The son of a farmer from Maharashtra has cleared the notoriously difficult UPSC civil services examination (CSE). Vinay Patil is one of only five aspirants from Maharashtra’s Nashik district who has cleared the exam.
Results of the UPSC CSE 2023 were declared on April 16, with a total of 1,016 candidates -- 664 men and 352 women – qualifying the exam. They will be recommended by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for appointment to various central services, like the highly coveted Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service and Indian Police Service.
Patil secured the 122nd rank in the UPSC civil services exam 2023. This was his third attempt.
“I completed schooling from the Zilla Parishad school in Dindori and graduated in the science stream from Nashik, during which I took up preparation for the exam,” Patil told Times of India.
The top 25 candidates in the civil services 2023 examination comprise 10 women and 15 men. Aditya Srivastava from Lucknow topped the exam with All India Rank 1. Srivastava had left his job at Goldman Sachs to prepare for the exam and had also cleared it in his second attempt in 2022 with AIR 236. Since he did not make the cut for IAS but only the police service, he appeared for the exam again. This time, he emerged as the topper.
The second rank was secured by Animesh Pradhan, 22, from Odisha, who cleared the civil services exam in his first attempt.
Donuru Ananya Reddy secured the third rank. A graduate of Miranda House in Delhi, Reddy studied for 12 to 14 hours daily to clear the exam.
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