Shruti Sharma who lives in New Delhi has topped the UPSC Civil Services exam 2021, the result announced on May 30.
Graduated in history subject
Shruti Sharma basically belongs to Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, She has done graduation in history from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, and has cleared the UPSC Civil Services exam with History as her optional subject.
Sharma said that she was confident about qualifying the exam but was surprised when she found that she had topped it.
23 candidates of JNU qualified CSE
After completing her graduation, Sharma secured a seat in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for her postgraduation. She prepared for the Civil Services exam at Jamia Millia Islamia Residential Coaching Academy (RCA). It has been said that 23 candidates from Jamia RCA including Sharma have qualified the Civil Services exam .
Top three UPSC CSE rankers
Shruti sharma is followed by Ankita Agarwal who secured the second rank and Gamini Singla who secured third rank, while by Aishwarya Verma ranked fourth in the UPSC Civil Services Exam 2021. Agarwal is graduate in Economics (Hons.) from University of Delhi and secured second rank with Political Science and International Relations as her optional subject. Singla, a graduate of BTech in Computer Science, stood third in the rank with Sociolgy as her optional subject.
Total 685 candidates qualified CSE 2021
This year a total of 685 candidates have been shortlisted for IAS, IPS, IFS and other branches of the civil services. These include 244 general, 73 EWS, 203 OBC, 105 SC and 60 ST category candidates. The toppers were selected on the basis of their performance in all three rounds – prelims exam, mains exam and the interview round conducted by UPSC.
Top 10 rankers of UPSC CSE 2021 Merit List
Rank 1: Shruti Sharma
Rank 2: Ankita Agarwal
Rank 3: Gamimi singla
Rank 4: Aishwarya Verma
Rank 5: Utkarsh Dwivedi
Rank 6: Yaksh Chaudhary
Rank 7: Samyak S Jain
Rank 8: Ishita Rathi
Rank 9: Preetam Kumar
Rank 10: Harkeerat Singh Randhawa
