UPSC 2023 results: Here are the top 20 rank holders of the Civil Services examination

Aditya Srivastava, Animesh Pradhan and Donuru Ananya Reddy are top 3 rank holders in UPSC. (Image: @DrJitendraSingh/X)

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced the results for the Civil Services mains examination 2023 today, with Aditya Srivastava from Lucknow clinching the coveted All India Rank 1.

Animesh Pradhan and Donuru Ananya Reddy secured the second and third ranks respectively, UPSC said.

A total of 1016 candidates have received recommendations for appointment, with the UPSC releasing the roll numbers of the qualified candidates. However, the candidature of 355 recommended candidates remains provisional pending further verification.

Conducted in subjective mode over two shifts from September 15 to September 24, the CSE main exam spanned for three hours in each shift and commenced in the morning at 9 am and resumed in the afternoon at 2 pm.

Aditya Srivastava left behind the comforts of a high-paying job at an MNC in Bengaluru in 2020 to prepare for the civil services examination. He appeared in 2021 and in 2022, in his second attempt, secured AIR 236. Since he did not make the cut for IAS, he appeared again, and this time topped the examination.

Animesh Pradhan, 22, from Odisha, cleared the UPSC exam in his first attempt, securing an All India Rank (AIR) of 2. Ananya Reddy, who secured rank 3, said she studied 12 to 14 hours a day and followed her own schedule to cover the syllabus. She is a graduate of Miranda House in Delhi.

Here is the list of top 20 rank holders in the UPSC 2023 examination:

Rank 1: Aditya Srivastava
Rank 2: Animesh Pradhan
Rank 3: Donuru Ananya Reddy
Rank 4: P K Sidharth Ramkumar
Rank 5: Ruhani
Rank 6: Srishti Dabas
Rank 7: Anmol Rathore
Rank 8: Ashish Kumar
Rank 9: Nausheen
Rank 10: Aishwaryam Prajapati
Rank 11: Kush Motwani
Rank 12: Aniket Shandilya
Rank 13: Medha Anand
Rank 14: Shaurya Arora
Rank 15: Kunal Rastogi
Rank 16: Ayan Jain
Rank 17: Swati Sharma
Rank 18: Wardah Khan
Rank 19: Shivam Kumar
Rank 20: Akash Verma

The successful candidates are set to fill crucial positions in various government services, including the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service, and Central Services Group A and Group B.

Aspirants wanting to check their standings can access the merit list on the official UPSC website – upsc.gov.in.