2011 for Citibank.

“IAS is my first choice. It is a field job. You can meet people, understand their problems and then try to solve them,” said Agrawal.
Delhi-based Munish Sharma and Rachit Raj have landed the second and third positions respectively.

Sharma holds a Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry) degree from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University. He cleared the exam in second attempt.

Raj has cracked the examination in his first attempt.

As many as 1,122 candidates have been recommended for appointment in Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and other central services on the basis of the Civil Services Examination, 2013, said a release issued by the Ministry of Personnel.

There are 15 males and 10 females in top 25 positions. Among the top 25 candidates, 24 took the examination in English and one in Kannada medium.

Nine of the top 25 candidates are from engineering stream, three from medical science, four from science and nine from commerce, humanities and other social sciences background.

Five of them have made to the merit list in their first attempts, 11 in second attempts, seven in third attempts and two in their fourth attempts.

The result also showcases the pan-India distribution of successful candidates. Among the top 25, there are candidates claiming domicile from as many as 11 states or union territories: Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, it said.

Of these, 20 appeared for the examination from Delhi; two from Jaipur and one each from Lucknow, Bangalore and Chandigarh centres.

While 517 candidates have cleared the examination in the general category, 326 belong to Other Backward Classes, 187 Scheduled Caste and 92 Scheduled Tribe categories.

As many as 180 candidates have made it to the highly-coveted IAS, while 32 to Indian Foreign Services and 150 to Indian Police Service. The maximum (710) number of candidates has been selected for Central Services Group 'A' and the rest (156) to Group 'B' Services.

The Civil Services (Preliminary) examination was held on May 26, 2013. A total of 776,565 candidates applied for this examination, out of which 323,949 candidates actually appeared and 14,959 candidates were declared qualified for appearance in the mains examination.

The Mains exam was held in December, 2013 and based on their performance, 3,003 candidates were shortlisted for the personality test which was conducted in April-June.

The Civil Services Examination is conducted in three phases-- preliminary, mains and interview.