New Delhi: Congratulations poured in and truffles had been lower, however Aditya Srivastava, who Tuesday topped the Civil Providers Examination, didn’t need to miss his swimming class scheduled for 3.15pm.
Srivastava couldn’t clear the preliminary spherical of the examination in 2021, however secured a place within the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 2022 with the 236th rank. Two others within the high 5 rankholders of CSE 2023 — the outcomes had been declared Tuesday afternoon — are present process IPS coaching on the Nationwide Police Academy in Hyderabad.
That is the primary time in 11 years that an IPS officer has ranked first within the civil providers examination, the outcomes of which had been introduced by the Union Public Service Fee.
Srivastava celebrated the event together with his batchmates on the Hyderabad academy, with them carrying him on their shoulders across the campus. “Man of the second,” wrote a fellow officer, sharing a photograph on his Instagram account.
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Srivastava advised ThePrint he was overwhelmed by the end result. “The IPS coaching may be very robust and the schedule may be very tight… You don’t get sufficient time to organize,” he mentioned.
Srivastava mentioned he managed to check three to 4 hours because the police coaching took up almost 14 hours of the day. “I knew I carried out higher than the final time within the Mains and within the interview however had no concept I might get the highest rank,” Srivasatava mentioned over the telephone. “All of that is very subjective,” he added.
At the moment finishing his IPS coaching, Srivastava doesn’t know what the formalities of becoming a member of the Indian Administrative Service would appear to be. “IPS is a superb service, however IAS provides you variety on the job which helps enhance character,” he mentioned. Srivastva, who’s from Lucknow, desires to work within the Uttar Pradesh cadre as it’s his “first alternative”.
He graduated from the Metropolis Montessori College in Lucknow with 95% marks in Class 12 board examinations. He’s an Indian Institute of Expertise Kanpur alumnus, the place he pursued a twin B.Tech and M. Tech diploma. His non-compulsory topic was electrical engineering. His father, Ajay Srivastava, is an assistant audit officer on the Comptroller and Auditor Common of India.
The UPSC Civil Service Prelims Examination 2023 was held in Could final 12 months. Candidates who cleared the prelims spherical had been eligible to look for the Mains examination, which was carried out on 15, 16, 17, 23, and 24 September. The CSE Mains end result was introduced in December final 12 months. The interviews had been held from 2 January to 9 April. A complete of two,843 candidates had been interviewed for 1,105 vacancies.
(Edited by Tikli Basu)
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