Nandini K R tops Civil Services Exam 2016

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New Delhi :  The final results of Civil Services Examination (CSE), 2016, was declared by the UPSC on May 31, 2017. Altogether 1,099 candidates (846 men and 253 women) including 44 Physically challenged candidates (22 Orthopedically Handicapped; 07 Visually Challenged and 15 Hearing Impaired) have been recommended by the Commission for appointment to various Services. In accordance with Rule 16 (4) & (5) of the Civil Services Examination Rules 2016, the Commission is maintaining a consolidated Reserve List of 172  candidates.

Nandini K R (Roll No. 134810) has topped the Civil Services Examination, 2016. She belongs to OBC category. She qualified the examination with Kannada Literature as her optional subject. She has graduated with BE (Civil Engg) degree from MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore. Anmol Sher Singh Bedi (Roll No. 561724) is the topper among male candidates securing overall second rank. He has graduated with B.E. degree in Computer Science from BITS, Pilani. The top 25 candidates comprise of 18 men and 7 women, according to a PIB release.

Educational qualificationwise, the top 25 candidates comprise those belonging to Engineering, Sciences, Economics and Forestry background graduating from premier Institutions of the country such as IITs, NIT, ISM, BITS Pilani, VIT, MSRIT, DCE, DU, Anna University etc. Optional subjects of the top 25 candidates in the examination ranged from Animal Husbandry & Vet. Science, Anthropology, Economics, Elect. Engg, Geography, History, Mathematics, Political Science & International Relations, Public Administration, Psychology and Kannada & Telugu Literature.

The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2016, was conducted on August 7, 2016. Altogether 11,35,943 candidates applied for this examination of which 4,59,659 candidates actually appeared and 15,452 candidates qualified for the Written (Main) Examination held in December, 2016. Of these, 2,961 candidates qualified for the Personality Test conducted in March-May, 2016, said the PIB release.